Catalin Ionescu – Taming The Cyber Wilderness

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NOODP Tag: You’re in control of your site description

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What the heck is NOODP, you ask? In this article I’m going to show you a little known meta tag,

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Testing Markdown

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How millions of .COM names are used but never paid for

11 months ago

Musings about the add/drop domain name scheme used by shady registrars.

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SEO Advice: What good is PageRank nowadays?

11 months ago

Coming straight from the Google HQ, this is actually a gem about what PageRank really is worth for these days. Matt

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DoFollow, take back the control of your blog – WP Plugin

11 months ago

DoFollow (WP Plugin) – Kimmo Suominen This is a plugin for WordPress. It will disable the automatic rel="nofollow" attributes added to

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The Domain Name Game – Expired domains

11 months ago

A few days ago I mentioned what looks like a good way to make lots of money by buying expired

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WordPress: Send Private Email plugin

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By default, WordPress lacks the ability to send emails to registered users. This plugin was created to fill the gap

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WordPress Plugin: Subscribe to comments

11 months ago

Subscribe2 2.2.2 Now that’s a very neat plugin. Allow your users to be receive an email notification whenever someone adds a

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picoCTF 2025 capture the flag competition: hash-only-2 challenge in Binary Exploitation category - full solve walk-through. Building on the hash-only-1 solution and again using nothing but "strings" to uncover the exploit then abusing insecure permissions to give us the flag. Subscribe to my channel: https://www.youtube.com/@CatHomeLab?sub_confirmation=1 Watch This Next: hash-only-1 - https://youtu.be/mAjVkWLm7L8 My Blog: https://catalinionescu.com Github: https://github.com/drheat ________________ Now a question for you: What would YOU like to see next? Write your answer in the comments below. Most popular requests will be considered! #cybersecurity #homelab #ctf #capturetheflag #pentesting #virtualization #networking #ethicalhacking ⏰ Timestamps ⏰ 00:00 Challenge Overview 02:07 Old Exploit Blocked 03:13 Abusing Insecure Permissions ________________ What this channel is about: Exploring cybersecurity through hands-on home lab setups, CTF walkthroughs, and insights into pen-testing, virtualization and networking, making ethical hacking accessible and engaging for enthusiasts at every skill level. ________________ Affiliate Disclaimer: This video is NOT sponsored. Some product links are affiliate links which means if you buy something I will receive a small commission.
hash-only-2 – picoCTF 2025 – Binary Exploitation
picoCTF 2025 capture the flag competition: Even RSA can be broken ??? challenge in Cryptography category - full solve walk-through, using Python to crack the cypher and get the flag. Subscribe to my channel: https://www.youtube.com/@CatHomeLab?sub_confirmation=1 Watch This Next: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BcEOetemUfU My Blog: https://catalinionescu.com Github: https://github.com/drheat ________________ Now a question for you: What would YOU like to see next? Write your answer in the comments below. Most popular requests will be considered! #cybersecurity #homelab #ctf #capturetheflag #pentesting #virtualization #networking #ethicalhacking ⏰ Timestamps ⏰ 00:00 Challenge Overview 00:27 Analyzing Challenge Code 02:04 Factorize RSA 04:15 Writing the Flag Decrypter ________________ What this channel is about: Exploring cybersecurity through hands-on home lab setups, CTF walkthroughs, and insights into pen-testing, virtualization and networking, making ethical hacking accessible and engaging for enthusiasts at every skill level. ________________ Affiliate Disclaimer: This video is NOT sponsored. Some product links are affiliate links which means if you buy something I will receive a small commission.
Even RSA can be broken ??? – picoCTF 2025 – Cryptography
picoCTF 2025 capture the flag competition: Guess My Cheese (Part 1) challenge in Cryptography category - full solve walk-through, using Wikipedia and a bit of Python to crack the cypher and get the flag. Subscribe to my channel: https://www.youtube.com/@CatHomeLab?sub_confirmation=1 My Blog: https://catalinionescu.com Github: https://github.com/drheat ________________ Now a question for you: What would YOU like to see next? Write your answer in the comments below. Most popular requests will be considered! #cybersecurity #homelab #ctf #capturetheflag #pentesting #virtualization #networking #ethicalhacking ⏰ Timestamps ⏰ 00:00 Challenge Overview 02:44 Wikipedia - Affine Cypher 04:19 Python Solver ________________ What this channel is about: Exploring cybersecurity through hands-on home lab setups, CTF walkthroughs, and insights into pen-testing, virtualization and networking, making ethical hacking accessible and engaging for enthusiasts at every skill level. ________________ Affiliate Disclaimer: This video is NOT sponsored. Some product links are affiliate links which means if you buy something I will receive a small commission.
Guess My Cheese (Part 1) – picoCTF 2025 – Cryptography
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