Am doing the challenges on www.hackthebox.com and so far am doing quite well am starting to really learn linux a bit better and some of the tools are starting to become second nature so I am learning and taking it in. I have been busy doing the challenges for the last 3 days and it…

Well, thats it I have enrolled on the Cyber Security degree and I am waiting for my ID card to come through the post! Have started using hack the box to get me up to speed with the tools am going to be using over the next 4 years and beyond. I still have to…

The last time I participated in a capture the flag competition it was with the cyber security degree students we were teaching at ARU and we did terribly. We didnt even get the ‘1 or 1’ form bypass technique in fact we scored 0 points on the who CTF and it was kind of embarrassing…

Should I use the new skills I am about to learn for good or for evil. I know it should be an easy choice but I want to play with powerful machines and expensive toys. I am going to get some offensive security for the commute to Manchester on the train and start gathering data…

Sp here we are at new years eve and I am thinking back about all the struggles that I have overcome both in private and in the open. I have been accepted to study at 2 institutions this year but because there was a problem with my student finance the offer was rescinded, the next…

Had a lovely conversation with a lady from Solent University yesterday who asked if I had put in to get student finance and to check that I knew what I was getting myself into, she also mentioned that I have to attend all weeks worth of activities during welcome week. Am not sure if I…

Willow the google quantum processor has just released some new info that it solved a problem that would take classical computers over 20 septtillion years to complete…. What does this mean? It means that RSA and AES have been compromised and shouldnt be trusted from now. Just wait until a bad faith actor comes around…

AI aint that good! there I said it, yeah it can tell you things you might not have gotten to the answer yet but its not that clever and it has biases and a throttle on how fast it can react and respond…. remember the old saying “If you dont pay for something then you…

So I checked all the documentation that was sent to me when I got my offer and it says that I dont register until 02/02 so I have almost 2 months to get this python course finished and get started on the discrete mathematics refresher. Have a nice break before Christmas and then get really…

If I was to look back at my adult life and some of the crazy stuff I have done or been involve with, I would think I may have made my career choice more challenging as I ran with people who were not exactly legal. Without going into too much detail I was never caught…