• Auditing my VPS for signs of compromise

    Introduction I retired an old WordPress site last week. It had been running on my Virtual Private Server (VPS) for a while, and I was never fully confident it had been locked down properly (it was a temporary site to test some stuff for someone). So before I forgot about it entirely, I wanted an…

  • Google’s Linux and SQL

    Introduction Another post in the Google’s Cybersecurity Professional Certificate series. As always, I’ll share the cliff notes on the courses as I go. Dense summaries of what actually matters. Today: Tools of the Trade: Linux and SQL Your first vulnerability Before your OS even loads, you’re already exposed. Computers boot via BIOS (legacy) or UEFI…