Open security and OffSec projects - Negative PID

Security research is one of the areas where open source has had the deepest and most complex impact. Tools built openly are used to defend critical

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War diary from LLM-assisted pentesting. Needed a vulnerable Eclipse Che instance for my Metasploit PR (CVE-2025-12548). Asked Grok 4 and Claude Sonnet 4.6 — both confidently wrong in different ways. Phantom CLI flags, CrashLoopBackOffs, invisible trailing newlines.
The fix came from plain old human debugging instinct, not a clever prompt.
https://payloadforge.io/i-asked-two-ais-to-help-me-set-up-a-test-environment-heres-what-actually-happened/
#Metasploit #OffSec #ExploitDev #LLM
I Asked Two AIs to Help Me Set Up a Test Environment. Here's What Actually Happened.

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If Claude Can Find serious cybersecurity Bug, Who Collects the Bounty?

Bug bounty programs vs. $20/month reasoning — when the brutal question becomes: why pay five-figure bounties if a Claude Code subscription already finds entire classes of bugs? #BugBounty #VulnerabilityResearch #OffSec #AppSec #Infosec #AI #LLM #SecurityResearch #CyberSecurity https://red.anthropic.com/2026/zero-days/

0-Days \ red.anthropic.com

What are people's favorite JavaScript packer/minifier/compiler?

#javascript #obfuscation #packer #offsec #redteam

If you're writing a tiny self-hosted web app for offensive security purposes or for application testing purposes, do you care if the web server/framework checks if there's a Host: header and that it matches the host/IP the HTTP server is listening on? Would you prefer Host: header validation be disabled by default or left on?

#websec #offsec #appsec

yes, `Host:` should always match the host/IP the HTTP server is listening on
12.5%
only if I explicitly defined the allowed hosts
62.5%
too annoying, disable it by default
25%
Poll ended at .

If you're considering offensive security as your next step in your career, there are a few certifications that are the gold standard in the industry. We compared CEH, OSCP, and GPEN to help you decide what's best for you.

#cybersecurity #certifications #offsec

https://negativepid.blog/breaking-into-offensive-security/
https://negativepid.blog/breaking-into-offensive-security/

Breaking into offensive security - PID Perspectives

Offensive security roles attract people who enjoy thinking creatively, solving puzzles, and understanding systems from the inside out. Whether you want to

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What operating systems do cybersecurity professionals use in their daily work? Behold... there is much more than Kali Linux out there. From Tails to CAINE, the more you specialize, the more you will want an OS tailored just for you. Luckily, it already exists!
Here are 13 that we find most useful.

#operatingSystems #Linux #cybersecurity #offSec #dataPrivacy #anonymity #digitalInvestigations

https://negativepid.blog/oss-for-cybersecurity-professionals/
https://negativepid.blog/oss-for-cybersecurity-professionals/

OSs for cybersecurity professionals - Negative PID

If you work in cybersecurity in a technical capacity, you probably operate with a few different operating systems. And while you might immediately think of

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If you're considering offensive security as your next step in your career, there are a few certifications that are the gold standard in the industry. We compared CEH, OSCP, and GPEN to help you decide what's best for you.

#cybersecurity #certifications #offsec

https://negativepid.blog/breaking-into-offensive-security/
https://negativepid.blog/breaking-into-offensive-security/

Breaking into offensive security - PID Perspectives

Offensive security roles attract people who enjoy thinking creatively, solving puzzles, and understanding systems from the inside out. Whether you want to

PID Perspectives

If you're considering offensive security as your next step in your career, there are a few certifications that are the gold standard in the industry. We compared CEH, OSCP, and GPEN to help you decide what's best for you.

#cybersecurity #certifications #offsec

https://negativepid.blog/breaking-into-offensive-security/
https://negativepid.blog/breaking-into-offensive-security/

Breaking into offensive security - PID Perspectives

Offensive security roles attract people who enjoy thinking creatively, solving puzzles, and understanding systems from the inside out. Whether you want to

PID Perspectives

What operating systems do cybersecurity professionals use in their daily work? Behold... there is much more than Kali Linux out there. From Tails to CAINE, the more you specialize, the more you will want an OS tailored just for you. Luckily, it already exists!
Here are 13 that we find most useful.

#operatingSystems #Linux #cybersecurity #offSec #dataPrivacy #anonymity #digitalInvestigations

https://negativepid.blog/oss-for-cybersecurity-professionals/
https://negativepid.blog/oss-for-cybersecurity-professionals/

OSs for cybersecurity professionals - Negative PID

If you work in cybersecurity in a technical capacity, you probably operate with a few different operating systems. And while you might immediately think of

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