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It's Okay To Forget To Lock Your Computer*

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

TIL public

Listen To VoIP Calls in PCAP Files Using Wireshark

Ahmed Musaad

One question in CyberDefender's most recent challenge taught me something new. The question asked you to listen to the audio stream that can be found in the PCAP file to find the flag and claim the points. I never knew Wireshark supports doing this hence this TIL.

2 min read Dec 8, 2020

HOWTOs public

Pinned Messages in Slack Channels

Ahmed Musaad

The way pinned messages work in Slack is one of the things I find frustrating about the platform. If I pin a message, I expect it to remain visible in the channel not tucked into a side tab. This post outlines a rough PoC for a Slack application that can help you "truly" pin your messages.

6 min read Dec 7, 2020

Challenge public

macOS Forensics: Spotlight Challenge

Ahmed Musaad

It's been a while since I did any forensic challenges, so I was excited when I saw this new challenge from CyberDefenders. Even though I never did any macOS forensics, I did quite well on this challenge (solved 14/16 questions) and learned a bunch. This post is my attempt at a quick recap.

3 min read Dec 6, 2020

Thesis public

Writing The Master Thesis

Ahmed Musaad

Writing a master thesis is an exciting journey, no matter the topic. To share my "excitement", I am writing this public journal to document most (if not all) of my research journey.

2 min read Nov 18, 2020

Personal public

500 Pictures

Ahmed Musaad

There is something unique about being able to scroll through a chronologically-ordered feed of your memories, along with your friend's comments and reactions.

3 min read Nov 16, 2020

WeeklySecurityTip public

Weekly Security Tip: Review Apps On Your Phone

Ahmed Musaad

Phones are an integral part of our life; we use them to take pictures, write journals, browse social media, work on our tasks, and even have important work meetings or edit sensitive documents. In this post, I share with you one useful habit I developed over the years when it comes to phone hygiene.

1 min read Oct 21, 2020

HOWTOs public

Convert DMG To PKG

Ahmed Musaad

Many macOS applications come in DMG format, which is perfectly fine until you need to deploy one of these applications using your enterprise MDM solution. Most MDMs only work with PKG files so you must convert the application from DMG to PKG before you deploy it.

2 min read Oct 12, 2020

WeeklySecurityTip public

Weekly Security Tip: Use Authy

Ahmed Musaad

With Authy, you can configure two-factor authentication on all of your accounts fully knowing you will have access to these codes across devices and at worst, backups of them.

1 min read Oct 12, 2020