Today, I received an email from INE that I passed my eJPTv2 beta exam. It means that I obtained the eJPT certification again, but this time it is for version 2. I discussed my beta exam experience here. I suggest you read it and come back to this. There might be some information that you would want to know before reading the rest of this post. Preparation I received an email from INE on August 8th that they selected me to participate in the eJPTv2 beta program. I started going …
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VMware ESXi Home Lab – Intel NUC 12 (Wall Street Canyon)
If you follow me on Instagram, you know that I recently installed ESXi 7 on Intel NUC 12 (Wall Street Canyon). It will join my existing ESXi hosts in my home lab I assembled in 2012, 2016, and 2020. The Intel NUC 6th generation has been showing its age. Most of my Windows VMs, if not all, are running slow now. I can still use the VMs, but it is not ideal. With that said, I decided to buy yet another Intel NUC to run ESXi on. Hardware I wanted to get …
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eJPTv2 Beta Exam
Today, I submitted my eJPTv2 beta exam for review. Per INE, it will take about two to three months to review everyone's exam submission. During this time, they will also decide if they want to tweak the exam based on the feedback. Related: Passed eJPTv2 Exam format For obvious reasons, I cannot disclose any of the questions I saw on the exam. I can, however, discuss whatever is public knowledge. Without further ado, here is some information about the exam: Course …
Passed GCIA
I recently passed the GCIA (GIAC Certified Intrusion Analyst) certification exam, and I wanted to share my experience. As a follower, you may remember that I scored almost perfect on my GCIH exam. With this exam, however, I scored nowhere near it, and I am okay with that. Exam information The exam has the following format: SEC503 class The SEC503 was the lengthiest SANS class I have ever taken. If you do the homework after class, that means you are spending 8 to 10 hours a …
Attacking Cisco IOS device
Cisco IOS-related CVEs get announced consistently, but we will not be exploring any of those in this article. I will, however, demonstrate that attacking a Cisco IOS device is possible with SNMP misconfiguration. If interested, I covered another attack on a Cisco IOS device running HSRP here. I included this exercise on our Paradise Lost: Red Team versus Blue Team event during our CyberFest 2021. Unfortunately, only the blue team members touched this node. The red team focused on …