Practical security guides and hands-on tools, written and built by CyberSearch — everything you need to understand and defend your digital life.
Test any password against real-world cracking estimates — right in your browser.
Launch tool →Train your eye to catch the details attackers hope you'll miss.
What's actually risky, what isn't, and the 3-step routine to stay safe.
Real patterns from recent cases — and the one rule that beats them all.
SMS, authenticator apps, passkeys — which one should you actually use?
Hands-on utilities I build and publish here — free, fast, and running entirely in your browser.
Route your browser through your own encrypted tunnel with a one-click extension — no account, no shared server, nothing to trust. Download and go.
Launch →Estimate crack times and get instant suggestions to harden any password.
Launch →Unshorten and expand suspicious links to see where they really lead — before you click.
Launch →Base64, URL and hex encoding-decoding with one-click copy. Nothing leaves your device.
Launch →Generate and verify SHA-256, SHA-1 and MD5 checksums for text and files.
Launch →Enter an email to see which known data breaches it appears in — and exactly what was exposed.
Launch →Paste any URL to grade its load speed, page weight, mobile-responsiveness and security headers — with plain-English fixes.
Launch →Drop in a photo to reveal its hidden EXIF data — GPS location, camera fingerprint and timestamps — mapped and geolocated. Runs entirely in your browser.
Launch →Check what any domain or IP reveals about itself — records, location, and more.
Launch →New utilities are published here as they're built. Suggest one via the contact form.
CyberSearch is an independent blog and toolbox. Every article comes from hands-on testing, and every tool is built from scratch and published right here — free for anyone to use.
No fluff, no fear-mongering — just practical security you can act on today.
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