Tag: What I Want to Learn

Posted in Informational, Labs, Simple Malware Analysis

Build a Lab with Me (#1)

Posted on by Steph

Write the Docs…

So, I’m a little bit of a tech hoarder.  I’ve got several raspberry pis, nucs, Mac minis, and a chrome box. I also have a switch to put pfsense on.  I’ve kinda got the hardware part down (tho I am looking for 1 more machine with 16gb or ram to complete my vision).

This being said I have a few things I want out of my lab environment:

  • Malware Analysis machine
  • Security Onion Analyst machine
  • Cyber Threat Intelligence Machine
  • Possible Forensic Analysis Station
  • Also want to have a pihole

I also know I want to mess around with Docker and Python although these don’t need their own environments the other three kinda do. This is especially true for malware Analysis machine which needs to be isolated as much as possible to prevent infection of other systems.

Draft Lab Documentation

The above is the draft documentation I cooked up to kinda of mimic inventory management. I also think if I’m going to have stationary ip addresses that this should be documented as well. I started having this info written out, but have also entered it into note-taking software. This is my attempt to be meticulous and intentional in this endeavor.

Posted in Learning Woes

The Squeeze of trying to Learn, Everything…

Posted on by Steph
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List of Things I Want to Learn

  • Basic Automation
  • Intermediate Python
  • Cryptography
  • Splunk Query Language
  • Linux (Enough to pass the Linux+ XK0-004)
  • Basic Ruby/Kotlin/Rust
  • Simple Game Development
  • Basic Web Development
  • Algorithms/Data Structures
  • Basic Cloud Computing
  • Etc, Etc, Etc…

I know that there is no point in which in this field you will have learned everything. There is no end point in Information Technology, Cybersecurity, Programming. There are constant innovations and learning is pretty much lifelong.
That being said sometimes it can be a little overwhelming when you think about all of the things that interest you. I know that there are numerous things that I want to get some hands on experience with and sometimes I get anxiety about not doing enough towards learning these things. This is probably one of the reasons that I have a plethora books on all the subjects that interest me so that I can get to them when I have the time.
I think maybe the most important two things is to keep track of the items that interest you and also not stress the timeline so much, try to make a general goal/outline of steps to take in order to accomplish learning the things that interest you.

“Absorb what is useful, reject what is useless, add what is specifically your own.”

-Bruce Lee