Listen, you probably picked up Blue in the parking lot of Melvin’s Hardware because he was a unique cat. I get that. But I miss my cat. I’m willing to pay you $200 for my cat, and I won
Deep Work
Deep Work is a book by Cal Newport that looks at how social media affects our lives. However, this is not merely “Social media is bad” — we all know this — this is about a f
Reflecting On My Progress With Virtualization
Virtualization, when I first encountered it, was a very confusing thing. After spending 2 years using virtualization for almost every project and investigation I have done, it’s fun to
Cackalackycon 2024
Cackalackycon is a hacker convention that takes place in North Carolina, and I was able to attend this year. It took place over the weekend of May 17th at the Doubletree by Hilton in Durham. For me
Hands on with 2FA, and Current Homelabbing
2FA in Linux Two Factor Authentication is one of those cybersecurity topics that comes up a lot, because it’s something that should be done. However, at first it seems kind of esoteric and un
Passing the BTL1, Raleigh ISSA, and “Countdown to Zero Day…”
Three weeks ago I passed the Blue Team Level One (BTL1) certification exam. If you’re not familiar with this certification, head over to https://www.securityblue.team/ and look at the domains
Creating a New Video Series, plus Studying for BTL1
New Video Series I decided to start a video series dedicated to exploring cybersecurity concepts through installing, configuring, and securing a virtual network based on Linux. As I’ve spent
Hands on with pfSense
When you first get started on your cybersecurity journey, you quickly come in contact with firewalls, and you soon learn about things called “Next Generation Firewalls” (NGFW). Now, the
General Life Update 10/18
SOC ANALYST PROJECT PLAN Projects are the things that will make you stand out on a resume when you’re shopping for a cybersecurity position. Every influential YouTube cybersecurity person I
General Topics 10/6
TAKING UP VIDEO WORK AGAIN I think that one of the things that I’ve picked up while figuring out how to tread my path to my first real cybersecurity role is that having a YouTube channel can