Category Archives: Linux

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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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 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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