Cybersecurity community powered by @Cover6Solutions. Free meetups, mentorship & career resources. Led by @TyWilson21. #BreakingN2Cyber #SeekSuccess

Falls Church, VA
Joined January 2012
Cover6 Community is one of the largest #cybersecurity communities in the nation & we've been at it since 2012. Live & virtual meetups. Real talk. Real professionals. No gatekeeping. Whether you're breaking in or have been in the game, you belong here. meetup.com/cover6community
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Tomorrow night's speakers are probably rehearsing right now. Send them some good energy, then show up at 6 PM ET. meetup.com/cover6community/e… #Cover6Community
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Stuck on the same CTF challenge for an hour? Step away, then explain the problem out loud. Half the time you hear the answer. 4 days left in the free October CTF: play.cover6solutions.com/?ut… #CTF #NCSAM
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Stuck on a CTF web challenge? Check what people forget: robots.txt, your cookies, and the Network tab in your browser's dev tools. Flags hide in plain sight more often than you'd think. play.cover6solutions.com #Cover6Community #CTF
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Wondering how people early in their careers got their first labs, alerts and jobs? Tomorrow they'll tell you, in short talks with live Q&A. 1st Time Speaker Series · 6 PM ET · free meetup.com/cover6community/e… #Cover6Community #NCSAM
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Applying online and hearing nothing back? Meet people in person. A lot of job leads in this field start with a conversation. Friday 5 PM: the Cover6 Meet & Greet at the BSides NoVA Halloween Party, Arlington. meetup.com/cover6community/e… #BSidesNoVA #Cover6Community
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If you've ever coached someone through their first talk, first interview or first cert: thank you. That's how this community has worked since 2012. #Cover6Community
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CTF crypto challenge? Name the encoding first. Base64 often ends in =. Hex is only 0–9 and a–f. CyberChef's free Magic operation can suggest one. 5 days left: play.cover6solutions.com/?ut… #CTF #Cover6Community
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Most SOC training uses canned alerts. You already know the answer. Friday 8 AM at BSides NoVA, @TyWilson21's First Watch workshop hunts a brand-new incident in live attack traffic. Halloween Party at 5: meetup.com/cover6community/e… #BSidesNoVA #SOC
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The scariest part of a first talk is not knowing if anyone will show up. Your RSVP fixes that. Wednesday, first-time speakers take the mic: meetup.com/cover6community/e… #Cover6Community
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Speaking tip: practice out loud, not in your head. Your first run-through will be rough. That's the point of having one. #Cover6Community
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Feeling rusty after a busy week? Do one CTF challenge on your lunch break. Twenty minutes, one flag, momentum back. 5 days left in the free October CTF: play.cover6solutions.com/?ut… #CTF #NCSAM
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Monday reminder: you don't have to know everything to show up. Wednesday, first-time speakers prove it. meetup.com/cover6community/e… #Cover6Community
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Can't tell if you're learning or just watching videos? Try one CTF challenge without a walkthrough. Whatever you get stuck on is the next thing to study. 6 days left, free: play.cover6solutions.com/?ut… #CTF #NCSAM
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New to CTFs? Three first moves: Web: read the page source Forensics: check the file header Reversing: run strings 6 days left in the free October CTF. play.cover6solutions.com/?ut… #CTF #Cover6Community
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Tip: at every meetup, jot down one term you didn't know and look it up afterward. Ten minutes a session builds a real vocabulary. Bring a notebook Wednesday: Oct 28 · 6 PM ET · free meetup.com/cover6community/e… #Cover6Community
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CTF tip: when you're stuck, write down what you know and what you've tried. Half the time the gap jumps out. The other half, it makes your question in #ctf much easier to answer. #CTF
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A lot of career changers wait until they feel "ready" to share what they know. The ones who move faster share early. In 3 days, first-time speakers do exactly that. Be in the chat cheering them on. Wed Oct 28 · 6 PM ET · free meetup.com/cover6community/e… #Cover6Community
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