A blog series walking through building a repeatable Active Directory sandbox in Azure using the Azure CLI, covering resource groups, VNets, NSGs, domain controllers, IIS web servers and Windows clients. Readers get the concrete commands and configuration choices for a two-forest lab with a trust.
Website: https://www.jasonbacon.net/
A cybersecurity practitioner publishes write-ups of penetration tests and Hack The Box machine walkthroughs, with step-by-step methodology, nmap output and exploitation detail. Readers get practical, reproducible insight into offensive security techniques and professional report structure.
CLOUDCOOK is a blog-style newsletter by an IT professional covering Microsoft security, Entra ID, Active Directory and Intune administration. Issues mix practical perspective on identity threats, hybrid identity changes and a tool for comparing Intune tenants, written with a jokey, personal voice.
Mohammed Faruq blogs about his day-to-day work in cyber security, with hands-on posts on topics such as Kerberos password spray detection with Kerbrute and finding plaintext credentials with Snaffler. He also writes about broader industry questions, like what AI vulnerability-finding models such as Mythos mean for defenders.
Practical IT infrastructure articles for systems administrators, covering certificate authority types, replacing self-signed certificates on HPE MSA storage arrays, and Active Directory KRBTGT password resets. The guides mix conceptual explanation with step-by-step commands and configuration details.
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