The first 5 tasks are just introducing the challenges and the platform so we will skip them. Task 6 - Someone’s coming to town! When you open up the website from the challenge and read through the information about the Security Frameworks you can solve the puzzles. Puzzle 1 Reconnaissance -> Weaponisation -> Delivery -> Social Engineering -> Exploitation -> Persistence -> Defence Evasion -> Command & Control Puzzle 2...

How to pass CompTIA Security+ SY0-601 Certification After a lot of hard work over the summer, I passed the CompTIA Security+ certification on my first try. I got asked 75 questions, out of which 5 of them were PBQs. After hearing about problems faced with proctoring at Home, I decided to give the examination at a PearsonVue Test Center. As suggested by the community I flagged and skipped the 5 PBQs at the beginning of the test and started with the MCQs first....

HomeLab-Setup HomeLab Setup with a Firewall, SIEM Solution, Exploitable machines and an Attacker. What is a Homelab? A Homelab is an environment meant to simulate enterprise components and configuration. The goal here is to understand the process of installing, configuring, maintaining and updating this entire infrastructure. We are building a virtualized Homelab as it is beginner friendly and easier to configure and spin up. Tools Attacker - Parrot Security OS Firewall - pfSense IDS - SecurityOnion SIEM - Splunk Hypervisor - VMWare/Virtualbox Domain Controller - Windows Active Directory Vulnerable Machines - Ubuntu, Windows, DVWA Network Design Guide Selecting and Downloading a Hypervisor We will need a Hypervisor to install all of our tools and services....