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Operation WTF Hackathon by cyberstorm.mu – Day 2

Post Author By Nitin J Mutkawoa
Post Date May 16, 2016
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After having set up our network environment for the operation WTF, cyberstorm.mu team started working on several vulnerabilities around WordPress content management system. It started on Saturday the 14th of May where several proofs of concept (POC) were established. I [Read More…]

MeetUps and Presentations

Hackathon in Mauritius – Operation SAD

Post Author By Nitin J Mutkawoa
Post Date April 29, 2016
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We did it! The hackathon in Mauritius with title Operation SAD – Search and Destroy is a success. Who are the cyberstorm.mu winning team? Well, its a group of Linux developers residing in Mauritius who are happily improving the security of [Read More…]

Linux Application Linux System Security

Analysing an attack from WordPress Hello Dolly plugin

Post Author By Nitin J Mutkawoa
Post Date April 22, 2016
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You might notice a heavy CPU usage consumption on your machine. Some may be a natural cause, for example, a known script being executed at a specific time whilst others may be due to a simple attack. Even if the [Read More…]

Security

Enable Secure Text Keyboard on your Android

Post Author By Nitin J Mutkawoa
Post Date April 7, 2016
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If you do not want your messages to fall into the wrong hands especially when using free public wiki hotspot, one of the best way to secure your Android / Iphone key board is to install the “Secure Text Keyboard” [Read More…]

Linux Application Linux System Security

Installing and configuring OpenVAS on OpenSUSE Leap

Post Author By Nitin J Mutkawoa
Post Date March 19, 2016
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“openSUSE Leap is a brand new way of building openSUSE and is new type of hybrid Linux distribution. Leap uses source from SUSE Linux Enterprise (SLE), which gives Leap a level of stability unmatched by other Linux distributions, and combines [Read More…]

Linux System

Overlay Union Filesystems in Linux

Returning to the world of blogging after nearly a month’s hiatus, I find myself intrigued by the concept of Overlay Filesystems. This article has piqued my curiosity, and I am convinced it will offer valuable insights for my future endeavors. [Read More…]

Posted on February 18, 2024February 18, 2024 by Nitin J Mutkawoa

Uncategorized AKA Non-Tech-Stuffs

My indoor plants in Winter 2024

I used to have a cool indoor greenhouse in my living room growing lettuce, arugula, and thyme. However, since I work from home most of the time and need a dedicated office space, I decided to make some changes. I [Read More…]

Posted on January 19, 2024 by Nitin J Mutkawoa

Cloud Computing

Playing around with SSM, Tags, and Resource Group in AWS

AWS Systems Manager is a service provided by Amazon Web Services (AWS) that helps you automate and manage your infrastructure at scale. It provides a unified user interface so that you can view operational data from multiple AWS services and [Read More…]

Posted on January 18, 2024 by Nitin J Mutkawoa

Blockchain and Fintech

Smart Contracts and Tokens in Ethereum

Smart contracts in Ethereum are self-executing contracts with the terms of the agreement directly written into code. They are computer programs that run on the Ethereum blockchain and automatically enforce the rules and conditions defined within their code. If you [Read More…]

Posted on January 17, 2024January 18, 2024 by Nitin J Mutkawoa

Blockchain and Fintech

Ethereum, Solidity and Decentralization

Ethereum can be considered a technology that is more capable than Bitcoin. In a traditional Blockchain technology like Bitcoin, I mentioned how Bitcoin is mostly focused on a ledger system with records and algorithms backing up the transactions. But Ethereum [Read More…]

Posted on January 16, 2024 by Nitin J Mutkawoa

Blockchain and Fintech

Proof of Stake in Blockchain

In some of my previous articles, I wrote about the Consensus protocol. If you had been following closely, you would have come across the term several times. I explained how Consensus is a mechanism by which participants in a distributed [Read More…]

Posted on January 15, 2024 by Nitin J Mutkawoa