Category: Macbooks

21 Nov 2025 Cyber 👁 20 views

MacOs: Deep Dive into NMAP using Claude Desktop with an NMAP MCP

Introduction NMAP (Network Mapper) is one of the most powerful and versatile network scanning tools available for security professionals, system administrators, and ethical hackers. When combined with Claude through the Model Context Protocol (MCP), it becomes an even more powerful tool, allowing you to leverage AI to intelligently analyze scan results, suggest scanning strategies, and […]

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20 Nov 2025 Macbooks 👁 6 views

Building a Browser Curl Wrapper for Reliable HTTP Requests and Load Testing

Modern websites deploy bot defenses that can block plain curl or naive scripts. In many cases, adding the right browser-like headers, HTTP/2, cookie persistence, and compression gets you past basic filters without needing a full browser. This post walks through a small shell utility, browser_curl.sh, that wraps curl with realistic browser behavior. It also supports “fire-and-forget” […]

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17 Nov 2025 Macbooks 👁 5 views

A Script to download Photos, Videos and Images from your iPhone to your Macbook (by creation date and a file name filter)

Annoying Apple never quite got around to making it easy to offload images from your iPhone to your Macbook. So below is a complete guide to automatically download photos and videos from your iPhone to your MacBook, with options to filter by pattern and date, and organize into folders by creation date. Prerequisites Install the […]

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20 Oct 2025 Cyber 👁 7 views

Macbook: Enhanced Domain Vulnerability Scanner

Below is a fairly comprehensive passive penetration testing script with vulnerability scanning, API testing, and detailed reporting. Features Installation Required Dependencies Optional Dependencies Usage Basic Syntax Options Examples: Network Configuration Default Interface: en0 (bypasses Zscaler) To change the interface, edit line 24: The script automatically falls back to default routing if the interface is unavailable. Debug Mode […]

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02 Oct 2025 Artificial Intelligence 👁 64 views

Macbook: Setup wireshark packet capture MCP for Antropic Claude Desktop

If you’re like me, the idea of doing anything twice will make you break out in a cold shiver. For my Claude desktop, I often need network pcap (packet capture) to unpack something that I am doing. So the script below installs wireshark, and then the wireshark mcp and then configures Claude to use it. […]

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28 Sep 2025 Macbooks 👁 50 views

Macbook: A script to figure out which processes are causing battery usuage/drain issues (even when the laptop lid is closed)

If you’re trying to figure out whats draining your macbook, even when the lid is closed – then try the script below (call with “sudo ./battery_drain_analyzer.sh”): If you see windowServer as your top consumer then consider the following: Finer grained optimisations: To optimise the power when the lid is closed, below are some options:

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22 Sep 2025 Cyber 👁 75 views

MacOS Penetration Testing Guide Using hping3

⚠️ LEGAL DISCLAIMER AND TERMS OF USE **READ THIS CAREFULLY BEFORE PROCEEDING** Legal Requirements: **AUTHORIZATION REQUIRED**: You MUST have explicit written permission from the system owner before running any of these tests **ILLEGAL WITHOUT PERMISSION**: Unauthorized network scanning, port scanning, or DoS testing is illegal in most jurisdictions **YOUR RESPONSIBILITY**: You are solely responsible for […]

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20 Aug 2025 Macbooks 👁 10 views

Macbook: Return a list of processes using a specific remote port number

I find this script useful for debugging which processes are talking to which remote port. Example Usuage:

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19 Aug 2025 Cyber 👁 5 views

Macbook: Useful/Basic NMAP script to check for vulnerabilities and create a formatted report

If you want to quickly health check your website, then the following script is a simple NMAP script that scans your site for common issues and formats the results in a nice report style. Here’s a comprehensive guide on how to fix each type of directory permission issue that the above script might find (for […]

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15 Aug 2025 Macbooks 👁 11 views

Macbook: Script to monitor the top disk reads and writes

The script below tracks disk usage of a macbook for 20 seconds and the shows the processes with the highest disk utilisations Example output:

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