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Dev.to · Khalif AL Mahmud
1w ago
Dark Web vs Dark Net vs TOR — Untangling Three Terms People Use Interchangeably
"Dark web," "dark net," and "TOR" get thrown around like they're all the same thing — usually in the...

Dev.to · Khalif AL Mahmud
1w ago
What Is a Watering Hole Attack? (And Why It's Sneakier Than Most Cyber Attacks)
Most cyber attacks you hear about follow a fairly direct pattern — someone sends a phishing email, or...

Dev.to · Khalif AL Mahmud
1w ago
Non-Repudiation — Why You Can't Just Say "I Didn't Do That" Anymore
Of all the terms I covered in this assignment, non-repudiation is probably the one with the most...

Dev.to · Khalif AL Mahmud
1w ago
Accountability vs Audit — Knowing Who Did What, and Proving It
Out of all the term-pairs I went through for this assignment, Accountability and Audit felt the most...

Dev.to · Khalif AL Mahmud
1w ago
Authentication vs Authorization — "Who Are You?" vs "What Can You Do?"
If you've ever built a login system, or even just used one as a regular internet user, you've...

Dev.to · Khalif AL Mahmud
1w ago
Verification vs Validation — Two Questions Every Secure System Needs to Answer
Early on, these two terms — verification and validation — sound almost identical. Same starting...

Dev.to · Khalif AL Mahmud
1w ago
FIPS vs NIST — Two Acronyms You'll Keep Running Into in Cybersecurity
If you spend any real time reading about cybersecurity standards, two acronyms show up over and over:...

Dev.to · Khalif AL Mahmud
1w ago
What Exactly Is a DMZ, and Why Does Every Serious Network Have One?
If you're new to networking or cybersecurity, chances are you've bumped into the term DMZ and quietly...

Dev.to · Khalif AL Mahmud
🔐 Cybersecurity
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4w ago
Reverse Engineering a Windows Keylogger with IDA Pro: Assembly-Level Deep Dive
When I first loaded msdsrv.exe into IDA Pro, I had no idea what I was dealing with. No strings, no...

Dev.to · Khalif AL Mahmud
4w ago
Passive Reconnaissance on google.com — What I Found Using Shodan, WHOIS, and DNS Tools
Before a penetration tester runs a single exploit, they spend a significant amount of time just...

Dev.to · Khalif AL Mahmud
🔐 Cybersecurity
⚡ AI Lesson
4w ago
Before You Hack Anything — How Penetration Testers Define Scope and Rules of Engagement
Most people think penetration testing starts with running tools — Nmap, Metasploit, Burp Suite. But...

Dev.to · Khalif AL Mahmud
🔐 Cybersecurity
⚡ AI Lesson
4w ago
How I Used Wireshark to Dissect a Real TCP Connection — From Handshake to Teardown
Most people who study networking learn TCP from diagrams and textbooks. But there is a real...

Dev.to · Khalif AL Mahmud
⚡ AI Lesson
2mo ago
Lab 12 - Telnet and SSH ( I Captured My Own Password in Wireshark — Here's What Telnet Taught Me About Network Security )
There's a moment in networking that changes how you think about protocols forever. You type a...
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