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Khalif AL Mahmud

Security Research & Practice | MS in Cyber Security | CEH Certified | Ex-Software Engineer

Malware Unpacking & Anti-Analysis Bypass: A Deep Dive into Real-World Techniques

Malware Unpacking & Anti-Analysis Bypass: A Deep Dive into Real-World Techniques

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From Packed Binary to Readable Code: A Hands-On Walkthrough of Unpacking, Shellcode Analysis, and Memory Forensics

From Packed Binary to Readable Code: A Hands-On Walkthrough of Unpacking, Shellcode Analysis, and Memory Forensics

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A Deep Dive into Malware Analysis: Deobfuscation, Shellcode Extraction, and Document Forensics

A Deep Dive into Malware Analysis: Deobfuscation, Shellcode Extraction, and Document Forensics

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Reverse Engineering a Windows Keylogger with IDA Pro: Assembly-Level Deep Dive

Reverse Engineering a Windows Keylogger with IDA Pro: Assembly-Level Deep Dive

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Reverse Engineering a Live Specimen: A Practical Walkthrough of brbbot.exe (Static, Behavioral, Network, and C2 Analysis)

Reverse Engineering a Live Specimen: A Practical Walkthrough of brbbot.exe (Static, Behavioral, Network, and C2 Analysis)

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Understanding Malware Analysis: Types, Methodology, and Lab Setup Fundamentals

Understanding Malware Analysis: Types, Methodology, and Lab Setup Fundamentals

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Exploiting Metasploitable2 with Metasploit: VSFTPD, Samba, and More

Exploiting Metasploitable2 with Metasploit: VSFTPD, Samba, and More

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Network Enumeration in Practice: Nmap, enum4linux, snmpwalk, and GUI Tools

Network Enumeration in Practice: Nmap, enum4linux, snmpwalk, and GUI Tools

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I Scanned a Vulnerable VM with Every Nmap Mode — Here Is What Each One Revealed

I Scanned a Vulnerable VM with Every Nmap Mode — Here Is What Each One Revealed

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Passive Reconnaissance on google.com — What I Found Using Shodan, WHOIS, and DNS Tools

Passive Reconnaissance on google.com — What I Found Using Shodan, WHOIS, and DNS Tools

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Before You Hack Anything — How Penetration Testers Define Scope and Rules of Engagement

Before You Hack Anything — How Penetration Testers Define Scope and Rules of Engagement

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How I Used Wireshark to Dissect a Real TCP Connection — From Handshake to Teardown

How I Used Wireshark to Dissect a Real TCP Connection — From Handshake to Teardown

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Building a Personal Cybersecurity Lab: Kali Linux + Metasploitable2 on VirtualBox

Building a Personal Cybersecurity Lab: Kali Linux + Metasploitable2 on VirtualBox

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Python Cryptography Basics: Building ASCII & Alphabet Tables from Scratch

Python Cryptography Basics: Building ASCII & Alphabet Tables from Scratch

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Lab Task 14 - How I Built a Real-Time Admin Login Attack Detector Using Snort3 and Apache on Ubuntu

Lab Task 14 - How I Built a Real-Time Admin Login Attack Detector Using Snort3 and Apache on Ubuntu

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Lab Task 13 - How I Built a Network Intrusion Detection System with Snort 3 on Ubuntu — and Caught Every Scan

Lab Task 13 - How I Built a Network Intrusion Detection System with Snort 3 on Ubuntu — and Caught Every Scan

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Lab 12 - Telnet and SSH ( I Captured My Own Password in Wireshark — Here's What Telnet Taught Me About Network Security )

Lab 12 - Telnet and SSH ( I Captured My Own Password in Wireshark — Here's What Telnet Taught Me About Network Security )

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Lab Task 11 – Monitoring HTTP Traffic with Httpry on Kali Linux — Passive Capture, Live Monitoring & CLF Conversion

Lab Task 11 – Monitoring HTTP Traffic with Httpry on Kali Linux — Passive Capture, Live Monitoring & CLF Conversion

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Lab Task 10 -Packet Capture on Kali Linux: Daemonlogger Setup, Traffic Generation & Wireshark Analysis

