@J_infosec

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Certifications: CompTIA Security+, GCIH, GSEC, GISF, GFACT

Associate of Science degree in Cybersecurity/Information Assurance

Currently pursuing a Bachelor of Science in Applied Cybersecurity from SANS Technology Institute

Fall 2023 term SANS Dean's List Award recipient

GIAC Advisory Board member

By day (and night) I debug AI servers for Jabil, Inc. (JBL)

LinkedInhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/jelam310/

But seriously, the lesson here is: END-TO-END ENCRYPTION

A site's "auto-encrypt" option is nothing more than some rando dude saying, "Trust me."

We use encryption because we DON'T trust.

Cryptocurrency folks like to say "not your keys, not your coins."
This applies to any encrypted information. Unless you encrypt with a key that ONLY YOU POSESS, your data can be read/used by someone else.

Incognito Darknet Market Mass-Extorts Buyers, Sellers – Krebs on Security

Interesting. LinkedIn is down. When I went to inquire about this on **twitter** I got the super-helpful message that "Something went wrong." Logging into Mastodon using the Brave browser was an exercise in futility.

Chrome got me here, but left me with far more questions than answers.

On Tuesday (1/23) I'm sitting for the GIAC Cybersecurity GCIH (Certified Incident Handler) exam.

I'm not gonna lie, this one is intimidating. My other three GIAC certs were pretty heavy on theory (big textbooks, lots of reading). The GCIH course has much smaller textbooks, but 100+ tools/programs/scripts to learn, practice, and become proficient with. Not impossible, but definitely the most challenging cert, so far.

Shoutout to @joswr1ght for my most hands-on SANS course yet!

https://krebsonsecurity.com/2023/12/blackcat-ransomware-raises-ante-after-fbi-disruption/
“and open season on everything from hospitals to nuclear power plants.”

This, right here, is exactly why I’m passionate about cybersecurity.

BlackCat Ransomware Raises Ante After FBI Disruption – Krebs on Security

BlackCat Ransomware Raises Ante After FBI Disruption – Krebs on Security