Ahmed Awad “nullc0d3”: 20-Year Cybersecurity Veteran, Author, and Threat Intelligence Strategist. Ahmed Awad, known as nullc0d3, is a veteran cybersecurity expert with 20+ years in threat intelligence, penetration testing, malware analysis, and digital forensics. Author of “The Hacker’s Mindset” and “Prompt Millionaire,” he shares cutting-edge insights on AI threats and cyber warfare. Follow him on Medium, Publish0x, and LinkedIn for deep dives into adversarial thinking and cyber defense strategy.
10 Nov 2025 3 minute read 1 comment Ahmed Awad ( NullC0d3 )
It began with a suspicious email. An employee at Arup, a major engineering firm, received a message about a "secret transaction" supposedly from the company's UK-based CFO. The employee, rightly, was skeptical. What happened next, however, marks a te...
23 Oct 2025 1 minute read 0 comments Ahmed Awad ( NullC0d3 )
🚨 IT’S OFFICIALLY LIVE 🚨My third book in the Hacker Hunter series is now available worldwide.📘 Inside the Hacker Hunter’s Domain: Cyber Intelligence – A Field Guide to OSINT, Dark Web Reconnaissance, and Tracking Advanced Threat ActorsThis book ta...
14 Oct 2025 3 minute read 0 comments Ahmed Awad ( NullC0d3 )
How artificial intelligence is turning hackers into super-attackers — and what defenders must do next “If you think AI is your greatest cybersecurity ally, wait until you see what happens when it switches sides.” A quiet revolution is unfolding ben...
12 Oct 2025 2 minute read 2 comments Ahmed Awad ( NullC0d3 )
It’s no longer a question of if your systems will be probed — it’s when and how fast. In October 2025, defenders face a convergence of threats so tight and fast-moving, traditional patch-and-respond tactics are failing. In this article, we brea...
9 Oct 2025 2 minute read 0 comments Ahmed Awad ( NullC0d3 )
How Latin American attackers are turning WhatsApp into a weaponized entry point. A few years ago, cybersecurity experts warned that email phishing was evolving. What most didn’t anticipate was where the battlefield would shift next. That future...
3 Oct 2025 3 minute read 0 comments Ahmed Awad ( NullC0d3 )
Red Hat — a name synonymous with open-source enterprise software — recently confirmed a troubling security incident. The culprit? A threat actor group calling itself Crimson Collective, claiming to have exfiltrated 570 GB of compressed data spanning...
29 Sep 2025 2 minute read 0 comments Ahmed Awad ( NullC0d3 )
Imagine this: you get a photo on WhatsApp. You never tap it. You never open it. Yet, somewhere deep inside your phone, something slips in, cracks the door open, and refuses to leave. This is the chilling reality of zero-click attacks — and the la...
26 Sep 2025 2 minute read 0 comments Ahmed Awad ( NullC0d3 )
Yesterday wasn’t just another day in cybersecurity. It was a wake-up call. Cisco dropped a bombshell: a critical zero-day vulnerability (CVE-2025–20352) in the SNMP subsystem of IOS and IOS XE is being actively exploited. These aren’t fringe pr...
24 Sep 2025 2 minute read 1 comment Ahmed Awad ( NullC0d3 )
It was only a matter of time. For years, we speculated about the day artificial intelligence would cross the line from defense to offense — from detecting malware to creating it. That day just arrived. Researchers have uncovered a new malware famil...
22 Sep 2025 3 minute read 0 comments Ahmed Awad ( NullC0d3 )
The European Airport Cyberattack When One Vendor Brings Down a Continent Picture this: you arrive at the airport three hours before your flight, ready to breeze through check-in, grab a coffee, and maybe even squeeze in some duty-free shoppin...
