I passed the CISSP this year – I passed the test on March 30th 2023 – and effective certification on 01 June 2023. If you’re really curious – my certification number is 762433 CISSP is regarded as the top IT/Information Security certification out there. I’m going to cover these topics: What is CISSP? As you… Continue reading How I passed CISSP
Hacking Journey | Pen Testing Cert?
Final verdict: What Penetration Tester Certification? So – I know I’ve posted about this subject alone on how I wondered what I should take. I wanted something that had industry recognition, so obviously that’d be OSCP, but I wanted something that was within the DOD 8570 compliance so I could use Army Cool to fund… Continue reading Hacking Journey | Pen Testing Cert?
Hacking Journey | Post 6
New week – New Focus. Ok – last week. I wanted to try a few Hack The Box machines, and it did not end well. I’m pretty good at enumeration now, but beyond finding the exploits, I am absolutely terrible at executing them. So – I decided to go back to the classroom, or in… Continue reading Hacking Journey | Post 6
Hacking Journey | Post 5 | Rant
Ramblings After last post’s blunder – I’ve been pretty frustrated. I feel like I’m not progressing as fast I want to. It’s hard to balance work, family, and study. For the Security certificates, it was easy to break up concepts as I went throughout the day – with like learning about Disaster Recovery, Business Impact,… Continue reading Hacking Journey | Post 5 | Rant
Hacking Journey | Post 4
Ok I signed up for VIP. Why? Because I didn’t realize that I needed VIP to send my CPE’s in for the machines I’ve owned. RIP. SwagShop Enumeration: I decided to try and hack this machine. I have no idea what’s on it. I started my nmap $TARGET_IP -T4 , I’m trying to see if… Continue reading Hacking Journey | Post 4
Hacking Journey | Post 4
A show of my thoughts in Busqueda. So – I should say that I’m using a walkthrough: https://ratil.life/hack-the-box-busqueda/ for this hack the box. It’s written really well so that the reader needs to know a little bit about what to do in order to successfully get the flags. Anyways – Started with NMAP nmap 10.10.11.208… Continue reading Hacking Journey | Post 4
Hacking Journey | Post 3
More NMAP Stuff I really need to get the hang of this NMAP first before I get into anything else. I think NMAP is amazing, it can really do about everything. If I can increase my expertise on NMAP I think it will make my journey a lot easier. I feel like the next thing… Continue reading Hacking Journey | Post 3
Hacking Journey Post 2: Enumeration
Ok from what I understand, this really isn’t the first step in hacking. I mean – I don’t know, I’m pretty much a newbie. I think reconnaissance is the first step since it goes more into finding out the architecture of the organization or system network. Well, there’s not really a network that I’m hacking… Continue reading Hacking Journey Post 2: Enumeration
Starting My Hacking Journey | Post 1
With all of these Cyber Security Certificates – I actually don’t necessarily know how to hack. While hack is kind of ambiguous term – I wanted to show my journey as I go through and learn the tools and process when it comes to “hacking”. I’m not necessarily self-compelled to learn how to hack. I… Continue reading Starting My Hacking Journey | Post 1
My Top 5 Linux Server Distros
First off: This list sucks This obviously isn’t an exhaustive list. In fact it’s not even a useful list. If you’re in a production environment, and you needed a Linux distribution to be hosted on your server, I really hope you’re not using this as a means to choose a distribution. A lot of lists… Continue reading My Top 5 Linux Server Distros