Tools - Ahmed Musaad

Cleaning My MacBook Keyboard: How Hard Can It Be?

My “30-second wipe” turned into a keyboard slapstick scene: keys firing off like popcorn, and my MacBook acting possessed. Deep cleaning is easy only if you can temporarily lock the keyboard, macOS doesn't offer a way to do so. Here’s the tiny utility that saved my sanity in under a minute.

3 min read Feb 13, 2026

Mobile public

My Favourite Mobile Apps (2025)

Ahmed Musaad

A deep dive into the apps that power my digital life, packed with personal favourites, hard-won picks, and fresh inspiration for your home screen.

15 min read Aug 22, 2025

Tools public

Scanning The Top 1000 Python Packages Using GuardDog

Ahmed Musaad

Using Guarddog to scan the top 1000 Python packages for malicious indicators.

4 min read Dec 7, 2022

Okta public

Create Okta Groups In Bulk

Ahmed Musaad

I wish Okta would let you upload a CSV file and use it to create many groups. Until such a feature is available, here is a short post explaining how to automate the process of creating dozens of Okta groups using Python.

2 min read Jan 18, 2022

Tools public

Google Workspace Security Investigation Tool

Ahmed Musaad

If you are a security person who works with Google Workspace, this tool is indispensable. It allows you to review logs for many of the Google services and to remedy security or privacy concerns.

2 min read Dec 15, 2021

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

TIPs public

My Favourite Mobile Apps

Ahmed Musaad

I use my mobile phone quite a lot, in fact, my usage borders on the unhealthy type of attachment to such devices. In my defence, a lot of my life is made much easier through the use of applications I have on my iPhone. In this post, I list a couple of those that are among my favourite ones.

3 min read Sep 11, 2021

TIL public

Attack Surface Analyzer

Ahmed Musaad

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

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

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