Just another InfoSec guy. I used to storm the gates, now I defend the castle.

Joined February 2009
Replying to @WeldPond
Disabling autoruns for removable media evokes nostalgia for us.
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Configuring BlackIce and cursing @robertgraham.
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If you’re still in schooling for or thinking about more school for cybersecurity, take those legal, contract, psych, and writing classes. They will do far more service to you and be extreme resume builders over learning granularly about how encryption algorithms work.
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HtB is one of the educational tools my newer folks have spoken the most highly about over the last several years, and it’s a great feather in your cap for interviews. I recommend you take advantage of this.
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Do you ever find a hash and curious what kind of hash it is? I built a tool to try to identify it for you. tunnelsup.com/hash-analyzer/
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If you are in the US/UK/ANZ at a small co-op/muni & need ICS cybersecurity support (Dragos Platform technology, managed service, and incident response) please feel free to message me directly. Dragos is going to make our capabilities free for the smaller members of our community
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Hey, y'all should know that you can win on the defense side of infosec. Don't confuse the loss of a battle with losing the war. Keep fighting the fight. We got this. Go and be the awesome! You got this.
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ShmooCon 2022 postponed to March 24-26. More information here: shmoocon.org/2021/12/30/shmo…
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Looks like previously breached passwords that were the same for LP master password. Credential stuffing. Low impact mostly and only a handful of people. All reported logins were blocked.
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I get this a lot from sysadmins and network engineers: "I want to get into infosec". Like, you're already there! Do your job to secure the network. sysadmins and network engineers have farrrrrr greater opportunity for security in their daily tasks than a SOC or a Sec Engineer.
Uncomfortable truth, you don't need to be working in a SOC to be in infosec. Network and Sysadmins do just as much infosec as your high paid security analysts. They directly implement security, from firewall rules to system configurations. Be nice to your sysadmins.
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Welcome to InfoSec, where we try to help people to appreciate everything we do that goes into making nothing happen.
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My yearly PSA. #4thofJuly
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Hey ME/NH/MA #infosec folks — an in-person outdoor picnic on Saturday August 21st is being planned at Fort Foster in Kittery ME - @GraniteSec lives after a hiatus of few years + pandemic! Very relaxed “hallway con” feel, with grilling & sunburns. eventbrite.com/e/granitesec-…
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We are looking for a few more volunteers, specifically on the Safety Team. If you have skills that are useful for a Safety Team volunteer (CPR, De-escalation training, Mental Health training, etc.) and want to help, please email [email protected].
To all the new people in security: I want it to be easier for you than it was for "us". I want you to feel welcome. I want to be better than we were. I want you to be better than we are. Go forth and do great things.
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If someone asks you in an interview what your home lab looks like, it’s ok to tell them HTB, TryHackMe and all of the other resources you use to learn. If they scoff or look at you funny if you say you don’t have one. You don’t want to work there anyways. 3/2
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Do not feel obligated to get expensive gear or certifications just to “enter” the security field. Use free resourced or reach out to people with resources to help you learn. Infosec is beautiful in that it doesn’t have a “required” path yet. 2/2
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A home lab is not a requirement to getting a job in Infosec. Spending money on something like that is an investment in you learning technical skills, but so is a cloud account with free credits and @hackthebox_eu and @tryhackme and a hundred different resources. 1/2
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We are excited to announce that @YETI is now an Investor-level Funder of Vision 2024! Their commitment will provide the resources to support an additional 4 Black and Latinx women as they launch their #STEM careers. #diversityintech #womeninstem #blacksintech #latinxintech
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