Cyber is the problem itself — The word cyber is used as a marketing term for roughly information security related topics. Everything is cyber. We are experiencing a cyber fatigue right now. Adding the term cyber creates no additional value. It is lipstick on a pig. If you want to create a better environment, you have…

A motivational speech — What kind of work would I do if I had to do it forever? First, you have to be an effective problem solver. For the first couple of years my motivation was off the charts. We’ve grown to subconsciously measure a person’s worth based off how many hours they work…

A short introduction into a better way of leading people. — Why introduce a new term? In my opinion management lost its precise sharpness. It has become dull term and it has drawn a lot of negativity. It could be resharpened, but it would be a great effort to rework such a big word. …

…and make it worthwhile — If you flow like water through a thick bamboo forest, you will leave your marks, no matter how gentle you are. Life means to create and therefore it has to break. Creating and breaking You are here on planet Earth. You will create a lot during your time. But this comes with a…

Why I love to solve hard problems — At some point in time I realized, that doing something rewarding does not necessarily lead to an achievement. And most of the time achievements are not the result of rewarding work. I tried to fix this by changing my attitude towards this fact, but it did not work out for…

If you walk from A to B, there are two obvious reasons, why you would do it. The first is to reach B. The second is to walk. If you enjoy walking a lot, it does not matter to you. You are enjoying the process itself. …

An entertaining intermediate machine — Introduction MinU 1 is a boot2root machine from VulnHub. It is rated as easy/intermediate. I would rate it as intermediate, because it uses some techniques, which are more advanced. This machine may have a steep learning curve for beginners. MinU: 1 ~ VulnHub MinU: 1, made by 8bitsec. Download & walkthrough links are available.www.vulnhub.com Solution — Spoilers Ahead!

My experience during the course in preparation for the OSCP and a little rant. — This week I finished my two month of PWK. I got through most of the machines, even the harder ones and into other subnets. I did it part time, so I worked and did the lab. In short: Two very intense months, but totally worth it. …

Only a few lines of code under Linux — Motivation Recently I came across the interesting task to check thousands of machines for sensitive data. Nobody wants to leak data through a misconfigured server. One classic way is to have a forgotten FTP server, which contains an old backup of some machine or service. These often contain — of course…