Let's Get Real About SANS Exams After nine SANS certifications, I've figured out what works (and what doesn't) for actually passing these things. Everyone's got their own method, but here's mine - the one that's consistently gotten me
Or: How a malicious Chrome extension investigation at work led to an open-source tool The Extension That Started It All A few months back, I was working on a security investigation at work. We had hundreds of blocked requests in our logs, all beaconing to what Zscaler flagged as a
Note: This is the real story - not the sanitized LinkedIn version. So I Just Started My First Job in Cybersecurity A few months ago (March 2025) I started as a Tier 1 SOC Analyst with Leidos on the CISA contract. After years of building, learning, and honestly questioning if
Introduction Setting up a DShield honeypot is just the beginning. The real challenge lies in configuring all the necessary post-installation settings, which can be tedious when deploying multiple honeypots. Drawing from personal experience and valuable feedback from past interns at the Internet Storm Center (ISC), I developed DShieldKickStarter to automate
In the shadowy corners of the internet, a new vulnerability has emerged—one that doesn't attack through flashy ransomware or phishing emails but through the humble act of printing. Security researcher Simone Margaritelli (@evilsocket) has uncovered a series of critical flaws in the Common Unix Printing System (CUPS)
