Catalin Ionescu – Taming The Cyber Wilderness

Home Lab, Self Hosting, CTF, Security, Pentesting & More

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

10 months ago

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

10 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?

10 months ago

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

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

10 months ago

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

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The Domain Name Game – Expired domains

10 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

10 months ago

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

10 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

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picoCTF 2025 capture the flag competition: YaraRules0x100 challenge in General Skills category - full solve walk-through. Going over what is Yara, basic rule writing syntax and then piece together through trial and error the challenge solve. 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 00:56 What is Yara 02:00 Writing our First Yara Rule 03:45 ZIP & UPX 04:30 Getting Signatures 06:23 Building the Malware Yara Rule ________________ 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.
picoCTF 2025 – General Skills – YaraRules0x100
picoCTF 2025 capture the flag competition: hashcrack challenge in Cryptography category - full solve walk-through, using nothing but Cyberchef and John the Ripper to uncover 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 01:52 The Two Johns 03:40 Second Hash 04:20 The Third Hash ________________ 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.
picoCTF 2025 – Cryptography – hashcrack
picoCTF 2025 capture the flag competition: Pie Time 2 challenge in Binary Exploitation category - full solve walk-through, using gdb to attach to running processes, work around PIE and ASLR protections, find the address of the vulnerable function then exploit the remote binary to give us 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 01:51 Potential Exploit 03:04 Payload Crafting 04:35 Work Around ASLR & PIE 07:42 The Exploit ________________ 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.
picoCTF 2025 – Binary Exploitation – Pie Time 2
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