Security Testing Journal Entry | w/e Friday March 17, 2023

Highlights for the week - St. Patrick's Edition

Another quiet week of unemployment. Officially at the 7month mark. To say it's a rough job market is an understatement. We're talking +500 applicants to every job lead. Good news is I have a 2nd interview next week. Gotta make it happen. Meanwhile, lots of great security lessons.

What We Loved

1. Working out and getting some great rest

What We Learned

1. For Security+ lots of excitiing things by way of learning about Threat Hunting, Vulnerabilities / Pentesting, and Security Assessments
2. Google cloud education continued. Some cool lessons on cloud infrastructure and security.
3. Making great progress on Network+ fundamentals. On to module 2
4. Interesting thing on the automation front. Next week will be centered on Java and some Appium practice.
5. Signed up for Cybrary course on Mitre ATT&CK framework. That should be fun.
6. Some progress on Burp Suite as well. Learned about stealing OAuth credentials by manipulating an image

What We Longed For

1. Need more time to get back to writing. I have chapter 2 of the book near-complete.

What We Loathed

1. Unemployment is a bitch! The job search really .. really .. really sucks