Lab Task 10 -Packet Capture on Kali Linux: Daemonlogger Setup, Traffic Generation & Wireshark Analysis

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Lab 9 - Building a Cisco ASA Firewall Lab in GNS3: Inside, DMZ, and Outside Zones with Extended ACLs

Lab 9 - Building a Cisco ASA Firewall Lab in GNS3: Inside, DMZ, and Outside Zones with Extended ACLs

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Lab Task 8 - How I Built a Multi-VLAN Network with Inter-VLAN Routing in GNS3 Using a Layer 3 Switch

Lab Task 8 - How I Built a Multi-VLAN Network with Inter-VLAN Routing in GNS3 Using a Layer 3 Switch

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Lab Task 7 - How I Used Wireshark to Capture ICMP and DHCP Traffic in a GNS3 Network

Lab Task 7 - How I Used Wireshark to Capture ICMP and DHCP Traffic in a GNS3 Network

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Lab Task 6 - How I Built a Multi-Router DHCP Network in GNS3 with RIP Routing

Lab Task 6 - How I Built a Multi-Router DHCP Network in GNS3 with RIP Routing

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Lab Task 5 - Subnetting in GNS3: Building a Multi-Subnet Network with OSPF Routing from Scratch

Lab Task 5 - Subnetting in GNS3: Building a Multi-Subnet Network with OSPF Routing from Scratch

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Lab Task 4 - How I Built a Multi-Router Network Using RIP and OSPF Dynamic Routing in GNS3

Lab Task 4 - How I Built a Multi-Router Network Using RIP and OSPF Dynamic Routing in GNS3

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Lab Task 3 - Static Routing with Backup Links: How Routers Automatically Recover from Failures

Lab Task 3 - Static Routing with Backup Links: How Routers Automatically Recover from Failures

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Lab Task 2 - How I Built a Multi-Router Static Routing Network from Scratch Using GNS-3

Lab Task 2 - How I Built a Multi-Router Static Routing Network from Scratch Using GNS-3

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Lab Task 1 - How I Connected Two Isolated Networks Using Static Routing in GNS3

Lab Task 1 - How I Connected Two Isolated Networks Using Static Routing in GNS3

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Step-by-Step Guide to Building a Robust CI/CD Pipeline for Java Projects on AWS Linux with Git, Jenkins, Maven, & Tomcat

Step-by-Step Guide to Building a Robust CI/CD Pipeline for Java Projects on AWS Linux with Git, Jenkins, Maven, & Tomcat

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Integrating Maven with Jenkins: A Step-by-Step Guide

Integrating Maven with Jenkins: A Step-by-Step Guide

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Can’t access username or password, forgot these credentials after installing Jenkins

Can’t access username or password, forgot these credentials after installing Jenkins

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Streamlining CI/CD: A Complete Guide to Installing Jenkins on AWS EC2

Streamlining CI/CD: A Complete Guide to Installing Jenkins on AWS EC2

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Resolving SSH Authentication Errors on Mac: Using a .pem File

Resolving SSH Authentication Errors on Mac: Using a .pem File

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An Introduction to DevOps Build Tools for Different Programming Languages

An Introduction to DevOps Build Tools for Different Programming Languages

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Essential JavaScript Array Methods Every Developer Should Know

Essential JavaScript Array Methods Every Developer Should Know

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Show the Last Commit of a GitHub Repository in Terminal Prompt

Show the Last Commit of a GitHub Repository in Terminal Prompt

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Simplifying Data Fetching in React with Axios and React Query in Next.js

Simplifying Data Fetching in React with Axios and React Query in Next.js

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A Comprehensive Guide with XHR, Fetch API, Axios and jQuery AJAX

A Comprehensive Guide with XHR, Fetch API, Axios and jQuery AJAX

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Setting Up Node.js and Yarn on Debian-based Distributions

Setting Up Node.js and Yarn on Debian-based Distributions

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Shopify vs. WordPress: Key Features and Functionalities

Shopify vs. WordPress: Key Features and Functionalities

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Set Up Local Shopify Theme Development with GitHub Integration

Set Up Local Shopify Theme Development with GitHub Integration

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