Hello, World! Today well be looking at some implementation of encryption in a real world setting by building a password manager application. After learning some introduction to password salting and hashing and AES Encryption, I wanted a good project to give me some hands on experience working with the topics. The goal of this project…

In todays lab I will take a look at some basic functions of Windows Active Directory on my home lab server. Well be doing some basic work to simulate a real office environment, including adding new users into groups, creating a shared folder for file storage, and implementing some group policy restrictions to secure our…

This is a guide for setting up a home lab to practice configuration and management with Windows Server and Active Directory. Today Ill show you how to setup and install a virtual Windows Server and 2 separate virtual Windows 10 Desktop machines, so we can practice our networking and Active Directory skills. Active Directory is…

In todays project I am taking the VLAN Network we built in a previous project and adding a DHCP server for automatic IP Assignment on devices, and a Cloud Connection to allow remote users access. Below I’ve provided a link to the previous project below that we are going off of, as well as a…

In this project I implemented an NAT server and Access Control Lists on a VLAN network environment between two departments. This project aims to further my networking skills as well as develop hands on experience working with Network configuration on the command line. Below is a link to the Cisco Packet Tracer software, and the…

WannaCry Ransomware The WannaCry Ransomware attack was one of the most damaging in history, infecting over 300,000 computers and encrypting their data. This malware used an exploit originally developed by the NSA, then was unfortunately leaked and used to develop WannaCry. This malwares goal is to infect the machine using the Eternal Blue vulnerability, to…