TryHackMe is a great site to learn Cyber Security with practical lab exercises. I just finished their penetration tester path to refresh my knowledge. They provide a nice certificate after finishing the path and a short “test”.
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2022 was a busy year for the IT professionals with the defense against the increased number of security threats. As the world has been hit by COVID-19, and many companies introduced a remote work scheme, the attack surface grew exponentially. Most companies stayed with the hybrid work model after the lockdowns, so the issue will…
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A lot of people are talking about the future of the IT, the traditional operations work, and they are trying to guess whether they will have a job in IT in the future. As I see most IT colleagues feel some uncertainty about their jobs. Different positions (and position names) come and go at the…
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I’ve been using the Keepass password vault for years. I don’t remember when I started to keep my secrets in it, but it can be easily a decade ago. Though I always liked Keepass, and its features are strong, times have changed and I looked for something fresher and more elegant. My choice is KeepassXC.…
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Backing up and restoring WSL distros is easier than we think! It is simply an export of the (stopped) distro that can be moved on an external disk as an archive. Restoring a backup is importing the generated tar file. Moreover we can add multiple instances of the same distro with exporting and then importing…
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In 2022 there is no excuse to do not use a reliable password manager. Period! In the age of passwordless authentication, IoT, smart devices and high speed internet connection data breaches are more common than usual, mostly because of the insecure password usage. Remembering long and difficult passwords is really counter productive but luckily there…
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I need both Linux and Windows environments at the same computer. I have been a Linux desktop user for almost 20 years, but some of the tools I use recently require Windows 10. Dual boot was a great solution, but it required double hard disk space and maintenance. One of my daily driver tools is…
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