One of the features of the logging service is the ability to collect logs directly from the running instance using the existing Oracle Cloud Agent. The only thing you need to do is to enable the Custom Agent Plug-in and create an Agent Configuration. Custom Logs Diagnostic information from custom…

One of the most used OS for Pentests is Kali Linux. In OCI it can be installed as an Oracle maintained image. This can be done very easily, but there are some additional steps to be done after the instance is initiated. 1- Go to OCI Menu→ Compute →Instances and…

One of the External IdP’s that I am configuring with my customers is Google G-Suite. This is a step by step guide on how to do this if you need some visual aid when following this guide for SAML: G Suite Introduction This document describes how to configure Oracle Identity Cloud Service to provide Single Sign-On (SSO)…docs.oracle.com We gonna start with adding Google as a Social IdP. Administering Oracle Identity Cloud Service Administrators can add a social identity provider so that users can log in to Oracle Identity Cloud Service with their…docs.oracle.com

As I wanted to test the MySQL Service multiple times, i had the chance to do it during the installation of another open source project in OCI. Go to OCI →Databases → DB Systems If you are doing this for the first time, you need to create the proper policies. …

As a security prevention method, we don’t recommend using any Operating system over the internet directly. There are some use cases, where you can expose a Linux VM over the Internet, and use it as a bastion host, but that instance can be attacked and can provoke additional damages if…

One of the SIEM solutions that we run in OCI is Splunk. If you are planning to install it, you can follow this guide: 1- Go to Splunk and Click on Free Splunk : 2- Login/Create a new account and download the installation file. Select the Software Download 3- Select…

Last week Oracle announced the General Availability of VTAP in OCI. Oracle now has a VTAP service in your VCNs - Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Release Notes Today, Oracle launches the Virtual Testing Access Point (VTAP) service in OCI. VTAP functionality, sometimes referred…docs.oracle.com Using OCI documentation I have mirrored the traffic from my fresh Honeypot instance to my previously created Security Onion Instance.

In my previous post I have shown how easy is to install Debian as a custom image in OCI. How to install Debian in OCI In this post I will use the installed OS and install a Honey Pot: GitHub - telekom-security/tpotce: 🍯 T-Pot - The All In One Honeypot Platform 🐝 T-Pot is the all in one, optionally distributed, multiarch (amd64, arm64) honeypot plattform, supporting 20+ honeypots…github.com First step after ssh-ing to the instance is to install git.