Monday, October 30, 2023

Security Testing Journal Entry | w/e Friday October 27, 2023 - CTF Experience, pt. 1 - "Small Wins"


Highlights for the week

An interesting thing happened this week that I want to share, but rather than blather on about it, I'll just leave this link here: CAPTURE THE FLAG CAPTURED MY HEART!!

What We Loved

  1. Meeting new people and becoming part of a capture-the-flag event

What We Learned

  1. CTF - Malware Analysis, Extracting Binary Files, Using Snyk, Using an Audio file to perform an exploit, and Discord "Snowflakes" to name a few...
  2. Security+ - Continued GRC .. home stretch. Signed up for ISC2 and Coursera
  3. Automation BDD - paused, but started the learning process
  4. Burp Suite - lots of tests surrounding reflected XSS
  5. Cult.ure - Chapter 26 is moving along at a snails pace because .. story keeps evolving!

What We Longed For

  1. As always, a job! Will I ever land one

What We Loathed

  1. Rejection letters w/o a chance to get an in-person interview
  2. Recruiters that fail to follow through on their word

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