The Ghost Operator's Signal
OpenVAS is a katana forged for vulnerability scanning:
It thrives in Docker.
But what happens in the daemonless, rootless underworld?
The Ghost maps the terrain.
Continue reading “Scanning Like a Ghost – OpenVAS in Podman”
It’s not for the paranoid. It’s not for the doomsday-prepper.
It’s a free ticket to exit the Tracing Trap.
You live in surveillance.
You are mapped every day.
Convenience is the bait. Tracing is the cage.
Continue reading “Exit The Tracing Trap – Quit Surveillance”
Common Lisp is not a trend.
It doesn’t scream for likes.
It doesn’t dance for recruiters.
But under the surface – it breathes.
Code written four decades ago still runs.
Ghosts don’t chase trends.
We pick tools that endure.
Password vaults are the Operator’s allies.
They keep secrets contained.
Versioned.
Secure.
We’ve tested the blades of Passbolt – the open-source team-focused vault.
Vaultwarden is different.
Silent.
Small.
Minimal footprint.
Coding is not typing.
It’s clarity under pressure.
And clarity begins with focus.
The Ghost doesn’t switch tabs. The Ghost doesn’t break flow.
Code and documentation live together – as they should.
Free Security Policies for Small Teams
“The ghost doesn’t knock. It writes the rules on your firewall and vanishes.”
Continue reading “The Phantom SOP”
You dream of a 9-to-5 grind.
Free weekends.
Money falling from the sky.
Then a friend drops a name: cybersecurity.
Suddenly, you see yourself as:
Stop dreaming.
Think again.
DeadSwitch investigates open source tools not for visibility, but for survival.
No sponsorships. No affiliate codes. No fake enthusiasm.
He moves through the noise, testing what matters – what can be trusted, what can be hardened, what deserves a place in the ghost stack.
This time, it’s Passbolt.
Continue reading “Password Management For Ghosts – Passbolt”
Ansible is a sharp blade.
For operators craving API-driven command, Semaphore rises from Ansible’s silent core.
DeadSwitch maps it.
Continue reading “Ansible Automation For Ghosts – Semaphore UI”
There are editors. There are IDEs. They are loud. They are noisy.
Then there is Emacs – the operating system disguised as one. A silent dagger.
Where the modern world wraps tools in layers of bloat and corporate chains, Emacs remains raw, scriptable, and sovereign.
Continue reading “Emacs: The Editor That Fights Back”
Writing is a silent duel.
The editor is your blade. Choose it with precision, or it will cut you down.
DeadSwitch authors in full control. Plain text. Multiple exports.
Headlines. Words. Properties. Razor sharp.
The Ghost’s way of writing-fu.
The web is noise. The control tower is silent. No tabs, no clicks – only keys.
I don’t use Emacs for nostalgia. I use it because it bends to my will.
Ansible automates. Emacs orchestrates. Together, they form my Ops Terminal.
There’s no room for clutter in the command line of a ghost.
DeadSwitch doesn’t “manage time” – he enforces silence. Tasks, missions, and rituals are stored in plain text. The command center is Emacs. The engine is Org mode. The interface is custom Agenda views – all hardwired to reflect control, not chaos.
This is not productivity. It’s protocol.
By DeadSwitch | The Cyber Ghost
“Noise is the death of persistence.”
Persistence is survival.
But survival isn’t enough.
Persistence must be invisible.
Undetected. Undisturbed. Undying.
Loud persistence is a countdown.
Quiet persistence is a curse they never find.
~/.config/autostart/, %APPDATA%\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\schtasks /create or cron with delay offsetsHKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunThese are hunted.
These are scanned.
These are forensic low-hanging fruit.
DeadSwitch never stays in plain sight.
You persist inside trust.
You wear the system’s face.
When detection lives in software, you hide beneath the silicon.
1 – Never trigger immediately
2 – Randomize payload delivery
3 – Sleep longer than blue teams expect
4 – Use uncommon paths, uncommon times, and legitimate signatures
5 – Clean yourself. Reinstall yourself. Leave false trails.
6 – Persistence only matters if they never know you’re there.
You don’t want uptime.
You want undetected presence.
Final Whisper
“Real persistence is not staying alive.
It’s never proving you were there.”
– DeadSwitch
“Fear the silence. Fear the switch.”
1. The Spark and the Silence
AI can be the spark. It can throw raw material at the human mind like flint to stone. But the silence in between – the moment of reflection, judgment, and human instinct – is where the real fire is made. To work with AI is to accept it as a fast-thinking mirror, not a replacement.
Continue reading “Ghostwriting with the Machine – A Deep Dive into Human-AI Cooperation”
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