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New Adventures

Tue, 07 Jan 2025 04:06:00 -0700

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My resume

Fri, 02 Aug 2024 12:03:37 -0700

You can view my resume here but if you don’t want to do that here are some highlights:

Technical Skills:

Wireshark
Bash
Hashcat
PowerShell
SecurityOnion
Snort
Docker
Microsoft Office (O365)
Metasploit
Meterpreter
SQL
Python
Nmap
OpenSSL
Hashcat
TCPDump
Burp Suite
John the Ripper
Splunk

Operating Systems:

Windows
MacOS
Linux
Kali Linux

Skills acquired over my career:

Sales
Event management
Sponsorship Acquisition
CRM’s

What Is a Worm

Fri, 14 Jun 2024 12:09:21 -0700

You hear about them, but what is a worm? To explain it (very) briefly, a worm is a type of malware (malicious + software = malware) that is self-replicating and it doesn’t need human interaction to create copies of itself all over systems, networks and devices. It’s a nasty bit of code that that can steal data or install backdoors to your system for remote access, among other things.

So what do you do to protect yourself?

Top 5 Cybersecurity Tips

Tue, 04 Jun 2024 12:03:37 -0700

In our increasingly online world, we need to remember to be cognizant of the inherent risks of putting our lives and information online. Here are 5 quick tips to help keep you safe.

Strengthen your passwords.

Don’t do something basic like “password”. Use a mix of upper and lowercase, numbers and special characters.

Enable MFA (Multi-Factor Authentication)

This is the option to receive a text or an email or to use an authenticator app. As annoying as this can be, it’s one of the best deterrents for threat actors trying to access your account.