Introduction: Clearnet vs. Darknet The Internet is divided — in terms of anonymity — into two nets: Clearnet and Darknet. The main difference between the two nets is traceability. In Clearnet, sources and destinations know about each other; in every communication, the source knows the destination address and the destination knows the source address…

A Step-by-Step Guide to Containerizing a Windows Virtual Machine — with RDP Access — on a Linux Docker Platform with KVM Hypervisor — Background Recently, I was tasked with developing a PoC of a lab environment where students can access their pre-installed and pre-configured machines — Linux and Windows — to do necessary training exercises. I wanted to make the access to all machines uniform over HTTP/HTTPS (browser-based). While the web-based access to machines…

It is evident now that the approach to cybersecurity is shifting from preventive to proactive. Businesses and organizations are starting to understand that cybersecurity is not only about installing technologies that prevent cyber-attacks, but more importantly, it is about actively hunting for attacks as if they already took place. This…