Dave Maximillion 🔊

I got in!!!! Years of listening to you and @SymoneBeez have finally paid off! Thank you so much for sharing resources and gems. From the bottom of my heart thank you. You and Symone are the reason I get to start my cybersecurity career. I’ll work hard and make you proud!!!!

You’ve got an Active Directory lab, now what? Run a free tool called BadBlood, to intentionally misconfigure AD, then… Step 1, FIND all the vulnerabilities Step 2, FIX all the vulnerabilities You will learn a TON about Active Directory by doing this...

Having a strategy and a plan are both free If anything you can get a notebook and a pen for $1-3 to write your ideas out and organize them You have a phone, you have access to many things to boost that strategy and plan Don’t keep saying to yourself that you can’t do it

If you died tomorrow your family could not access a single thing you own digitally. Bank accounts. Crypto. Passwords. Cloud storage. All of it locked permanently. Here is how to fix that in 30 minutes:

You pay Google $10/month to store your files. On Google's servers. Where Google can read them. You pay Dropbox $12/month. On Dropbox's servers. Where Dropbox can read them. You pay Apple $10/month. On Apple's servers. Where Apple can read them. Dropbox was breached in 2024. User emails, hashed passwords, API keys, and OAuth tokens were exposed. There is a tool that syncs your files directly between your own devices. No cloud. No server. No middleman. Ever. It's called Syncthing. 81,900+ stars on GitHub. Your files go directly from one device to another. Peer-to-peer. They never touch a third-party server. Not even Syncthing's. Here's what it does: → Syncs files between any number of devices in real-time. → Peer-to-peer. No central server. Your files go directly between YOUR devices. → TLS encryption with perfect forward secrecy on every connection. → Every device authenticated with a strong cryptographic certificate. → Works over LAN and internet. No port forwarding needed. → Selective folder sharing. Sync different folders with different people. → File versioning. Deleted or changed something? Roll it back. → Runs on Windows, Mac, Linux, Android, FreeBSD, Solaris, and more. → Web dashboard to monitor everything from your browser. → No account. No sign-up. Install it. Share a device ID. Done. Here's the wildest part: There is no Syncthing server. There is no Syncthing cloud. There is no company storing your data. The protocol is open and documented. There is nothing between your devices except an encrypted tunnel. Google has shut down 293 products. Dropbox has been breached. iCloud photos have leaked. Every cloud service is one policy change away from scanning everything you store. Syncthing can never shut down your files. Because your files were never on their servers. Dropbox Plus: $12/month. $144/year. Google One 2TB: $10/month. $120/year. iCloud+ 2TB: $10/month. $120/year. Syncthing: $0. Unlimited devices. Unlimited storage. Your hardware. Your files. Forever. 349 contributors. 464 releases. 5,000+ forks. Battle-tested since 2013. Run by the Syncthing Foundation. A Swedish non-profit. MPL-2.0 licensed. Open protocol. Peer-to-peer. Free forever. 100% Open Source.

@T3chnicalB Congratulations!!! Per Scholas truly changed my life

Today I graduated from Per Scholas, I’m officially an Alumni. The saying “Time is gonna go by anyway, just get it done” is true indeed. I’m thankful for the process and excited for the next chapter ✨

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There is this strange phenomena where people new to cybersecurity go way overboard trying to look cool and badass to give the facade of being really technical. I'll tell you something right now. You probably won't like to hear it, but it is important. Nobody cares about: - Your certificates - The conferences you've attended - Your vendor swag - What OS you're using - How many LED's your computer has Here is what your peers admire the most: - If you're polite - If you're willing to admit if you're wrong - If you're easy to get along with If you're just a chill nerd who is nice, easy going, willing to admit when you're wrong, you will go further than the big mean nerd with the galaxy brain

Build your skill triangle You should always have 3 personal skills in rotation: One that makes you money now One that gets you in new rooms One that builds your long term leverage If you are missing some or all, time to work on it

After Sec+ certification, acquiring basic skills and learning about tools Get your hands dirty with projects and home labs for experience Home Labs: Vulnerability Assessment Detection Lab AD DS Lab Malware Analysis PenTest Lab Firewall Administration Home Lab = Experience💪

🚨Someone just open sourced a computer that works when the entire internet goes down. It's called Project N.O.M.A.D. A self-contained offline survival server with AI, Wikipedia, maps, medical references, and full education courses. No internet. No cloud. No subscription. It just works. Here's what's packed inside: → A local AI assistant powered by Ollama (works fully offline) → All of Wikipedia, downloadable and searchable → Offline maps of any region you choose → Medical references and survival guides → Full Khan Academy courses with progress tracking → Encryption and data analysis tools via CyberChef → Document upload with semantic search (local RAG) Here's the wildest part: A solar panel, a battery, a mini PC, and a WiFi access point. That's it. That's your entire off-grid knowledge station. 15 to 65 watts of power. Works from a cabin, an RV, a sailboat, or a bunker. Companies sell "prepper drives" with static PDFs for $185. This gives you a full AI brain, an entire encyclopedia, and real courses for free. One command to install. 100% Open Source. Apache 2.0 License.

Extreme results come from extreme preparation. Years of reading hard books show in your conversations. Years of a strict diet show in your energy. Years of consistency show in your confidence. Years of focus show in your results. Consistency creates Success

It’s an elite mindset to live like everything is going to work out. Not necessarily being blindly optimistic, but just knowing whatever happens, you’ll figure it out

Today, we're introducing Spectre I, the first smart device to stop unwanted audio recordings. We live in a world of always-on listening devices. Smart devices and AI dominate our world in business and private conversations. With Deveillance, you will @be_inaudible.

Privacy doesn’t have to be complicated. This Privacy 101 guide breaks it down into 6 simple steps to get started. Perfect to share with friends & family who don’t know where to begin.

Anthropic has launched free courses to master AI with certificates for $0.00 anthropic.skilljar.com

@itsthewealth4me Definitely have to work on the last one

Focus on your own individual talents Work on your self esteem, it's what makes the difference High Probability Outcomes > Following Trends Learn financial literacy Don't make permanent decisions with temporary people Protect your reputation Limit jealousy and hatred Have fun

If you're interested in working on your talking skills, there is a podcast called "Think Fast, Talk Smart" that I suggest checking out

One exercise I recommend to people is future mapping Sitting down and taking the time to actually map out your wants, needs, and desires against the earning potential of your current skills and timeline for upskilling Sometimes seeing it written out, guides what needs to change

@LAChas77 My old neighbor gave away a lot of her old, well crafted furniture since her children didn’t want it. It’s so nice

Young folks starting out.. we're in the thick of the boomer estate sales High quality USA made tools, furniture, appliances etc for pennies on the dollar. It's a gold mine

You can't be married to old ideas, old habits, old ways of thinking, old ways of solving problems and expect your future to be any different than your past & present