by Kammerdiener | Oct 31, 2023 | Blog, Security
This is discussing getting VulnHub ISOs and converting them into AMIs to be used within AWS. This is something that I have found helpful and to me at least helps to provide a very simple way to spin up machines to work on compromising. Create an AWS bucket. Nothing...
by Kammerdiener | Oct 30, 2023 | Blog, Conference, Security
So this year I not only ran the Capture the Flag competition for BSides Atlanta but also had the opportunity to speak. I wanted to write up some specifics about this. Capture the Flag So this year I again just ran the NetKOTH from Iron Geek. This is an awesome one...
by Kammerdiener | Oct 20, 2023 | This Week in DevOps
ScyllaDB Raises $43M ScyllaDB raised money to help continue to grow their NoSQL database. One of my favorite uses of ScyllaDB was when Discord migrated from Cassandra. This is an exciting development for them and something that I am excited to see how this helps them...
by Kammerdiener | Oct 16, 2023 | Blog, Security
I have been waiting to write anything on this for a little while. Ultimately everything in here is purely my opinion as an outsider. I think there is always something that can be learned when these things happen, but I do try to be respectful of people since no one is...
by Kammerdiener | Oct 10, 2023 | Blog
So this is one of those topics that I feel like everyone writes off and doesn’t give a second thought about or thinks they have things good enough. Backups are important and I believe we can all agree on that. However, mine really got to get tested this past...
