If you haven't checked out my podcast yet, please do. I have had some amazing guests share their advice and hacker origin stories. It is available in video format on
@YouTube
and
@Spotify
and in audio on most popular podcast platforms.
Our Cali passed away around 3:00 AM this morning. She turned 20 years old in March. This was from Tuesday and our last picture together. She will be sorely missed.
This week I accepted a role as a red team lead. I am excited about this opportunity and to move from pentesting to red teaming. This is something that I have been interested in for a while and happy to be advancing my career in this direction.
I signed a contract to write my first book in October. It is going to be a book about pentesting. I can’t share anymore details at the moment, but I have been making good progress and especially over my vacation.
Thanks to all who have supported me in my job search. The search ended today and I accepted an offer with a company that I have been in talks with since the week I was laid off. I will be sharing the details soon.
I'm very excited to announce that I'm joining
@ine
as an offensive security instructor. I've been a fan of
@eLearnSecurity
(now part of INE), one of the first learning resources I used when starting my pentesting career. This role will fulfill my education and community passions.
I canceled my plans to attend DEFCON in person. The main reason being my daughter has to have her gallbladder removed on Wednesday and this was scheduled at the end of last week. I don’t want to be out of town in case she has post op complications.
I started posting my Ethical Hacking & System Defense lectures on YouTube from the course I teach at Dallas College. Two lectures are posted so far with more to come.
If you are interested in becoming a pentester or learning more about the role of a pentester get
@kim_crawley
and my new book "The Pentester BluePrint: Starting a Career as an Ethical Hacker". Available through
@WileyTech
and your favorite book retailer.
A tip to anyone getting started in security, learn the basics. Understand networking and operating systems is a must. I am seeing a lot of people going into security without a basic IT understanding. Be patient and thorough in your learning process. (..cont.)
Today I got my copy of "The Pentester BluePrint: Starting a Career as an Ethical Hacker". It feels so much more real now. Thanks to
@kim_crawley
for helping me bring my vision to life. Thanks to
@marcusjcarey
for including me in the
@TribeOfHackers
Red Team, which led to this.
I got some great news, one of my students from my fall ethical hacking and web app pentesting classes passed the PenTest+ exam and got their first security job. They graduated this semester. So happy for them!
For all my recent connections that found me through my interview on
@DavidBombal
’s YouTube show, I would like to share some content resources that you may find interesting and helpful. David shared my resources in the video, but in case you missed them.
My lectures from Dallas
If anyone is looking for an entry-level pentester, one of my former students passed the OSCP exam. He has a great work ethic and spent a lot of time preparing prior to starting the OSCP course. He took my ethical hacking and web app pentesting courses as part of his prep.
We are still waiting to hear the official release date, but if you enjoyed my talk "The Pentester Blueprint", then I think you will like our book. I teamed up with the talented
@kim_crawley
to write a book based on my talk and that was one of the best decisions I made.
Preorder is available for
@kim_crawley
and my book "The Pentester Blueprint". The book will be available in December 2020. If you enjoyed my conference talk on becoming a pentester, then you are going to want this book.
I posted my lectures on the Ethical Hacking class I was teaching a while back but wanted to post them again to make sure that anyone could benefit from them. The class content is based on the PenTest+ along with my professional experience.
via
@YouTube
I’m sad to announce that my father-in-law, Michael Bigbie passed away early this morning. He was a good person, husband, father, and grandfather. RIP peace Mike. 💜
I am excited to announce that I officially launched my new podcast, the Phillip Wylie Show. My first episode features Don Donzal, aka
@ethicalhacker
. It is currently on YouTube and Spotify. It will be on the other podcast platforms soon.
I made my class lectures available on YouTube a while back on the ethical hacking class I taught at Dallas College, which was based on the PenTest+. I also shared what I learned in my career as a pentester.
@SchoolPwn
@DCG940
@pentesterblue
@texascyber
I did a review for the recently revised PEN-200 course by
@offsectraining
. You can view it on my
@YouTube
Channel. Use the following code to receive 10% off a Learn One annual subscription;
I am excited to announce that yesterday I accepted an offer from
@CyCognito
. I looking forward to working with
@Rob_Gurz
and the rest of the
@CyCognito
team.
I found out on Wednesday that a former coworker died from COVID. He was the same age as me. We worked at the same company for 14 years. This was the third person I knew personally that had COVID. Please be careful friends COVID is nothing to take lightly.
After over two successful years and 118 episodes, The Hacker Factory Podcast has ended. The final episode aired on June 16th, 2023. I have decided to end the podcast to focus on my new show, the Phillip Wylie Show.
Thank you to
@ITSPmagazine
Podcast Network for allowing me to be
Thanks to everyone that ordered our book "The Pentester BluePrint: Starting a Career as an Ethical Hacker"! I love the community contribution to our book. Forward by
@marcusjcarey
, comments from
@RachelTobac
,
@SecEvangelism
, and
@TinkerSec
. Thanks to our contributors!
Thanks to everyone that recommended prize ideas for my 30k giveaway! Thank you to
@Hak5
for the most generous donation of 5 $100 gift codes! I am currently at 29,167 followers and once I hit 30k, I will be giving them away via a drawing. Drawing registration coming soon.
Thanks, everyone for your support! My daughter's procedure was successful and she got to go home yesterday evening. I missed my friends at
@Dallas_Hackers
last night and missing my friends at Summer Camp.
I canceled my plans to attend DEFCON in person. The main reason being my daughter has to have her gallbladder removed on Wednesday and this was scheduled at the end of last week. I don’t want to be out of town in case she has post op complications.
I wanted to share this experience in hopes that it helps someone else. I routinely share conferences where I am invited to speak or keynote, or my talks are accepted. I got news this week that the presentations I submitted were declined by two different cybersecurity conferences.
I just had a LinkedIn message that made my day. I gave my "The Pentester Blueprint" talk during the summer for a group of college students. I referred one of the students and they got an offer for their first AppSec job.
I boarded my flight to Riyadh, Saudia Arabia. I look forward to attending and speaking at
@Blackhatmea
. I’m honored to be representing
@AliasInfosec
.
I’m happy to have reached a new follower milestone on Twitter 46k! Thanks to all of my awesome Twitter connections. If we are not connected on LinkedIn, let’s connect!
Happy Friday, everyone!
Thanks to everyone for your support during my job search. I appreciate all that reached out, or shared my post. I got some good leads. I’m through the interview process with one company and waiting to see if I get an offer. I really want this job and I