Well, Christmas went well. Other than it being friggin cold, of course! I also have my new computer set up to play with...
The idea was to work on malware analysis and cybersecurity type issues. Get my hands dirty.
I have Kali Linux installed on the computer, and mostly I've been messing around making sure drivers were installed correctly and everything. One of the sites discussing what you can do with Kali directed me to OverTheWire, which seems like a cool site for trying out some things.
I haven't yet built my virtual machines, though that's on my agenda for things to do during winter break. I'm not sure yet if I want to focus on OverTheWire, go through each of the different tools on Kali as organized by purpose, or dive right into virtual machines. The tools look cool, especially since I've started to learn about some of them (i.e. wireshark, metasploit, and nmap in particular).
Since this is all stuff I'm doing for fun, I don't think I'll put a formal order to it. Just see what I feel in the mood for that day.
In other news -
In other news, Iran is looking interesting. I'm not going to say too much about it, mostly because (given our history of meddling) I think it's better to step back and see what they do on their own. Easy to say, of course, when I don't have any responsibility for intel analysis or trying to figure out what actions we can take to sway things in a direction we favor.
Other than that - I've ordered and received all my textbooks for the next semester. I think I have all the various access codes required, too. I've also finished with Bleach and am now watching Naruto. I guess I do tend to favor the shonen type of anime, though one of my brother's gave me a list of other shows to watch.
I hope everyone had a Happy New Year, and is staying warm.
The idea was to work on malware analysis and cybersecurity type issues. Get my hands dirty.
I have Kali Linux installed on the computer, and mostly I've been messing around making sure drivers were installed correctly and everything. One of the sites discussing what you can do with Kali directed me to OverTheWire, which seems like a cool site for trying out some things.
I haven't yet built my virtual machines, though that's on my agenda for things to do during winter break. I'm not sure yet if I want to focus on OverTheWire, go through each of the different tools on Kali as organized by purpose, or dive right into virtual machines. The tools look cool, especially since I've started to learn about some of them (i.e. wireshark, metasploit, and nmap in particular).
Since this is all stuff I'm doing for fun, I don't think I'll put a formal order to it. Just see what I feel in the mood for that day.
In other news -
In other news, Iran is looking interesting. I'm not going to say too much about it, mostly because (given our history of meddling) I think it's better to step back and see what they do on their own. Easy to say, of course, when I don't have any responsibility for intel analysis or trying to figure out what actions we can take to sway things in a direction we favor.
Other than that - I've ordered and received all my textbooks for the next semester. I think I have all the various access codes required, too. I've also finished with Bleach and am now watching Naruto. I guess I do tend to favor the shonen type of anime, though one of my brother's gave me a list of other shows to watch.
I hope everyone had a Happy New Year, and is staying warm.
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