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  1. Lee McWhorter

    OMG I passed Stephen :)

    I'm gunning for you now @Rick Butler. Heck, who am I kidding, no one will ever catch Rick haha. 😛 Lee
  2. Lee McWhorter

    Texas Cyber Summit 2022

    Hello All, Texas Cyber Summit 2022 will be held next month in Austin, TX. If you or any of your students are interested in volunteering, please reach out to me. Volunteers need to work a couple shifts, then they get the rest of the Con for free which makes it a great opportunity for students...
  3. Lee McWhorter

    Is it just me? Site slow and errors today

    Things are running very slow, I'm getting JSON errors, and just got this one... Anyone else?
  4. Lee McWhorter

    New way to solve Quadratic equations

    New way to solve Quadratic equations #Math #Somethingnew #AlwaysLearning https://getpocket.com/explore/item/mathematician-finds-easier-way-to-solve-quadratic-equations?utm_source=pocket-newtab
  5. Lee McWhorter

    Free 4-hour Discovery course for IT, Networking, & Cybersecurity

    I'm part of the Open University Community through NetAcad. They just put out a free resource I thought folks might be interested in checking out. See below: " Earlier this year, the OU Cisco ASC collaborated with City & Guilds and FutureLearn to create a short, 4hr Digital Discovery course...
  6. Lee McWhorter

    Cybersecurity virtual con from Red Team Village

    The DefCon Red Team Village, of which I'm a part, is holding a virtual con Mayhem 2021 on Saturday, 5/29/31 and it's free. The schedule was just released so here's a link to it. Hopefully some of you and/or your students will find it fun and educational. https://redteamvillage.io/mayhem
  7. Lee McWhorter

    Great bundle of Cybersecurity books

    https://www.humblebundle.com/books/cybersecurity-cryptography-wiley-books
  8. Lee McWhorter

    Very interesting and educational read on the latest major attack you're all hearing about...

    SolarWinds attack explained: https://www.csoonline.com/article/3601508/solarwinds-supply-chain-attack-explained-why-organizations-were-not-prepared.html
  9. Lee McWhorter

    Another heart warming story, from my own neighborhood.

    Another heart warming story, this time from my own neighborhood in North Austin. My wonderful wife Kris McWhorter spearheaded a drive to put up a food pantry. Her Dad built it, friends helped paint, and the outpouring of support from neighbors has been amazing. So proud of her I had to share! :)
  10. Lee McWhorter

    Central Texas story that warmed my heart

    Central Texas story that warmed my heart. #autism #football #goodnewsstory https://www.kxan.com/sports/vandegrift-hutto-teaming-up-to-make-senior-day-special-for-vipers-manager/ Had to share. :)
  11. Lee McWhorter

    Some 'fun facts' about the Joined: dates for members

    Some 'fun facts' about the Joined: dates for members If you look at a CIN member profile you will see the "Joined:" entry denoting the date a member joined the CIN Forums. There are a few 'fun' or historical facts about these dates. 1) If you see a date before July 31, 2019 then you are...
  12. Lee McWhorter

    UEFI bootkit

    Scary...
  13. Lee McWhorter

    DEFCON Red Team Village Class

    I got the honor of teaching class for the Red Team Offensive Village at DEFCON Safemode this year. I thought I'd share. It is on building a cyber range in GNS3 and hopefully some will find useful. Plus this post pushes me ahead of @Stephen P again on the leader board muhaha. P-) Lee
  14. Lee McWhorter

    Great list of Virtual Security Cons

    A good friend of mine from the DEFCON Red Team Village and Grayhat, has put together an amazing list of all the security conferences that have gone virtual due to Covid. For those interested in or learning Cyber Security, the ability to attend such virtual events has been one silver lining of...
  15. Lee McWhorter

    Cyber Career Pathway Tool from NICCS

    https://niccs.us-cert.gov/workforce-development/cyber-career-pathways
  16. Lee McWhorter

    PenTest+ class opportunity with NetCom Learning 9/28/2020

    NetCom Learning is looking for an instructor to deliver their CompTIA Pentest + training in the week of Sep 28th. They contact me about it, but I am unavailable so offered to share it here. If interested contact: Swedha Rajan Training Director NetCom Learning Direct: (646) 741 4380 Email...
  17. Lee McWhorter

    Some free Python resources from Microsoft

    https://www.zdnet.com/article/microsoft-we-want-you-to-learn-python-programming-language-for-free/ https://cloudblogs.microsoft.com/opensource/2019/09/19/new-python-training-video-series-beginners/
  18. Lee McWhorter

    Blog on Project Management and Cyber Security

    I had a blog I wrote for CompTIA posted a few days ago on the importance of Project Management in Cyber Security and IT. Thought I'd share. :) https://www.comptia.org/blog/project-management-and-cybersecurity
  19. Lee McWhorter

    Bad news for fans of Yellow Circle

    I have been using Yellow Circle as a completely free (and no CC required) alternative to the 'free' Cloud accounts through the major vendors. Unfortunately it seems they have recently changed things so that even the lowest account has a $1 cost now... While admittedly quite reasonable for what...
  20. Lee McWhorter

    Humble Bundle of Wiley certification books, including a good number for CompTIA exams.

    I love the Humble Bundles, good deals for good causes. https://www.humblebundle.com/books/network-security-certification-2-books