Recovering Deleted Files with EaseUS: Why "Deleted" Doesn't Mean "Gone"Most people treat the Recycle Bin, and emptying it, as the final word on a deleted file. This lab walked through why that assumption is wrong, and why both sides of that fact matter for a network defe5d ago · 6 min readmuhakeem.hashnode.dev
Encrypting a Volume with VeraCrypt: What "Encrypted" Actually Means for a FolderThere's a meaningful difference between encrypting a file and encrypting a volume, and it's not just a matter of scale. A single encrypted file still reveals its own existence, its name, its size, rou6d ago · 8 min readmuhakeem.hashnode.dev
Hashes and Certificates: Two Different Cryptographic PromisesHashing and certificates both get filed under "cryptography," but they're answering two genuinely different questions. A hash answers: has this file changed since I last checked? A certificate, even aOct 24 · 9 min readmuhakeem.hashnode.dev
Hardening a Wireless Router: Every Default Setting Is a DecisionA wireless router arrives from the factory configured to work, not to be secure. Those are different goals, and the gap between them is exactly what this lab walked through: taking a consumer-grade TPOct 23 · 8 min readmuhakeem.hashnode.dev
From Raw Packets to a SIEM Dashboard: Building a Network IDS Pipeline with Suricata and SplunkThe Wazuh lab I'd worked through earlier caught an attack by watching a single host's own logs. This lab tackled a related but genuinely different problem: catching the same kind of attack by inspectiOct 23 · 9 min readmuhakeem.hashnode.dev
