Tips for Reclaiming Your Digital Privacy in 2025
Maintaining online privacy in today’s world is nearly impossible without completely disconnecting—and even then, friends and family may
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Falling in love with NSM again
When I started in cybersecurity, most web traffic wasn’t encrypted, which meant Firewalls and Network Intrusion Detection Systems played a critical role in detecting malicious activity. Endpoint visibility was limited—most organizations still relied on traditional Anti-Virus
UFOs and Mobile Malware - How Retaliation Against a Source Led Me to iVerify
For the past year and a half, I’ve been on one of the wildest adventures of my life, writing a book on UFOs and UAP. It has taken me through a painstaking process of finding and connecting with people who may hold valuable information for my work.
Using A.I. to Expose Redacted Sensitive Information
While reading Imminent, a newly released book on UAPs by Luis “Lue” Elizondo, I noticed something intriguing: the text redacted by the Department of Defense was left in plain sight. Naturally, my curiosity kicked in—who wouldn’t want to uncover what’s hidden behind those blacked-out lines?
The Power of Proactive Cybersecurity with Domain and TLS Monitoring
It is often mistakenly believed that defenders cannot gain visibility into the early stages of the Cyber Kill Chain before the delivery phase.
Detecting RegreSSHion - CVE-2024-6387 a Guide
Recently, the killer vulnerability research team at Qualys discovered a Remote Code Execution (RCE) vulnerability in OpenSSH that exploits a race condition within SSH. This vulnerability is particularly concerning because SSH is commonly exposed to the internet for remote system management.
Operationalizing TLSH Fuzzy Hashing
If you work in cybersecurity or tech, you’re likely familiar with hashing. A cryptographic hash function generates a fixed-size hash value from any given input data. This is a one-way process, making it computationally infeasible to reverse-engineer the original data from the hash value.
The Defenders Dilemma is a Myth
This blog post stems from a recent conversation with my former colleague, David Bianco, on the Defender's Dilemma." The Defender's Dilemma is often cited by those without firsthand experience in investigating cybersecurity incidents.
A Deep Dive into Linux Ransomware Research
Over the past few weeks, I have done a deep dive into the public research available on Linux Ransomware, seeking to understand the broader landscape as there is an over emphasis on the Mirai botnet. I discovered that although there is an abundance of *outstanding* whitepapers and research pieces,
ImpELF: Unmasking Linux Malware with a Novel Imphash Approach for ELF Binaries
As someone that primarily does Linux security research, I was frustrated that there wasn't an equivalent of an imphash for Linux ELF binaries. So, I decided to make one myself. Introducing ImpELF.
Software Development Nuggets for Security Analysts
This is a blog dedicated to those like myself who may have an "alternative" background when it comes to getting into cybersecurity.
Securing and Setting up your Python Development Environment
This is a guide to setting up a minimal and secure Python development environment for Ubuntu
There are a lot of blog posts out there on learning the basics of programming or how to create your first web app with python, but weirdly not very many on how to setup a secure environment.