Huel Black Edition
Huel Black Edition At work we use myzone as an incentive to keep people fit - we have challenges each month to see who can do the most :) Ive…
Building a PWA vuejs app with wordpress API – Part 7
By now in out Building a PWA vuejs app with wordpress API journey, we have a basic vuejs app which can fetch data from a Wordpress API using axios and…
MyZone
As an incentive for healthier lifestyles from work, we have been offered myzone blaze heart rate monitors (more gadgets=win for me) its pretty cool and calculates your workouts based on…
The secret to scaling engineering teams
make users feel smart, not stupidfreeagent - bought over by RBSThey are a tech company, so have a strong engineering team1. Hiring is #1the hiring process needs to be good…
Culture
Im listening to a great talk about culture inside a company - aira.net defining culture: you have to address the culture and define what you want it to be, it…
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OS Detection Techniques
Os Detection Techniques and OS fingerprinting Os Detection Techniques - Background information This is a list of Os Detection Techniques, with explanations for all the active and passive Os Detection…
Cyber Essentials
Cyber Essentials is a UK government scheme to educate business about the most basic elements for cyber security Firewalls Patching Antivirus/malware detection Etc Company can be certified, which shows to…
Kioptrix Walkthrough Guide
I have decided to start studying towards a CISSP and / or an OSCP, as part of that I saw an excellent blog post recommending to go through a lot…
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WordPress Security
This is a WordPress Security mega-post containing a lot of best-practice information on securing, hardening, updating and maintaining a Wordpress site.Used by more than 60 million websites, including 30% of…
Metasploit for website pentest
Metasploit for website pentest using wmap. This is a short tutorial on using the wmap module inside metasploit. Wmap is a web application scanner that runs within metasploit. We can…
Vagrant with sshfs and public network
Vagrant with sshfs. You can use sshfs in vagrant with only a private network. This is fine if you are doing all your devlopment from a single machine and dont…
Coding in php on android
It turns out that coding in php on android is possible (even if its not as good as on a mac, linux or even windows). In this blog post I'll…
Google home and chromecast
After playing with my google home mini for a few days I decided I needed a chromecast (I have appletv, roku boxes, and an old android tv box, but none…
Making a new wordpress theme from scratch
Making a WordPress Theme. From Scratch. Research + Information Architecture Introduction Making a new WordPress theme from scratch can seem daunting, but it's pretty easy if you know the steps.…
Keynote panel: An E2E approach to tackling data security challenges of the IoT
keynote panel: An E2E approach to tackling data security challenges of the IoT Right now we have lots of theory about security, so intellectually we are good. in practice we…
Multiloquent 10 0 0 released
Multiloquent 10 0 0 Changelog f5ed825 - post format 268d5ef - removing old hings e59727b - cleanup dd08d38 - version bump adb1fa7 - syntax error fix 68555e5 - fixes 089c9f0…
Replace iphone home button
Replace iphone home button: The home button on my iphone 6 plus stopped working, so I had to fit a new one. Unfortunately touchId won't work any more but at…
Vagrant with NFS and public_network
Vagrant with NFS and public_network. You can use NFS in vagrant, but it requires a private_network to work; This is fine if you are doing all your devlopment from a…
How to remove the harddrive from a 2014 mac mini and install an ssd
At work we had a mac mini 2014 that needed an ssd harddrive upgrade. This post has a short video and some info on the process documenting how to remove…
Blackarch pacman package groups for tools
Blackarch pacman package groups Install with pacman -S groupname to quickly install a bunch of tools in one command: This info is available in the blackarch developers guide here: https://blackarch.org/blackarch-guide-en.pdf…
Blackarch on the chuwi hi10pro – install and config
Blackarch on the chuwi hi10pro - prereq's a usb hub a usb flashdrive a usb mouse a usb wifi adaptor (at least for the initial setup) Download blackarch from https://blackarch.org/downloads.html…
How to root android on a chuwi hi10 Pro
How to root android on a chuwi hi10 Pro First, you need to enable developer mode How to root android on a chuwi hi10 Pro: Enable Developer Mode start android,…
Google Partners Mobile Sites Certification
Google recently announced the google partners mobile sites certification program. The Mobile Sites certification is a professional accreditation that Google offers to individuals who demonstrate proficiency in basic and advanced…
Ubuntu on the chuwi hi10 pro
After trying Kali on the hi10 pro (its totally not ready for the bay-trail / cherry-trail platforms) I decided to give ubuntu on the chuwi hi10 pro a go (after…
Kali on the Chuwi Hi10 Pro – updated for Kali 2020
This post is now updated with install information for using 2020 versions of Kali on the Chuwi Hi10 Pro. When I first wrote this post I seriously wouldn't have recommended…
Chuwi Hi10 Pro ultrabook tablet convertable surface
Chuwi Hi10 Pro ultrabook tablet convertable surface - That's some title, but I'm not sure how to describe my new machine. Its a tablet, but its also a laptop -…
London Feb 2017
We have a new client at work who are getting a bespoke CRM system built from scratch. They have been in for a meeting in Glasgow, and We went down…
Beers at work
We are lucky to get beer every Friday where I work. Here are some that Ill be trying over the next few weeks
Automatic updates in kali
Automatic updates in kali (and other apt based distros). There are a ton of ways to do automatic updates in kali linux (though this will work on debian, ubuntu, proxmox…
Linux commands for networking with command line
This post has a collection of Linux commands for networking. There are basic linux network commands, advanced linux network commands and some centos network configuration commands, but I've tried to…
Mining altcoins in centos with minergate
Altcoins exploded in 2015. Minergate is a nice little site that offers various GUI clients for cpu and gpu mining. This is a short little post about mining altcoins in…
Install php7 on centos7
There are a couple of different ways to install php7 on centos7 - Installing yum-plugin-replace and inline-replaceing the whole php subsystem seems to be the easiest way: You need to…
Configuring free SSL certs with Letsencrypt in centos
Configuring free ssl certs with letsencrypt in centos Using letsencrypt in centos requires a few modifications to your centos before you can run the letsencrypt client. The setup for vhosts…
Edinburgh Beer Factory Paulozzi
I was given this Edinburgh Beer Factory Paulozzi by one of the Doctors in the building where I work; I got it 3 weeks ago now, and didn't drink it…
Kali linux keyboard freeze fix
This post contains the kali linux keyboard freeze fix. Kali 2.0 is out, and I've installed it on my work pc; one thing I noticed was that the usb keyboard…
Pibow ninja coupe raspberry pi case build
I ordered a Pibow Ninja Coupe a few days ago, and got it delivered to work this morning. This post is full of photos, unboxing the case and assembling the…
Natural Selection Brewing – Bitter Descent
Natural Selection Brewing are a Herriot-Watt University Masters Project (yep, they do a masters degree in beer!) Each year they choose to do a different beer, and they do everything…
Multiple ip addresses on one physical NIC using virtual NICs in centos
Multiple ip addresses on one physical NIC. I have a gigabyte brix running esxi to host a few virtualised servers. I have one server for my web development. I have…