Author Archives: Ahmed Tawfik

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About Ahmed Tawfik

Cybersecurity Professional, Systems Engineer, OSS & Linux Geek

Kali Desktop in a VM: Have a better desktop experience

Posted on October 14, 2023 by Ahmed Tawfik

Well, this issue has been bothering me for a while. If you have Kali Linux Desktop on a Virtual Machine (VMware Workstation or VirtualBox for example), and you have a low-resolution screen, you won’t feel that much, however, if you … Continue reading →

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Remote Training in Cybersecurity for ICS

Posted on October 10, 2023 by Ahmed Tawfik

This is a summary of a very interesting paper for a proposed framework for ICS Cybersecurity remote training: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2405896322015427, especially with the move towards remote training with the COVID-19 pandemic still around the corner. This summary is divided into 4 … Continue reading →

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How to mount a Windows share inside a Docker container

Posted on September 17, 2023 by Ahmed Tawfik

Let’s assume that you had a windows share and you needed to be able to access that share from within one of your containers, here are the steps that you need to follow: First of all, create a docker volume … Continue reading →

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How to change keyboard layout on Ubuntu Linux server

Posted on April 4, 2023 by Ahmed Tawfik

So, I have some Linux servers with default keyboard set to Italian, which is totally different from the US one when it comes to special characters. There are multiple ways to do it, but the fastest and easiest one I … Continue reading →

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How to add a static route to force specific traffic to go through a specific NIC

Posted on January 24, 2023 by Ahmed Tawfik

route -p add 10.152.212.0 mask 255.255.255.0 10.224.5.1 This will permanently (-p) add a static route so that any request going to an IP in the 10.152.212.0/24 (255.255.255.0) network goes through the network gateway 10.224.5.1 of the other network card In … Continue reading →

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