Adventures and learnings of a programmer, data analyst, guitarist, and cyber security consultant Adventures and learnings of a programmer, data analyst, guitarist, and cyber security consultant https://diaryofarjun.com/ Fri, 10 Apr 2026 20:12:40 +0000 Fri, 10 Apr 2026 20:12:40 +0000 Jekyll v3.10.0 Arjun A tutorial on how to create IBM QRadar SIEM dashboards on Metabase BI (Business Intelligence) tool. ]]>

A tutorial on how to create IBM QRadar SIEM dashboards on Metabase BI (Business Intelligence) tool.

Mon, 16 Oct 2023 00:00:00 +0000 https://diaryofarjun.com/blog/qradar-dashboards-metabase https://diaryofarjun.com/blog/qradar-dashboards-metabase Beginner QRadar QRadar-Reports Metabase Dashboard Visualization BI Business-Intelligence CSV SIEM IBM Security Tutorial MySQL VM VirtualBox Arjun A tutorial on how to archive QRadar reports to Azure Blob Storage using Python. ]]>

A tutorial on how to archive QRadar reports to Azure Blob Storage using Python.

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A tutorial on building ETL pipelines with Logstash to fetch, transform, and output data from QRadar into various destinations.

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A tutorial on how to run Ariel searches using QRadar Ariel Search REST API endpoints using Python with Jupyter Notebook.

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A tutorial on how to get started with QRadar REST APIs and write basic Python scripts using Jupyter Notebook.

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Notes from Black Hills Information Security webcast following Colonial Pipeline Ransomware attack by DarkSide.

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A step-by-step guide on how to download, install, and set up IBM QRadar Community Edition V7.3.3 on VirtualBox.

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A step-by-step walkthrough of solving the Escalate My Privileges: 1 pentesting challenge from VulnHub.

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A step-by-step walkthrough of solving the DC: 7 pentesting challenge from VulnHub.

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A tutorial introducing Python data analysis with pandas using Ransomware Tracker data.

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A step-by-step walkthrough of solving the DC: 3 pentesting challenge from VulnHub.

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A step-by-step walkthrough of solving the DC: 6 pentesting challenge from VulnHub.

Wed, 29 May 2019 00:00:00 +0000 https://diaryofarjun.com/blog/vulnhub-dc-6-walkthrough https://diaryofarjun.com/blog/vulnhub-dc-6-walkthrough Beginner CTF Kali Linux Vulnhub Walkthrough Writeup Security DC-Series Arjun A step-by-step walkthrough of solving the Necromancer pentesting challenge from VulnHub. ]]>

A step-by-step walkthrough of solving the Necromancer pentesting challenge from VulnHub.

Sun, 26 May 2019 00:00:00 +0000 https://diaryofarjun.com/blog/vulnhub-necromancer https://diaryofarjun.com/blog/vulnhub-necromancer Beginner CTF Kali Linux Vulnhub Walkthrough Writeup Security Arjun An introduction to Arjun's beginner pentesting setup and lab environment. ]]>

An introduction to Arjun's beginner pentesting setup and lab environment.

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