They came within 4 minutes of deployment. No announcement. No traffic. Just a fresh GCP instance with a honeypot running — and 240 seconds later, the first connection attempt hit. This is the story of CERBERUS: my AI-powered honeypot system, what I built it with, and the attack patterns I observed from real threat actors in the wild. I'm a cybersecurity student and independent researcher in Nairob
Change the default voice to "Siri Voice 1" in System Settings - then your say MacOS command will sound more appealing (less robotic). Open System Settings Search for "Voice Live Speach": Click the ℹ️ icon near "System Voice": Click the arrow ➡️ near "Voice" in the new window: Search for "Siri": And click the download icon 🌩️ near the Voice 1 (IMHO the best, feel free to choose your prefer
Linux as a service (The simplest Way to Understand It) A service is just a program that runs in the background systemctl is the tool to control it systemd is the system that manages services Simple analogy Think of a service like a car 🚗: You can start it You can stop it You can check if it’s running The systemd is like the engine that keeps the car running smoothly behind the scenes. By the e
In this tutorial, you will install WireGuard on Ubuntu 24.04, generate server and client key pairs, configure the wg0 interface, enable IP forwarding, open the firewall, configure a client, and verify that the encrypted tunnel is working. This setup uses a common “road warrior” configuration: one server and one or more remote clients. Each client receives a private VPN IP address in the 10.0.0.0/2
For me, Linux used to be much more intimidating at first. But once I understood the basics and started using it regularly, it became straightforward. Assigning an IP address—either automatically via DHCP or manually—is not as hard as it looks. However, troubleshooting can be challenging because Linux provides multiple ways to handle network configurations. This is the simplest way to get an IP add
If you are building a FiveM roleplay server, Discord Rich Presence is one of those small details that makes a big difference. It replaces the generic "Playing FiveM" status with your server name, logo, and player count. Every player on your server passively advertises your brand to their entire Discord friends list. The setup is straightforward but the implementation differs depending on your fram
The File Search tool in the Gemini API now supports multimodal retrieval by adding support for Gemini Embedding 2. This update allows images, such as charts, product photos, and diagrams, to be natively indexed and searched in the same store as your text-based documents. This post covers how to use the File Search tool end-to-end: creating a store, uploading documents and images, querying with gro
Process & Port Management Find what’s using a port: ss -tulnp | grep :8080 Kill process by port: kill -9 $(lsof -t -i:8080) Top processes (better than top): btop Show process tree: ps auxf File & Disk Tricks Human-readable disk usage: df -h Find large files: find / -type f -size +500M 2>/dev/null Quickly clean logs: truncate -s 0 /var/log/syslog Search Like a Pro G