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About Ahmed Tawfik

Cybersecurity Professional, Systems Engineer, OSS & Linux Geek

Installing latest version of gef on Ubuntu 16.04 32-bit

Posted on January 8, 2024 by Ahmed Tawfik

If you are having trouble installing gef on Ubuntu 16.04 32-bit, you may follow these steps: Install python3.6 and python3.6-dev: sudo add-apt-repository -y ppa:jblgf0/python sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install python3.6 python3.6-dev Install texinfo package (since you would the makeinfo … Continue reading →

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Hack The Box Write-up: BLUE

Posted on November 29, 2023 by Ahmed Tawfik

This article is a writeup of how the HTB machine “Blue” was pawned and its root flag captured and eventually model this path using the MITRE ATT&CK Framework. Recon Introduction The reconnaissance phase, often referred to as the “recon phase,” … Continue reading →

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How to install multiple CUDA versions on a single Linux server

Posted on November 20, 2023 by Ahmed Tawfik

After you installed the first CUDA toolkit (preferably the latest stable version), and you want to install others beside it, due to some compatibililty issues for example, just do the following: Download the standalone file installer, e.g. https://developer.download.nvidia.com/compute/cuda/11.7.0/local_installers/cuda_11.7.0_515.43.04_linux.run chmod +x … Continue reading →

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CVE-2020-0796 – SMBGhost RCE Vulnerability

Posted on October 20, 2023 by Ahmed Tawfik

Description and Impact Also known as CoronaBlue, EternalDarkness and SMBleedingGhost, this critical buffer-overflow pre-authentication RCE vulnerability affects Microsoft SMB version 3.1.1 that have SMBv3 Compression enabled. It occurs when the server attempts to decompress a data packet with malformed header, … Continue reading →

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How to configure TP-LINK TL-WN722N v1.1 WiFi Adapter for Kali Linux

Posted on October 18, 2023 by Ahmed Tawfik

This WiFi card (which works mainly for monitoring mode) was not getting detected by Kali (2023.2 as of now) and I had to just install an extra package to get it working properly: sudo apt updatesudo apt install firmware-atheros Unplug … Continue reading →

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