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Jul 11

the size cap on my log scanner turns itself off exactly when it can't measure the file

#cybersecurity #python #testing #siem

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Jul 11

How to actually unsubscribe from marketing email in Gmail (and when you shouldn't)

#productivity #gmail #email #webdev

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Jul 11

Zero Trust on Security+ clicks once you split it into two planes

#security #cybersecurity #comptia #learning

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Jul 10

A Ryzen 7 5800X came out at $80 next to a $200 i7 because my tool read AMD model numbers on Intel's scale

#powershell #windows #testing #programming

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Jul 10

The part of Security+ nobody studies: exam day itself

#security #cybersecurity #comptia #career

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Jul 9

Stockfish already picks the best move. Getting it to pick a human-looking one was the hard part

#python #chess #testing #gamedev

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Jul 9

The Gmail search operators I use to clear storage instead of paying Google for more

#productivity #gmail #email #chrome

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Jul 9

How to survive the Security+ PBQs without wrecking your timing

#security #cybersecurity #comptia #career

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Jul 8

My VM state check reads one line of VBoxManage output, and it's one character from reading the wrong one

#powershell #testing #virtualbox #opensource

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Jul 8

Every insecure protocol on Security+ has a secure twin, and the port gives it away

#security #cybersecurity #comptia #learning

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Jul 7

At rest, in transit, in use: the data state Security+ students keep leaving unprotected

#security #cybersecurity #career #learning

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Jul 7

Who signs what: a Security+ walkthrough of PKI and certificates

#security #cybersecurity #career #learning

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Jul 6

DAC, MAC, RBAC, ABAC: the Security+ access control models people keep swapping

#security #cybersecurity #career #learning

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Jul 6

How to actually use practice exams when you're studying for Security+

#security #cybersecurity #career #learning

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Jul 5

Why a stateful firewall won't stop SQL injection, and what Security+ wants you to say instead

#cybersecurity #security #career #learning

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Jul 5

My optimizer's dry run said it applied 9 fixes. It wrote nothing.

#powershell #windows #testing #security

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Jul 4

Hashing, encoding, and encryption are three different jobs, and Security+ catches you when you mix them up

#security #cybersecurity #learning #career

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Jul 4

How one line in my log scanner's allowlist was muting alerts I never told it to

#cybersecurity #python #security #opensource

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Jul 4

IDS or IPS? On Security+, one verb in the question decides the answer

#security #cybersecurity #career #learning

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Jul 3

My DNS tool applied a no-log resolver, then leaked lookups over IPv6

#powershell #dns #security #networking

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Jul 2

SAML logs you in, OAuth lets you in: the Security+ protocols people keep confusing

#security #cybersecurity #career #learning

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Jul 2

Most Security+ malware questions are reading comprehension in disguise

#security #cybersecurity #career #learning

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Jul 1

Full, incremental, differential: the Security+ backup question that trips people up

#security #cybersecurity #career #learning

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Jul 1

A clean vulnerability scan doesn't mean you're secure: a Security+ Domain 4 breakdown

#cybersecurity #career #security #learning

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Jun 30

On Security+, the password attack is decided by one detail in the question

#security #cybersecurity #career #learning

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Jun 29

The third A in AAA is the one Security+ students forget

#security #cybersecurity #career #learning

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Jun 29

On Security+, half the battle is knowing which log to open

#security #cybersecurity #learning #career

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Jun 25

On Security+, social engineering questions test the principle, not the label

#security #cybersecurity #comptia #career

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Jun 24

Collect the RAM before the disk: the Security+ order-of-volatility question people fail

#security #cybersecurity #comptia #learning

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Jun 23

Mitigate, transfer, avoid, accept: the Security+ risk response people keep mixing up

#security #cybersecurity #career #learning

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Jun 22

Threat, vulnerability, and risk are not synonyms, and Security+ will punish you for treating them like they are

#security #cybersecurity #career #learning

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Jun 21

How to answer Security+ incident response questions when every option looks correct

#security #cybersecurity #career #learning

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Jun 20

Public key or private key? The Security+ crypto direction trap

#security #cybersecurity #career #learning

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Jun 19

Every Security+ control answers two questions, not one

#security #cybersecurity #learning #career

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Jun 18

Most Security+ port questions are secretly asking one thing

#security #cybersecurity #learning #career

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Jun 17

Whaling vs spear phishing on Security+: it's about the target, not the technique

#security #cybersecurity #career #learning

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Jun 17

A password and a PIN aren't multifactor: the Security+ authentication trap

#security #cybersecurity #career #learning

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Jun 16

I couldn't test my VM sizing math without spinning up a real VM

#powershell #testing #cybersecurity #virtualization

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Jun 16

How Security+ actually tests access control models (and why memorizing the definitions doesn't save you)

#security #cybersecurity #comptia #learning

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Jun 15

my sigma scanner can't count, so i wrote that down instead of faking it

#cybersecurity #python #detection #siem

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Jun 15

SLE, ARO, ALE: the Security+ risk math that looks easy until the question inverts it

#security #cybersecurity #learning #career

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Jun 14

you can run my soc triage tool without an api key, and that was kind of the point

#cybersecurity #typescript #react #opensource

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Jun 14

If you can decode it, it was never encryption: untangling encoding, hashing, and encryption for Security+

#security #cybersecurity #learning #career

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Jun 14

RTO vs RPO vs MTTR vs MTBF: the Security+ metrics people mix up, and how to keep them straight

#security #cybersecurity #comptia #career

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Jun 12

Stop letting PBQs eat the first 15 minutes of your Security+ exam

#security #cybersecurity #career #learning

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Jun 12

I built an offline threat-hunting CLI in python because spinning up a SIEM for one log file is overkill

#cybersecurity #python #security #opensource

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Jun 11

Practice exams are a diagnostic, not a scoreboard: how to study for Security+ (SY0-701)

#security #cybersecurity #career #learning

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Jun 11

the same test passed in CI and failed on my laptop, and the code was identical

#powershell #testing #windows #opensource

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Jun 9

why element.click() does nothing on gmail's delete button

#javascript #chromeextension #gmail #webdev

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Jun 8

WMI hands you 'Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-12700H CPU @ 2.60GHz' and your pricing table says 'i7-12700H'

#powershell #windows #scripting #programming

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Jun 7

MAC means three different things on Security+, so I stopped sorting acronyms alphabetically

#cybersecurity #comptia #security #studytips

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Jun 5

My one-line installer would run anything it downloaded over 500 bytes

#powershell #security #devops #opensource

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Jun 4

testing the part of my chess app that downloads a 50mb binary

#python #testing #pytest #opensource

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Jun 2

my one-line PowerShell installer downloaded the script twice, and the second one was the weak spot

#powershell #security #dns #windows

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Jun 1

My Windows audit tool flagged rundll32 as suspicious. It was right, and useless.

#cybersecurity #python #windows #blueteam

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May 31

I let the AI write the report, not decide the alerts

#cybersecurity #typescript #react #ai

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May 29

The VirtualBox settings I had to turn off before shipping a Whonix installer

#powershell #privacy #cybersecurity #virtualization

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May 28

How Canvas LMS tracks tab-switches during quizzes, and a chrome extension to stop it

#chrome #privacy #javascript #webdev

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May 27

My log triage tool is slower than Chainsaw, and I shipped it anyway

#security #python #devops #opensource

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May 19

shipping an offline log triage cli, and the parser bugs that still haunt me

#showdev #cli #python #security

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