Archive for the ‘Security’ Category

Replace the SSL Certificate on a Ubiquiti Edge Router Lite

To replace the self signed certifcate with a valid certifcate for the web UI on the Edge Router Lite follow these instructions:

Posted on March 30, 2019 at 0:02 by simon · Permalink · One Comment
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Remove Administrator or a user password in Windows 10 using Kali

If you have locked yourself out of a Windows 10 machine, or have forgotten your password or the administrator password then you can remove that password using one of the tools included with Kali Linux.  This obviously won’t work if you Windows disk system is encrypted.

Posted on July 23, 2018 at 22:43 by simon · Permalink · Leave a comment
In: Linux, Security, Tech

Converting AWS .PEM keys to .PPK for use in Putty

Here are the commands you will need to convert the AWS key so it can be used with Putty.  You’ll need to have Puttygen installed.  This is part of the default Putty install so shouldn’t be a problem if you have installed Putty under Windows or Linux. To convert the private key: To display the public […]

Posted on May 17, 2018 at 20:39 by simon · Permalink · Leave a comment
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Command prompt from mspaint

This is an old trick I first saw on a hak5 video, but it’s still a good one.  If you find yourself on a locked down system and aren’t able to open a command prompt but do have access to Microsoft’s Paint program then this might be the hack for you 😉

Posted on March 13, 2018 at 23:45 by simon · Permalink · Leave a comment
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Pseudo Command Prompt

Locked out of using the Command Prompt on Windows? no probs, try this little trick to create a pseudo dos box ..

Posted on February 2, 2017 at 22:36 by simon · Permalink · One Comment
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