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It’s been nearly two years since I started working in the cybersecurity field, the culmination of two and a half years of study and learning before that. Before getting a job in cybersecurity I’d spend hours working through online training, often late into the night. Once I started work, though, I eased off, finding that … Read More “Well, this SIEMs Like a Fun Idea…” »
Let me preface this post by stating that I am nowhere near an expert when it comes to ethical hacking, penetration testing, or cyber-security in general. This post is more of an overview of how I got to where I am now, and what I wish I’d known along the way. Rather than a definitive … Read More “So, You Want to be a Hacker…” »
Originally posted on October 3, 2018 by Damien Having worked in IT for many years, I thought I had a good handle on how to create a secure password. My passwords didn’t use dictionary words, I used mixed case, numbers and symbols. Of course, they were damn difficult to remember, so I ended up using … Read More “Is your password really secure?” »
This post is about my attempt to complete a CTF room on TryHackMe. I won’t post any blatant spoilers about what I did, but if you haven’t done EasyCTF yet, you might want to skip this post… So, today after completing the day’s Advent of Cyber task on TryHackMe I decided to continue on with … Read More “Well, I’ll be Damned…” »
This post could quite easily be titled “How I Finally got off my Arse”, since I’ve been trying to find the motivation to learn about penetration testing (a.k.a. PenTesting). I was prodded into action courtesy of a post on social media somewhere about TryHackMe’s Advent of Cyber event. It seemed like the perfect thing for … Read More “Advent of Cyber” »