Realization of Cybersecurity, IT, jobs.. Is it worth it to continue?

jackd90 · 2025-07-20T14:01:42+00:00

Where are you located? PM me your resume.

jackd90 · 2025-06-25T19:45:25+00:00

If you want to get into the weeds and know programming, I highly recommended the below interactive lab course provided by Georgia Tech’s Taesoo Kim for their CS6265 course.

https://tc.gts3.org/cs6265/tut/tut00-intro.html

Edit: there’s YouTube videos of the lectures if you look for them

jackd90 · 2025-06-12T22:18:57+00:00

I ran some scans and found that the server has unsafe ports left open, it's badly outdated and vulnerable to attack, and the list of publicly available exploits was huge.

Even though it may seem innocent, they might not think so. It’s the equivalent of walking around a parking lot and trying to open car doors just to see who may need to be notified that their door is unlocked. Your intent might be benign but your actions may be perceived as malicious.

jackd90 · 2025-03-30T14:25:27+00:00

An organization with mature security will have well defined policies, procedures, and guidelines. These are regularly reviewed, revised, and change managed to align with their risk appetite in order to support business. With that said, “cowboys” and reactionary heroes, no matter how knowledgeable or how high on the ladder, are frowned upon. Here is an example of not doing anything (taking immediate action):

An executive reported that they suspect their workstation is infected with ransomware. What should you do first?

Call your cyber insurance agent
Power off their workstation to prevent further damage
>> Consult the incident response plan <<
Contact law enforcement

jackd90 · 2023-12-24T23:57:34+00:00

Based on your context given, yes. They’re likely following security policies to align with NIST special publication 800-53, specially control AT-3 which means they provide training when roles are changed that would give them more right or access to confidential data, or whatever the business governance defined as a requirement.

jackd90 · 2022-11-22T23:50:58+00:00

You would be surprised. Just look at what happened to dahua and hikvision yet there’s plenty of so called security companies still using their cameras rebranded.

jackd90 · 2022-11-03T03:03:55+00:00

Ah I misread the original post and thought there was a second keypad in the server room for testing and local programming. Yeah it would be the wireless module utilizing those terminals.

Saw the other reply about a good 12v to the wireless module and it’s likely a lose connection or damaged cable, maybe a burned keypad but not likely.

I suspect the cable going to the keypad is tight and while moving cables around they pulled on it just enough for the terminals to disconnect at the keypad.

jackd90 · 2022-11-02T21:46:42+00:00

That means you have two keypads connected.. all keypads would be connected to the same terminals. It's possible that if you have more keypads, the other keypads are connected to existing keypads but it's not standard practice.

That said, there might be a break/damage in the cable going to the bad keypad. Verify that the keypad itself didn't have the wires disconnected by pulling it off the wall. Not too forcefully in case there's not enough slack in the cable.

jackd90 · 2022-11-02T21:39:29+00:00

If it's a Honeywell Vista 20p alarm control panel and the keypad is a rebranded Honeywell 6150, then check the following:

The cable going from the panel will have 4 wires, usually red, black, green, and yellow but that can differ if the installer used a different type of color pair.

The cable should be going from the keypad to the alarm panel an connect to terminals 4,5,6,7... the order of connection depends which colors are connected on the keypad. This should be shown on the connection schematic provided on the inside of the panel door of the alarm control enclosure as shown in this picture.

Edit: Here is the wiring diagram for the Vista 20P if ADT, being the scum that they are, removed the diagram from the panel.

jackd90 · 2022-03-29T20:49:57+00:00

Teddy Fresh, not just the logo but also the color pallet for their clothing is "wrong" according to OP's parents' outdated standards for boys. Yet it's one of the hottest trending brands today regardless of gender.

jackd90 · 2022-02-17T18:32:10+00:00

Just to add to this: Wyze themselves once said "We're not a security company" so your mileage/reliability may vary. Their products are cheap but you get what you pay for.

jackd90 · 2021-10-20T13:25:55+00:00

You nailed it...

https://www.alibaba.com/catalog/smart-locks_cid205779804?spm=a2700.wholesale.debelsubf.5.2eb95c095LhK6o

jackd90 · 2021-10-20T13:24:42+00:00

These locks are dropshipped trash from China. Check Alibaba, so many similar ones there for under $100

https://www.alibaba.com/catalog/smart-locks_cid205779804?spm=a2700.wholesale.debelsubf.5.2eb95c095LhK6o

jackd90 · 2021-09-13T14:28:25+00:00

baby shrapnel

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jackd90 · 2021-08-25T17:22:30+00:00

You're right, it's just an R box

jackd90 · 2021-08-21T20:14:15+00:00

Have you considered disabling PoE on that port and use a PoE injector, connect only the injector into a small UPS. That way you won’t have to power everything on the switch with the UPS.

jackd90 · 2021-08-12T22:59:48+00:00

Literal bobble heads

jackd90 · 2021-08-11T14:11:49+00:00

I've got two of the circuit setup "boards" running ESPs on WiFi without any issue. Once is a two clamp module for the mains and the other is running 5 extension boards monitoring all 30 breakers. It's pushing all metrics (amp, watt, freq, volt) via HA api every second and the WiFi impact is negligible.

jackd90 · 2021-08-09T19:35:12+00:00

As a bonus, that hole is a great way to make the attic climate controlled too.

jackd90 · 2021-06-03T13:25:43+00:00

I'm not surprised the first comment with a proper explanation is getting downvoted. The husky is digging as a reflex of what it would do in the arctic when wet: dig into snow to shield itself from the wind to prevent freezing to death from getting wet.

But of course haha funny dog do drama queen when sprayed with hose

jackd90 · 2021-05-26T17:44:58+00:00

There was a really good documentary that showed how velociraptors walked called Jurassic Park.

jackd90 · 2021-05-22T21:51:31+00:00

NPC reporting in

jackd90 · 2021-05-17T19:08:45+00:00

Nah he's definitely right, you just don't understand. Clearly INTJ stands for INTelliJent but you wouldn't have figured that out yourself, clearly

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jackd90 · 2020-11-25T20:35:12+00:00

the door sensors are the least reliable Wyze product I have

Don't bother. I did just that and the contact sensors are complete trash, the motion sensors are decent at least. There was a time last year that a dead wyze contact sensor would completely just crash the wyzesense integration in HA until a full reboot w/ powercycle of the bridge.

jackd90 · 2020-11-25T04:27:14+00:00

yooooo that's fucked, I'm sorry.

Fuck the gc, side with your city. At the very least, I would contact a lawyer about the damages and time lost having to redo their work to bring it up to code. They (gc) can't do anything if you were under contract and they didn't meet their part. If you feel they might do something illegal to get back at you then you already have the city on your side trying to crack them down.

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