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This 26-year-old went from entering competitions for fun to making it his career – Mothership.SG
As the saying goes, do what you love and you won’t ever have to work a day in your life.
Bryan Phee was a first-year Engineering Science undergraduate when he entered his first capture-the-flag (CTF) cybersecurity competition.
CTF competitions require participants to pit their skills against each other in a battle to complete a challenge or as many challenges as possible within a given amount of time.
“The nature of these CTFs is to use one’s knowledge, resourcefulness and all sorts of creative ways to hunt for flags that are hidden,” shared Phee.
Although he did not win his first challenge, he was hooked.
“It’s like playing detective,” said Phee of what draws him to such competitions, which he has continued to play even after graduation.
Through the competitions, Phee was drawn into the arena of cyber security which inspired him to pursue his further studies and career in the field.
“It started off purely out of interest but reading more about the field of cybersecurity and learning more about its importance made me want to dive deeper into it as a career.”
That impetus drove him to pursue a Masters in Electrical and Computer Engineering at Carnegie Mellon University and from there, he landed a job at Centre for Strategic Infocomm Technologies (CSIT) as a cybersecurity engineer, a position he has held for the past two years.
CTFs and mobile security threats
“There are really tough CTFs that even Cybersecurity professionals find challenging,” said Phee.
One such CTF is the annual TISC (The InfoSecurity Challenge) organised by CSIT which will be held from Aug. 26 to Sep. 11.
Sharing more about TISC, Phee said, “The whole competition is made up of multiple challenges in increasing order of difficulty. These challenges cover a range of Cybersecurity topics such as Web Pen-testing, Forensics, Reverse Engineering and Mobile Security, just to name a few.”
One of the levels is a challenge on Mobile Security which Phee helped to create.
“Mobile security is something that affects most of us, and yet, not many people really understand enough about it.”
Besides transitioning from competitor to creator, another highlight of Phee’s job at CSIT is that he is…
Tread cautiously when entering any information online
Q: Is there is a post and an answer on how to remove the banner “Need to renew Microsoft Windows 10 License” that appears on the start-up for Windows 10?
— Ellis B., Niceville
A: At present, there is neither a post nor an answer that deals with that question, Ellis. Well, there wasn’t when I started writing this edition, but if you’re reading it, then obviously, that has changed, and there are now both a post and an answer. Funny how it just seems to work out that way.
Let me start by saying that I’ve never seen or even heard of the particular message that you cited. That’s not unusual — I can’t possibly know every single message that Windows chooses to pop up on you.
But what’s causing me to stop and wonder twice about this is that Windows 10 doesn’t require its license to be renewed. Also, Windows doesn’t tend to display such information in anything that I would call a “banner.” It would have helped immensely if you had included a screen capture of the error message.
With my extremely limited knowledge of your problem, I can only speculate. My first inclination is to suspect a malware infection. One might ask, “What does anyone have to gain from such a scam?” Well, if they can convince you that they’re actually Microsoft, they can trick you into giving up anything from your Windows login credentials to your credit card information.
All of this information is worth real cash money in the dark corners of the internet where such things are bought and sold. If it is indeed malware, your best bet is to find one or two quality malware scanners and let them do their thing on your PC.
The only thing that bothers me about this is that if it is malware, someone else somewhere should have some knowledge of it and should have posted remediation information online. I did a search for the message, exactly as you posted it, but didn’t find anything. Perhaps what you cited was the gist of the message, rather than the exact text? If so, my search is in vain anyway.
Another possibility is that your copy of Windows hasn’t been properly registered with Microsoft. Although there were, and are, many ways of obtaining Windows 10 itself for free, the product license…
Cyber-warfare could be entering a new and alarming phase, ex-CIA analyst tells MPs – CBC News
Cyber-warfare could be entering a new and alarming phase, ex-CIA analyst tells MPs CBC News
Online attacks on Canada’s financial system could become far more destructive as more militaries around the globe get involved in cyber operations, a security …