Writing.
Articles and security write-ups by Mohamed Yasser — web development, performance, malware analysis, and CTF challenges. Originals on Medium.
I Rebuilt My Personal Website From Scratch — Design, Performance, SEO, and the One Layer Almost…
I Rebuilt My Personal Website From Scratch — Design, Performance, SEO, and the One Layer Almost Nobody Is Doing Yet my website hero section My old portfolio was “vibe coded.” This…
- Portfolio
- Website
- Web Development
- Next.js
Using Strapi CMS with Next.js: A Practical Guide for Modern Web Apps
A practical, hands-on guide to pairing Strapi (a headless CMS) with a Next.js front end — modelling content types, consuming the API, and structuring a maintainable, content-driven web app.
- Next.js
- Strapi
- Headless CMS
- Web Development
How to Improve Website Performance: LCP, INP, and CLS Explained
A clear breakdown of Google's three Core Web Vitals — Largest Contentful Paint (LCP), Interaction to Next Paint (INP), and Cumulative Layout Shift (CLS) — what each one measures and the practical techniques to improve them.
- Web Performance
- Core Web Vitals
- Frontend
My Internship Experience at Prodigy Infotech: Learning, Growth, and Discovery
A reflection on a cybersecurity internship at Prodigy Infotech — the hands-on tasks, what the experience taught about security work in practice, and how it shaped the author's growth.
- Cybersecurity
- Internship
- Career
DarkSide Ransomware Colonial Pipeline Analysis
A technical breakdown of the DarkSide ransomware behind the Colonial Pipeline attack — how the malware operated, the impact of the incident, and the lessons it holds for defenders.
- Cybersecurity
- Malware Analysis
- Ransomware
“Extracted” (THM) Write-up
A step-by-step write-up of the “Extracted” room on TryHackMe, walking through enumeration, exploitation, and the privilege-escalation path to the flag.
- CTF
- TryHackMe
- Write-up
“m0v” Cyber Talents Write-up
A capture-the-flag write-up solving the “m0v” challenge on CyberTalents, explaining the reverse-engineering and the reasoning behind the solution.
- CTF
- CyberTalents
- Reverse Engineering
CrowdStrike Crashes Windows Systems
An explainer on the 2024 CrowdStrike update that crashed Windows systems worldwide — what went wrong technically and why a single faulty update had such a broad impact.
- Cybersecurity
- Incident Analysis
- Windows
Hacking Gadgets
An overview of popular hardware hacking gadgets used in security testing — what each device does and where it fits in a practical security toolkit.
- Cybersecurity
- Hardware
- Tools
“Boss Message” CyberTalents Write-up
A CyberTalents CTF write-up for the “Boss Message” challenge, detailing the analysis and the path to recovering the flag.
- CTF
- CyberTalents
- Write-up
“Finding Voice” Cyber Talents Write-up
A CyberTalents CTF write-up for the “Finding Voice” challenge, walking through the forensic and steganography steps used to solve it.
- CTF
- CyberTalents
- Forensics