TIL - Ahmed Musaad

Avoid Unwanted Slack SSO Redirection Loop When Rolling Out Google & Third-Party IdP Integration

A tiny policy configuration can ruin your day and block your users from logging into Slack. Here is how to avoid this anxiety-inducing problem.

3 min read May 5, 2022

Logs public

18 New Log Sources in Google Workspace Investigation Tool

Ahmed Musaad

18 new events log sources have been added to the Google Workspace investigation tool, making it an even more powerful and useful tool for IT and Security people.

2 min read Apr 4, 2022

Slack public

Slack Watchman

Ahmed Musaad

Slack Watchman is a simple and effective tool that will help you detect personal or sensitive information that's shared on your workspace.

2 min read Nov 6, 2021

Short public

Add security.txt To Your Websites

Ahmed Musaad

Security.txt is an internet draft aiming to offer a common way of sharing contact information that can be used by security researchers to report security issues or vulnerabilities.

2 min read Jul 11, 2021

TIL public

Microsoft's Attack Surface Analyzer runs pretty smoothly and is super easy to use. It can be a true asset for people trying to understand the inner workings of applications or tools before introducing them into production environments. Definitely worth a try.

2 min read Jun 25, 2021

Reviews public

Semgrep, A SAST Tool

Ahmed Musaad

I came upon Semgrep while doing a code review and was seriously impressed by the ease of use, language support, and community rule sets. If you are looking for a decent open source SAST tool to aid your code reviews, look no further.

1 min read Jun 16, 2021

HOWTOs public

Extract All Senders From Apple Mail

Ahmed Musaad

Trying to get a list of all email addresses that sent you emails since you created your email address? Well, it's your lucky day, this tip might save you few minutes if you use macOS and the default Mail app.

1 min read Apr 16, 2021

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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

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TIL: Sysdiagnose

Ahmed Musaad

Sysdiagnose is a diagnostic tool available on all Apple products. It collects information and logs from various parts of the systems to provide a full image of the system state at a certain point in time. The data collected is quite comprehensive and covers a wide range of aspects.

1 min read Jun 13, 2020