Phillip Wylie
@PhillipWylie
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Offensive Security Expert @horizon3ai | Phillip Wylie Show Podcast Host | @schoolpwn & @dcg940 Founder | @pentesterblue coauthor | @TribeOfHackers Red Team
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Last Thursday I accepted an offer for a senior cloud pentester position.
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How do you stop a hacker?
Make them do project management! :) ;(
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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.
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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.
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🦄I am excited to announce that I am joining
@scythe_io
as the director of services and training! 🦄 ❤️💙💜
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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.
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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.
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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.
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I accepted an offer as director of security at
@AliasInfosec
! I am excited to join the team at Alias.
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18 years ago this week I transitioned from my sysadmin career into infosec. It was a great move for me and a path I am glad that I took.
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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.
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This is the last picture of my mom and me. We lost her to cancer 8 years ago today. She was preceded by my dad and brother.
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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.
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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.
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I will be teaching a free pentesting workshop on November 11. Details to come.
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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.)
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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.
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3 weeks of quarantine and I’ve lost 9 pounds, my blood pressure is in normal range and my blood glucose levels are improving.
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It is great to see people achieving their goals and getting into cybersecurity. Congrats to those who have recently broken into cybersecurity!
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I had the honor and pleasure of being on
@davidbombal
’s YouTube Show!
@CyesecLtd
@WileyGlobal
@pentesterblue
@DCG940
Fights bear. Hacks networks!
YouTube video:
#motivation
#cyber
#cybersecurity
#hack
#hacking
#hacker
#PenTest
#blueprint
#infosec
#kalilinux
#Pentesting
@PhillipWylie
@WileyTech
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Thanks to everyone that made this happen! I hit my 30k followers goal!
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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!
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If anyone has any red team or pentesting roles open, I am starting my job search.
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My wife surprised me with this little guy when I got home from my trip to Riyadh.
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Thank you to everyone for your support it is much appreciated. I’m doing okay. I see it as an opportunity to find something better.
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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
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Another one of my former ethical hacking class students got a job as a pentester.
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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.
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It is with great pleasure to announce that I will be joining the
@point3sec
family as Lead Curriculum Developer for Point3 Federal.
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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.
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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.
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Red Team courses mentioned in my talk today at the
@defcon
@VillageRedTeam
and associated Twitter accounts.
@SecurityTube
@eLearnSecurity
@FortyNorthSec
@SANSPenTest
@SpecterOps
@zeropointsecltd
@_RastaMouse
@SilentBreakSec
@Sektor7Net
@vivekramac
@armitagehacker
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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
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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. 💜
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I am honored to be among the awesome hackers in the Tribe of Hackers Red Team book!
@TribeOfHackers
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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.
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If you saw my Pentester Blueprint talk
@texas_cyber
, here are the learning resources Twitters!
@ethicalhacker
@SecurityTube
@eLearnSecurity
@WebSecAcademy
@PentesterLab
@vhackinglabs
@ppentestlabs
@HackingTutors
@cybraryIT
@hackthebox_eu
@SANSPenTest
@OverTheWireCTF
@owasp
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This month marks my 9-year anniversary of becoming a pentester. My previous role in AppSec was what got me interested in pentesting.
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Yesterday was my last day at US Bank and I will be enjoying some time off before I start my new job.
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I have enjoyed a nice 4-week break between jobs and tomorrow I start my new job. I am excited to be going back to a full-time pentesting role.
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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
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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;
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The latest interaction of my content creation workstation.
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For my new friends that have asked about me wrestling a bear.
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Sitting here without power as many other Texans. Tonight we're gonna party like it's 1899!
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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.
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I applied to start a DEFCON Group in Denton, TX and it was approved today! I’m excited to present
@DCG940
a new member of the
@defcongroups
. I’m the POC and our coordinators are
@medinacybersec
@Poppa_Shell
and
@dkfredde
.
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I had a great time speaking at
@BSidesLV
today and representing
@CyesecLtd
! It was great seeing everyone and meeting some awesome people.
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Today is my first class of the semester for my ethical hacking class at Dallas College.
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Bucket list item: Give a keynote speech ✅
Thank you
@hacks4pancakes
and
@PancakesCon
! Thanks to everyone that attended my talk. ❤️
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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.
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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
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I just found out that another one of my former students is working as a pentester. That brings the total up to 5.
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I hit a new milestone on LinkedIn over night. I broke the 40K follower mark.
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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!
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Thanks to the support of all you amazing people! I accepted an offer from
@AliasInfosec
!
I am in search of a new role. If you know of any, please share. Thanks!
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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.
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I came up with a new term for a red teamer.
Threat actor actor
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I boarded my flight to Riyadh, Saudia Arabia. I look forward to attending and speaking at
@Blackhatmea
. I’m honored to be representing
@AliasInfosec
.
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Another one of my students got a pentesting job and a consulting job at that! Another hacker made!
@richland_dc
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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!
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I am in search of a new role. If you know of any, please share. Thanks!
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My Fall Ethical Hacking Class started last night! A new batch of hackers to make!
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Only 4 days into my new role at
@ine
, but it went well and it is going to be a great fit for me.
@eLearnSecurity
@ethicalhacker
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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
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