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    Maker Faire: Results, Reactions & What’s Next (AI Pit Droid pt. 4)
    Blog 4 of 4: Three Days in Orlando The Setup The booth setup at Orlando Maker Faire was simple by design. The droid stood at the front, facing the crowd. Behind it, mounted up high and angled outward, was an iPad streaming the live camera feed from the web interface, the same view the droid was ...
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    Building a Dedicated Web App & API Pentesting Lab
    Over the last several months, I have spent quite a few evenings after getting the kids to bed; ...
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    Rolling for Resilience Part 6 - Loot Drops & Learning Points: Measuring What Matters
    This is the sixth, and closing, post in this series addressing my perspective on the current state ...
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    Building the Body (AI Pit Droid pt. 3)
    Blog 3 of 4: Hardware, Electronics and Making It Real
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    Creating an Encrypted File Container with LUKS
    encryption  |  penetration testing  |  Linux  |  data  |  LUKS
    In our previous blog post, we covered how to create an encrypted flash drive using LUKS (Linux ...
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    Paths to Power in Active Directory Part 6: ESC8 - The Coerced Crown
    In Part 5, ESC6 - Under a False Sigil, the focus shifted to identity interpretation. The attack ...
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    "It's a Dangerous Business, Going Out Your Door" - Why the Cybersecurity Community Needs a Fellowship
    On June 11th, I delivered the keynote at WISCON 2026, the inaugural Wisconsin Information Security ...
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    No Hash? No Problem! - ASERepCatcher
    Intro: Credentials Are Currency In penetration testing, credentials are like currency. It doesn't ...
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    The AI Brain: Teaching the Droid to See (AI Pit Droid pt. 2)
    Robotics  |  Star Wars  |  MediaPipe  |  YOLOv8  |  Gesture Recognition  |  AI Pit Droid
    Blog 2 of 4: Vision, Detection and the Pivot That Changed Everything
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    What Is a SIAM and Why Is One Showing Up at Your Office?
    If you've scheduled an internal penetration test with Secure Ideas, we've likely asked you to ...
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    Paths to Power in Active Directory Part 5: ESC6 - Under a False Sigil
    In Part 3, ESC2: The Seal of Any Purpose, we shifted from identity to capability. Instead of ...
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    Encrypting a Flash Drive in Linux using LUKS
    encryption  |  Linux  |  Disk Encryption  |  LUKS  |  flash drive
    Portable devices that store information are both a wonderful convenience and a data security ...
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