Welcome to my cybersecurity blog where I post twice a week about my journey to becoming an ethical hacker…
Blog Posts
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NCL Spring 2023 Results
Last month I got to participate in the National Cyber League’s Spring Season with my fellow night owls in the Western Governors University Cyber Club. The event kicked off with the individual competition where we did many challenges that included Open Source Intelligence, Cryptography, Web Exploitation, Log Analysis, Password Cracking, Etc. I ended up placing…
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Best Learning Strategy for PenTest+
Hello my fellow hax0rs! Today we will be covering the best learning strategy for passing and earning CompTIA’s PenTest+ certification. For those that haven’t heard of this certification, let me explain what it covers and where it sits compared to other CompTIA certs. Overview At the time of writing this, the most up-to-date exam code…
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NCL Spring Individual 2023
Last weekend I got the opportunity to participate in the National Cyber League (NCL) Spring 2023 Capture the Flag (CTF) Individual competition. It was the first time I participated in this CTF and I had a ton of fun solving these challenges. These challenges ranged from using open source intellegence to breaking hidden codes inside…
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TryHackMe 90-Day Streak
I am usually not one to have a New Year’s Resolutions because I always felt that if I wanted to do something or set a goal I can do that at any time. However, this year I decided to have a New Year’s Resolution of completing a TryHackMe module question every day for 365 days.…
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National Cyber Scholar with Honors
This is a repost from LinkedIn. Last September I earned the GFACT certification with a score of 91. I had the opportunity to study for this certification through the SANS Cyber Foundations Academy. This training had been awarded to me because of earning the title of National Cyber Scholar by being in the top 2%…
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Sandworm by Andy Greenberg
Recently I finished reading an amazing book called Sandworm that was written by Andy Greenberg. I first found out about this book by watching Episode 54 of Darknet Diaries titled “NotPetya” which includes Andy Greenberg as the guest and of course one of the greatest content creators in cybersecurity Jack Rhysider. The podcast was phenomenal…
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