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Welcome to Book Ghanim - A collection of cybersecurity notes, write-ups, programming guides, and homelab documentation.

This website is created by Alaa Ghanim. I'm currently working as a red team operator and this website is mainly used for documenting my cyber security journey. There is so much to learn and keep track of, so it's kind of a library where I add everything new I learn and use it as a reference point.

For more, see the About page.

Note: Just migrated away from wordpress, so there might be some broken changes that I might not have adressed yet.

Handbooks

Handbook	Description
Handbook I - Basic	Pentesting fundamentals - enumeration, services, shells, privilege escalation, tools
Handbook II - Advanced	Advanced techniques and methodologies
Handbook III - Cloud	Cloud security notes
Handbook IV - RedTeam	Red team operations and techniques
Handbook V - Maldev	Malware development notes and resources

Sections

Offensive Security

• Active Directory - Notes, Methodology, Cheatsheet
• AV Evasion 101
• Buffer Overflow - Notes and Cheatsheet
• Command and Control - C2 Framework
• Pivoting and Port Forwarding Guide
• OSEP Checklist

Write-ups

See all write-ups or browse by platform:

• HackTheBox Write-ups
• TryHackMe Write-ups

Learning Path (TryHackMe Course Notes)

See Learning Path for the full ordered list.

Programming

• C# - Basics and Examples
• Python - Notes and Examples

HomeLab

• Setting Up a Detection Lab
• NGINX SSL Reverse Proxy
• Snort3 + ELK Stack
• Homelab Cheatsheet
• All HomeLab guides

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5. Toolbox

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