Anand's Blog

2025-12-29 541 words 4 mins

I Thought HackWithIndia Was Just Hype — Then I Looked Deeper

I Didn’t Expect This to Be Legit — But HackWithIndia Changed ThatIf you’ve been in cybersecurity long enough, you know the drill. Someone drops a flashy banner. “India’s Biggest Hacking Event.” Huge prize pool. Free certificates. Ambassador programs everywhere. Your inner SOC analyst immediately kic

2025-12-23 915 words 6 mins

A 10 AM Wake-Up Call That Rewired My Hacker Mindset: Automation, Interviews, and Real Cybersecurity

Slept Like a Noob, Woke Up Like a Hacker: A Cybersecurity Day That Changed My ThinkingSome days in cybersecurity start with coffee and terminals. Some start with broken builds and cursed BIOS screens. And some… start with a phone call that rewires how you think about your entire career. This one sta

2025-12-19 665 words 5 mins

I Didn’t Break GitHub. GitHub Broke Me: A Hexo × Reimu × SSH Deployment War Story

December 20, 2025 —I Didn’t Break GitHub. GitHub Broke Me: A Hexo × Reimu × SSH Deployment War Story If you’ve ever thought “Bro, it’s just a static blog. How hard can it be?” Congratulations. You’ve already lost. This is the story of how I tried to migrate my blog from Jekyll to Hexo using the Reim

2025-12-11 610 words 4 mins

How I Accidentally Built a Master-Level Enterprise Network in Packet Tracer (This Went WAY Beyond CCNA!)

— The story of one student, one Cisco Packet Tracer file, two firewalls, and a dream. 🧙‍♂️ INTRO: From “Bro How to Configure Router?” to “Architect of a Secure Company Network”Every hacker starts somewhere. Some start with Kali Linux. Some start with Nmap. I started with… a 3-hour Cisco Packet Trac

2025-11-04 489 words 4 mins

Ultimate OOPS Cheat Sheet for Last-Minute Exam Prep 🚀

OOP Core Concepts Abstract Class vs. Interface Abstract Class: Use when objects are closely related (“is-a” relationship). A class can extend only one. Can have implemented methods, instance variables, and constructors. Interface: Use for defining a capability for unrelated classes (“can-do” relati

2025-09-29 349 words 3 mins

How I Hacked My First Hackathon: ARIFA Hackathon 2025 Journey 🚀🔥

🚀 From Noob to 3rd Prize: My First Hackathon XP at ARIFA HACKATHON 2025Okay fam, let’s be real. Walking into my first hackathon felt like logging into an unknown Wi-Fi with “Are you sure you want to continue? Y/N” vibes. Nervous? Hell yeah. Excited? Double that. But ARIFA HACKATHON 2025 – கடற்

2025-09-12 374 words 3 mins

How I Resurrected a Dead ThinkPad with a BIOS Hack and Ventoy Magic

🚀 From Dead Boot to BIOS Resurrection: Aren’s Journey with a ThinkPadSo picture this: You’ve got your trusty Lenovo ThinkPad sitting on the desk. Rugged, reliable, meant to survive nuclear blasts… but today, it refuses to boot. BIOS stuck in the Stone Age (2016 version). USB not detected. OS? Compl

2025-09-01 560 words 4 mins

RFID, Nano GPS & Cybersecurity: Inside the Aren's Playground 🕶️💻

🕶️ From RFID Tags to Nano GPS: My Hacker Awakening Into CybersecuritySo here’s the deal. Yesterday I went down a rabbit hole that every wannabe hacker eventually stumbles into — RFID and Nano GPS. Yeah, that magical tech that makes your credit card beep at Starbucks and lets drones track you like y

2025-08-22 408 words 3 mins

Script Kiddie to Cyber Jedi: My Brutal Cybersecurity Reality Check

From Script Kiddie to Cyber Jedi: My Call with a Hacker That Roasted MeSo yesterday, I pulled a bold move. I called up a cybersecurity expert — not just some random YouTuber, but my college sir’s friend. I wanted to ask one simple doubt: 👉 “Bro, should I do the CEH (EC-Council) course now?” What I

2025-08-11 421 words 3 mins

ArenRedd: The Bug Bounty Recon Script That Makes Targets Beg for Mercy

So… it all started with a blank terminal and too much caffeine. I wasn’t looking to make some polished corporate scanner with a fancy GUI and pastel buttons. Nah… I wanted something raw. Something that when you run it, the terminal growls back at you and says: “I’m hungry… feed me targets.” This is