PuTTY is the most popular SSH client for Windows based systems. In fact it’s so popular that people actually install it in Linux (apt-get install putty)I. PuTTY is easy to use and you can save a lot of preferences. However, is PuTTY is best? To be honest, I think not. …
Read More »VMware KVM mode with VMware Workstation
This is pretty old trick but not heavily used. You can run your Virtual Machines in VMware KVM mode with VMware Workstation 10.x or higher. This has been available to VMWare Workstation users since 2014 but I sincerely don’t know how many people actually uses it or even know about …
Read More »Wireless WPA2 password cracking using KRACK attacks
We discovered serious weaknesses in WPA2, a protocol that secures all modern protected Wi-Fi networks. An attacker within range of a victim can exploit these weaknesses using key reinstallation attacks (KRACKs). Concretely, attackers can use this novel attack technique to read information that was previously assumed to be safely encrypted. …
Read More »Format Linux USB Drive to recover full disk space in Windows 10
This is quite a common problem when you have a USB Disk that was used to burn a Bootable Linux distro is dd mode. You plug in the USB drive in Windows 10 (or any windows for that fact) and all you see is a Drive with zero MB disk …
Read More »Export VMware Workstation Virtual Network Settings
I am using VMware® Workstation 12 Pro and setup a very complex networking config with multiple NIC’s, DHCP, Host-Only and VLANs. I have 10 active VM’s that needs to setup a complex environment and most of these VM’s needs 3.5GB to 2GB RAM to run with 2vCPU each. I could …
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