ghosts in the wire (or rock out with your hack out)
It’s January, it’s cold, and I have a day off, so that makes for a great time to get introspective and look at my plans and goals for learning and training this year! Sometimes I look to make themes out of my years, and this year I’m probably due to stretch my red team/offensive legs […]
I didn’t do a bunch of flashy things in 2023 on a learning or training front. I think I did more in 2023 that set up my 2024 than I actually accomplished! But, I really like to do these year over year. Of my goals That seems to be all I wrote down or wanted […]
It’s been since Defcon 22 that I made it out to Vegas for the premiere hacker summer camp, but I finally got a chance to go out again, post-covid. (Spoiler: I’ve been covid-free since the outbreak, but brought it back with me from Defcon, assume-ably. I first showed symptoms 3 days after the con. Thankfully, […]
It’s already June, which means almost half the year is over. But, I’d still like to post about my thoughts and goals and ideas for 2023. I should probably slow down and spend more time on other things, but even if I do that, these are still things I’d like to pursue or think I […]
Every year I try to make some learning and training goals and review my prior goals. This has gotten a lot looser in recent years, maybe due to time stretching outward in these crazy times. I did lots of maintenance in 2022. Formal Training/Certifications Completed the Offensive Development course with Antisyphon virtually through Wild West […]
A few weeks ago I took an exam that renewed my AWS Security Specialty certification for another 3 years. This is an advanced “specialty” certification offered by AWS centered around, surprisingly, implementing and managing security within the AWS cloud platform. I first took this back in 2020 and passed with a really good score. Reading […]
Almost 3 years ago, I earned my AWS Solutions Architect Associate certification. This past week, I took the exam again and passed in order to renew that certification for another 3 years. I drive about 90 minutes to my preferred Pearson VUE exam location, but this time I had to make the 90 minute drive […]
I’ve done many labs and CTFs and lots of studying and taken so many notes (…so many notes…), but one thing I don’t think I’ve ever done is compose and publish a write-up on something. When BTLO retired a few lab investigations a few weeks ago, I thought maybe I’d spend some time to create […]
In 2020, I started doing exercises on the PentesterLab (PTL) platform. To date, I’ve earned 16 badges (certificates) on the site, and have completed 440 exercises with only 13 currently available exercises left to tackle. Last night I became the 4th completion of the Brown Badge, and I realized I’ve never really shared or posted […]
(Pet peeve: Articles that don’t have dates on them. Don’t be that type of site. Ok, I know the article I link to is dated in 2021 [if you turn on javascript], but the note that I made to myself referencing this article was made in 2019…) A post over on CSOOnline, “How the CISO […]