Empowering Users, Raising Awareness, and Mitigating Risks Google’s .zip TLD and Information Security Concerns I’m sure you’ve heard about the recent discussions surrounding Google’s release of the .zip Top Level Domain (TLD) to the public for registration. This move raises several concerns, especially within the domain investing and collecting community…
Month: May 2023
Cyber Kill Chain – TryHackMe Write-Up and Commentary
TryHackMe Room Write-Up This is a write-up on the Cyber Kill Chain Room for TryHackMe. We will walk through what it is, why it’s important, and a bit about its origin. As written in this room, the Cyber Kill Chain is important because it defines the steps taken by adversaries…
My SIEM Experience | A directory of home-deployed SIEM labs (In Progress)
Compilation of SIEM labs | Poor Man’s SIEM (Event Viewer), LimaCharlie, ELK, Graylog, and more… This post will outline my experience that I’ve had while experimenting with SIEM deployment and log analysis. It will be uniquely structured from other posts. Each SIEM project will have a quick summary and link…
CACTUS Ransomware? New Ransomware with camoflauging and anti-virus evasion
Ransomware That Encrypts Itself Background There’s new ransomware that has been identified in a live environment since March 2023. The ransomware is unique in that the moving parts (binary) of the software need to be decrypted for things to start deploying. Some speculate that this is an attempt to camoflauge…
Let’s Talk CCNA, Cisco Certification Goals and Career Expectations for Q3/4 2023 into Q2 2024
Studying for the Cisco Certified Network Associate exam Why I’m Getting The CCNA (Cisco Certified Network Associate) Certification I decided to study for the CCNA because I ultimately started part of the CCNA CyberOps curriculum in high school and really fell in love with the concepts of networking. While I…
pfSense Firewall Project, Developing A Secure Home Environment and Documenting New Technologies
Overcoming Challenges and Achieving Success The Ambition, The Journey, The Struggles, and The Outcome I recently undertook the deployment of a pfSense firewall solution in my home network. Although it was a project I had wanted to tackle since 2019, I encountered various challenges along the way. However, with perseverance…
LinkedIn Job Scam, Detecting Scammers who use Job Boards as a vector for email harvesting and phishing campaigns
Too good to be true? It probably is. An email interview? REALLY? So, I was in the midst of applying for jobs here and there, and I’m sure everyone loves to use the LinkedIn easy-apply feature, because it’s super convenient, right? But, it introduces some irritating threat actors who abuse…