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Disk Saturation Incident — A Hands‑On Monitoring Deep Dive

Disk saturation is one of those sneaky performance issues that can cripple a system without taking it offline. When a storage device receives more read/write operations than it can physically handle,

Aug 13 · 4 min readbradoncloud009.hashnode.dev

Understanding LokiBot Through Network Traffic Analysis

LokiBot is a long‑running credential‑stealing trojan designed to harvest usernames, passwords, browser data, and cryptocurrency wallets. First appearing in 2016 and attributed to a developer known as “lokistov” or “Carter,” it quickly became popular ...

Feb 6 · 3 min readbradoncloud009.hashnode.dev

R.A.V.E.N. Exploit Walkthrough: Rooting GetSimpleCMS via Theme Template Injection

Welcome to another breakdown in the R.A.V.E.N. series — a branded, modular approach to privilege escalation. Today, we're dissecting a black box engagement on HTB’s “GetSimple” machine, where remote exploitation leads to root access through theme tem...

Jul 30, 2025 · 2 min readbradoncloud009.hashnode.dev

Build Your Own Home SIEM Lab!

In every 80's action movie, it always starts off with a bad guy stealing that one valuable, priceless, work of art by finding that one security camera blind spot or vulnerability. Well the same thing happens in the cyber world. Hackers are breaking i...

Jun 5, 2024 · 7 min readbradoncloud009.hashnode.dev

Terraform: The Swiss Army Knife of Infrastructure as Code

If you've ever tried to manage a cloud infrastructure, you know it can feel a lot like herding cats. While cats are great and all, when you just want your servers to behave, you don't need whiskers—you need a tool that keeps everything in check. That...

Apr 25, 2024 · 4 min readbradoncloud009.hashnode.dev

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Disk Saturation Incident — A Hands‑On Monitoring Deep Dive

Understanding LokiBot Through Network Traffic Analysis

R.A.V.E.N. Exploit Walkthrough: Rooting GetSimpleCMS via Theme Template Injection

Build Your Own Home SIEM Lab!

Terraform: The Swiss Army Knife of Infrastructure as Code

Brad

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Brad's blogs

Disk Saturation Incident — A Hands‑On Monitoring Deep Dive

Understanding LokiBot Through Network Traffic Analysis

R.A.V.E.N. Exploit Walkthrough: Rooting GetSimpleCMS via Theme Template Injection

Build Your Own Home SIEM Lab!

Terraform: The Swiss Army Knife of Infrastructure as Code

Brad

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Brad's blogs

Disk Saturation Incident — A Hands‑On Monitoring Deep Dive

Understanding LokiBot Through Network Traffic Analysis

R.A.V.E.N. Exploit Walkthrough: Rooting GetSimpleCMS via Theme Template Injection

Build Your Own Home SIEM Lab!

Terraform: The Swiss Army Knife of Infrastructure as Code

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Brad's blogs

Disk Saturation Incident — A Hands‑On Monitoring Deep Dive

Understanding LokiBot Through Network Traffic Analysis

R.A.V.E.N. Exploit Walkthrough: Rooting GetSimpleCMS via Theme Template Injection

Build Your Own Home SIEM Lab!

Terraform: The Swiss Army Knife of Infrastructure as Code