Skills Developed in this Project Why You Should Learn How to Use Azure Microsoft Azure is the second largest cloud infrastructure provider by dollar amount with 25% of the market share as of the first quarter of 2024. that is only 6% behind AWS, and a whole 15% more than Read more…
A Series of Posts Exploring the Features of Active Directory and Simulating Common IT Support Scenarios Skills Developed in This Project Series Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4 PDQ Deploy Enterprise and PDQ Inventory Enterprise Silently Installing Software on a Client Computer While It’s Being Used In the Read more…
A Series of Posts Exploring the Features of Active Directory and Simulating Common IT Support Scenarios Skills Developed in This Project Series Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4 Remote Desktop Enable Remote Desktop The method I’m going to use here is through the Control Panel. The nice thing Read more…
A Series of Posts Exploring the Features of Active Directory and Simulating Common IT Support Scenarios Skills Developed in This Project Series Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4 Simulating Helping Someone Unlock Their Account Setting an Account Lockout Policy in Group Policy Manager A very common reason for Read more…
A Series of Posts Exploring the Features of Active Directory and Simulating Common IT Support Scenarios Skills Developed in This Project Series Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4 Introduction to the Project Series This project series of 4 parts is meant to be done after reading “How to Read more…
For Use in Active Directory Projects and Learning How to Manage a Domain Controller Skills Developed in This Project Overview of the Project The primary purpose of this project is to learn the basics of how an Active Directory Domain Controller can be set up for use in further projects. Read more…
Homelab project using Endpoint Detection and Response software to monitor a live attack on a Windows 11 virtual machine. Includes creating Detection & Response rules for an EDR, learning how to analyze telemetry from a Windows 11 machine to identify malicious traffic, scan for malicious files by YARA signature, analyze detections to see if they are false positives, and how to limit the rate of false positives by crafting better D&R rules.
Homelab using Nessus vulnerability scanner to run non-credentialed and credentialed scans on a Windows 11 virtual machine. Using Nessus to learn more about specific vulnerabilities, compare scan results when unpatched software is installed, and learning about the role that vulnerability management plays in an organization.
Using Security Onion in a homelab environment to simulate what a SOC Analyst would experience during an attack. Using a packet capture from a real world attack to recreate the same SIEM logs and alerts experienced by the SOC during the attack. Learning to analyze the packet captures and logs to identify data exfiltration. Learning how to properly document, communicate, and make recommendations as a SOC analyst.
A quick and easy way to get much better privacy and security from Firefox by using Arkenfox’s user.js. Why Harden Firefox? There are several reasons for privacy and security. To start with some of the benefits for privacy, hardening Firefox will greatly reduce websites’ ability to track you across the Read more…