Alick Gardiner

Functional and occasional Security Tester

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Super Nintendo (Snes) Recap

Recapping a UK PAL Snes

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Making a BBS!

More people will see it in screenshot form than will visit it, but who cares?

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CD32 Recap

Replacing capacitors on a console with famous factory install issues

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NES Frontloader Recap and Refresh

Refurbishing a NES

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Sega Game Gear Recap and Refresh

Resurrecting a dead game gear

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C64 Recap and Refresh

Time to future-proof the old Commodore C64C

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Victim 1 Vulnhub VM walkthrough

A Walkthrough of the Victim:1 VM from Vulnhub

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Sunset 1 Vulnhub VM walkthrough

A Walkthrough of the Sunset:1 VM from Vulnhub

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Sunset Nightfall Vulnhub VM walkthrough

A Walkthrough of the Sunset:Nightfall VM from Vulnhub

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Sunset Dawn Vulnhub VM walkthrough

A Walkthrough of the Sunset:Dawn VM from Vulnhub

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Sunset Dusk Vulnhub VM walkthrough

A Walkthrough of the Sunset:Dusk VM from Vulnhub

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Sunset Sunrise Vulnhub VM walkthrough

A Walkthrough of the Sunset:Sunrise VM from Vulnhub

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Getting started with vulnhub

Getting Setup with vulnhub using VirtualBox

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Toppo VM

for the Toppo VM hosted on Vulnhub from Hadi Mene.

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How to do a QA interview

It’s OK to show yourself off

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Paypal - bug bounty

A week of extremes

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Thelevelup.com subdomain takeover

Rescuing neglected subdomains and giving them a new home

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Invalid external Javascript scanner

Find hijackable external javascript sources

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Getting cloudy with Kali

Discovering a dedicated Kali VPS provider

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First live CTF!

Attending a local Capture the flag event

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Bsides Vancouver 2018

Bsides Vancouver 2018 CTF

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A further CTF Primer - UK pentest challenge CTF

UK pentest challenge CTF

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A CTF Primer - JIS CTF

JIS CTF

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A few random projects

Minor projects around saving screenshots on OSX and fantasy F1

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Games interaction with Web APIs, a horror story

Multiple vulnerabilities within a game server

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OSCP Exam passed!

My experience at taking the OSCP PWK course

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Hack The Box

Briefly reviewing HackTheBox - an awesome and slick-looking alternative to vulnhub

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Brainpan 1 VM

for the Brainpan: 1 VM hosted on Vulnhub from superkojiman.

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billu b0x VM

for the billu: b0x VM hosted on Vulnhub from Manish Kishan Tanwar.

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How we refined our Developer/Tester relationship into an efficient process

Our current process, ensuring the Developers and Tester make the most of each other’s time

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Hackfest2016 Orcus VM

for the hackfest2016: Orcus VM hosted on Vulnhub from Viper.

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Hackfest2016 Sedna VM

for the hackfest2016: Sedna VM hosted on Vulnhub from Viper.

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Hackfest2016 Quaoar VM

for the hackfest2016: Quaoar VM hosted on Vulnhub from Viper.

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Wallaby's Nightmare VM Walkthrough

for the Wallaby’s Nightmare VM hosted on Vulnhub from Waldo.

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EW_Skuzzy:1 VM Walkthrough

for the EW_Skuzzy:1 VM hosted on Vulnhub from vortexau.

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Pluck 1 VM Walkthrough

for the Pluck: 1 VM hosted on Vulnhub from Ryan Oberto.

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Lord Of The Root VM Walkthrough

for the Lord Of The Root VM hosted on Vulnhub from KookSec.

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Kioptrix 5 VM Walkthrough

for the kioptrix5 VM hosted on Vulnhub from Kioptrix.

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Kioptrix 4 VM Walkthrough

for the kioptrix4 VM hosted on Vulnhub from Kioptrix.

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Kioptrix 3 VM Walkthrough

for the kioptrix3 VM hosted on Vulnhub from Kioptrix.

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Kioptrix 2 VM Walkthrough

for the kioptrix2 VM hosted on Vulnhub from Kioptrix.

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Kioptrix 1 VM Walkthrough

for the kioptrix1 VM hosted on Vulnhub from Kioptrix.

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tr0ll VM Walkthrough

for the tr0ll VM hosted on Vulnhub from Maleus.

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Sidney 0.2 Walkthrough

for the Sidney 0.2 VM hosted on Vulnhub from Knightmare.

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SkyDog 1 VM Walkthrough

for the SkyDog 1 VM hosted on Vulnhub from James Bower.

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Milnet VM Walkthrough

for the Milnet1 VM hosted on Vulnhub from Warrior.

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SkyDog 2016 VM Walkthrough

for the SkyDog 2016 VM hosted on Vulnhub from James Bower.

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Violator VM Walkthrough

for the Violator VM hosted on Vulnhub from knightmare.

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Effective Agile Testing

On being an effective Agile tester - Lessons I have learned from QA within a scrum team

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TestBash Manchester 2016

TestBash Manchester - On discovering a community around Testing

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New blog day!

On beginning a new blog

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