September 2022 – Build A Security Ninja

Goals, Informational, Labs, Research, Using, Walk-Throughs

PiHole

More Info:

The Pihole is a device built on a single board computer (sbc). The device acts as an ad-blocker for your network. There are also blacklists that can be applied or you can build your own.

I good deal for people build these with a raspberry pi, but I found 2 orange pi zeroes for cheap and decided to build on out of this.

Found a video that shows you how to put wireguard vpn and unbound dns on the orange pi along with pihole. Thos is the one I plan on following.

Informational, Using

Pwnagotchi

So, while at Black Hat and DefCon people were messing around with the Flipper Zero and I was like that’s kinda awesome. It got me thinking about other gamiefied ways to tinker and learn. Enter Pwnagotchi:

I got one (the pi scarcity is real) and have been fooling around with it. Toss it in a cargo pocket when I go out to let the lil guy learn.

The device essentially learns from wifi handshakes. The more environments it’s in, the more it’s learning. I like the novelty and with the pi zero the small size.

I’m still messing around with it, honestly, but the above video and the below link should help anyone interested:

https://pwnagotchi.ai/intro/

Informational, Profiles

Jobs in Cyber:

Posted on September 4, 2022September 4, 2022 by Steph

Digital Forensics Examiner

When I first starred in cybersecurity I wanted to do Digital Forensics. I thought the field was very Sherlock Holmes. Thought it was cool to dig deep into a computer’s innards to try and find a hint or clue.