Most common questions, issues and recommendations about security when working with AWS EC2. — The first time we board the AWS boat and sail the endless seas of this platform we may suffer from vertigo because the great facility to generate infrastructure makes us wonder: Have I messed up something? I am currently working in a team responsible for providing security support for cloud…

Sometimes small actions can prevent major catastrophes — Most people who don’t often work with cyber security think that securing an infrastructure is very complex, expensive and difficult to understand. However, the reality is that establishing minimum security is really simple and quick. · Introduction · Basics of Azure Policy ∘ Create a new policy ∘ Assign your policy ·…

How many offers do I receive? Is it well-paid? Can you work from anywhere? Is it boring or hard to learn? — Who I am For those who don’t know me, please allow me to introduce myself (am I the only one singing “I’m a man of wealth and taste”?). I’m David, 29 years old living in Spain. I started on hacking at 15 just for fun, doing some shitty hacks to my classmates like…

The new GPUs are beasts at brute-forcing passwords. There is no secure password. — In this tutorial I will use Kali Linux as it is the most widely used framework for this kind of tasks and it is built on top of the Debian distribution which is currently the most widely used. We will make use of Hashcat, the default password cracking tool, using…

“Now I work less, I am more efficient, I earn much more and I can also live wherever I want…” — I’ve been working for a large technology company for 8 years now and for the last 6 years I’ve been able to enjoy remote work. A couple of my friends work for Google and Meta (Facebook), and yet they are envious of my company. Why? Comfort. For quite a few…

“Ahora trabajo menos, soy más eficiente, gano el doble y además puedo vivir donde quiera…” — Voy a hacer ya 8 años trabajo para una gran empresa tecnológica y desde hace 6 he podido disfrutar del trabajo remoto. Un par de amigos trabajan para Google y Meta (Facebook), y sin embargo, ellos sienten envidia de mi empresa. ¿Por qué? Comodidad. Desde hace bastantes años existen empresas…

Gestionar los permisos en Azure de manera sencilla, segura y eficiente. — Hablar sobre RBAC y la gestión de accesos es tan fácil como complicado es encontrar una empresa que lo haga bien. Tener un buen control de permisos y roles es indirectamente proporcional al número de proyectos que existan en la empresa. Cuando trabajamos en un proyecto es necesario entender bien…

Protecting your organisation’s most critical asset, information. — The most important asset of any organisation is always information and, as most companies are modernising, information is nowadays stored on virtual hard disks. For those of you working on the AWS platform here are some tips on the most important security measures to take into account to protect your…

Managing permissions in Azure easily, securely and efficiently — Talking about RBAC and access management is as easy as it is difficult to find a company that does it well. Having a good control of permissions and roles is indirectly proportional to the number of projects that exist in the company. When working on a project it is necessary to…