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When Red Teaming Meets Car Hacking: Building a Virtual Vehicle Pentest Lab on My Laptop

Sun, 09 Nov 2025 00:00:00 +0000

How does one emulate cars at home?

Every car hacking tool I have come across required expensive ECUs, adapters or even full test benches. Having worked with test cars before, I got an insight into how time consuming and expensive, if not difficult it is to set a working HIL (Hardware-In-Loop) setup. I didn’t want to wait for hardware to understand how automotive networks behave - I wanted to simulate it.

Docker to Detection: Setting Up Wazuh SIEM for Beginners

Sat, 14 Jun 2025 00:00:00 +0100

Setting up a SIEM (Security Information and Event Management) system might sound intimidating if you’re just getting started, but it’s a rewarding project that gives you real insight into how cybersecurity professionals monitor and detect threats. I recently built a Wazuh-based SIEM entirely with Docker and connected my personal Linux workstation as an agent. In this post, I’ll walk you through the process with practical commands for both Arch Linux and Debian users.