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Welcome to the second edition of The PWN! Thanks to everyone who subscribed and read the first newsletter!
June Podcast Episodes Recap
The June episodes of The Phillip Wylie Show featured Dr. Eric Cole, Ashley Sequeria, Dan DeCloss, John Rodriguez, and Kevin Woods.
In the June episodes of The Phillip Wylie Show, I sit down with some of the most respected minds in cybersecurity. Dr. Eric Cole shares his extensive knowledge from decades in cyber defense, while Ashley Sequeira discusses leadership and building strong cybersecurity cultures. Dan DeCloss dives into the evolution of offensive security and report automation, and John Rodriguez emphasizes integrity and purpose in red teaming. Kevin Woods rounds out the lineup with insights into mentorship and breaking into the field. Each episode delivers practical takeaways and inspiring stories for cybersecurity professionals at every stage.
Thank you to CyberDagger for sponsoring this edition of the newsletter. CyberDagger also sponsors the podcast, and the episode features their founder, John Rodriguez. Check out this episode on YouTube or your favorite podcast platform.
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Upcoming Events
I always love connecting with people in my network and my podcast listeners. I will record a live episode of The Phillip Wylie Show at Boardwalk Bytes Information Security Conference in Atlantic City, NJ, on July 11. Tickets are still available and can be purchased here: https://boardwalkbytes.org/
On July 25 and 26, I am participating in a CISO panel at BSides AQB. Tickets and event details can be found at https://bsidesabq.org/.
Episode 1 of Simply Offensive Podcast!
I am excited to share that my new podcast, Simply Offensive, launched this week. Simply Offensive is a new addition to the Simply Cyber Media podcast family. Episodes will be published weekly on Tuesdays. My first guest is Michael Kim, who was on The Phillip Wylie Show; the episode is here. Michael shares his advice on certifications and offensive security training. You can find the podcast on Simply Cyber’s YouTube channel under a podcast and playlist for Simply Offensive. It will also be available on popular podcast platforms. https://www.youtube.com/@SimplyCyber
Cybersecurity Tools
My security tool pick for the week is OWASP Amass. Amass is an official OWASP project and was created by my friend Jeff Foley. Jeff is the project leader and leads the development of Amass.
From the OWASP Amass Project Page: Amass is a framework for helping information security professionals perform network mapping of attack surfaces and external asset discovery using open-source intelligence gathering and reconnaissance techniques.
The framework includes a collection engine for asset discovery, an asset database for storage of findings, and the Open Asset Model, used by various tooling to help understand attack surfaces.
Amass has been a popular reconnaissance tool for bug bounty hunters for years. Try it and see how it can ease your reconnaissance and attack surface management tasks!
Get Amass at the Amass Project Website
Jeff Foley on The Phillip Wylie Show
Phillip Wylie Show Episode Spotlight
In this episode, I interviewed Wirefall, an OG pentester of over a quarter of a century and the founder of the Dallas Hackers Association. Wirefall is one of the pillars of the Dallas/Fort Worth hacker and cybersecurity community, and one of my best friends. Wirefall was featured in The Tribe of Hackers Red Team book. Dallas Hackers Association meets on the first Wednesday of the month at Family Karaoke in Dallas, Texas. Information can be found on the Dallas Hackers Association on Meetup https://www.meetup.com/dallas-hackers-association/.
Check out his episode on YouTube or your favorite podcast platform (https://phillipwylieshow.com/subscribe).
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Featured Content Creator
Being a content creator and knowing how helpful the content they create is and how content creation can help personal brands and career growth opportunities, I am going to feature content creators in the newsletter. The first one I am going to feature is John Hammond. John is not only a content creator, but he is also a security researcher, and recently, with Don Donzal, launched a new education platform called Just Hacking Training, or JHT for short, which offers free and paid training, and you can find it here https://www.justhacking.com/. I have a free pentesting methodology course on JHT, which can be found here: https://www.justhacking.com/uc/uc-penetration-testing-methodology/. Check out JHT and John’s YouTube channel, which is packed with valuable educational content.
Cheers!
Phillip Wylie