Ahmed Musaad

What is it like to live in Scandinavian countries?

I wrote this answer on Quora back in 2017, a year after moving to Northern Sweden. I share some of my initial shocks, struggles and happy surprises about my - back then - new life. Hopefully, you will find this post useful or failing that, amusing.

4 min read Apr 2, 2021

Tools public

Cortex vs. IntelOwl

Ahmed Musaad

Both Cortex and IntelOwl are awesome tools for observable analysis, I wanted to learn a bit about both of them and what better way to do that than trying both tools and writing a comparison of them?

5 min read Mar 24, 2021

Short public

Making My Home Slightly Smarter

Ahmed Musaad

I have been working from home for the better part of last year, and it was starting to get on my nerves. I needed some new shinty object to distract me from the current depressing reality, and what's more shiny than a light that can change it colours following the music playing on your phone?

4 min read Mar 23, 2021

Personal public

Why Sweden?

Ahmed Musaad

I have to admit that I gave different answers to this question depending on the person asking. In this post, I will try to summarize my answer to this question and hopefully shed some light on what made me want to live through these crazy winters.

5 min read Mar 22, 2021

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New Blog Theme

Ahmed Musaad

I have been contemplating the idea of updating the theme of this blog for some time now but never got the chance to get around to it, well today I did, and you are reading this post in the new improved design.

1 min read Mar 22, 2021

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The Secret We Share

Ahmed Musaad

Andrew Solomon opened his famous Ted talk by reciting a poem written by Emily Dickinson and for some reason it stuck with me since the first time I heard it. If you have some time, watch the full talk, you won't regret it.

1 min read Feb 14, 2021

HOWTOs public

Securing My Home Network

Ahmed Musaad

My home network always had a simple security setup, a router, a firewall, and a bunch of computers. After months of ignoring it, I finally got around to reviewing the setup and making some improvements.

3 min read Jan 17, 2021

Books public

Web Security For Developers

Ahmed Musaad

If you are an aspiring web developer, security engineer, or web application penetration tester, Web Security For Developers is a great place to start learning about the most important topics that will follow you for the rest of your career.

1 min read Jan 17, 2021

Rants public

It's Okay To Forget To Lock Your Computer*

Ahmed Musaad

The events that transpired this week in the US are sad and depressing to say the least, but criticizing people for forgetting to lock a computer in such a situation isn't a wise move. Life preservation takes precedence over security policies, full stop.

2 min read Jan 8, 2021

Short public

Happy New Year

Ahmed Musaad

Happy new year, hopefully.

1 min read Jan 4, 2021

Labs public

Getting Acquainted With MISP

Ahmed Musaad

MISP is a great platform for intelligence sharing and collaboration. I have had it on my mind for a while now but only today did I get the chance to learn more about it. This post is the first in many to come about MISP and use cases I will be building around it.

6 min read Dec 29, 2020

Lists public

My Privacy-Focused Productivity Setup (2020)

Ahmed Musaad

We all need a way to send our friends the latest memes but that doesn't mean we should sacrifice our privacy and data control while doing so. In this post, I share some of the services I use to protect my privacy and remain productive.

4 min read Dec 26, 2020