Max Renke<p>Day 1 of posting to social media until I get an offensive security research job</p><p>First, I’m going to start with what I know – Windows. I need to recreate what I had access to at Microsoft, so that starts by setting up a dev environment and finding a copy of Windows System Internals, perhaps the greatest resource for learning Windows out there. My expertise is in Windows and virtualization, so I’m going to make sure I master those areas.</p><p>Next, I don’t think I want to grind coding exercises, but I do need to shake the rust off my coding skills. I think I’m going to start with some HackTheBox challenges and find some CTFs to participate in.<br> <br>Finally, my long overdue goal: learn Rust. I’m not sure if this will help immediately, as I could choose to improve my knowledge of Python. But Rust was getting more and more popular in the areas of Windows I was tasked with protecting, so I need to learn what all the fuss is about with regards to memory safety.<br> <br>If anyone is on a similar journey, let’s hold each other accountable in the comments! I will be sure to document any write-ups at blog.maxrenke.com (work in progress).</p><p><a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/OffensiveSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OffensiveSecurity</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/CyberSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CyberSecurity</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/WindowsInternals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WindowsInternals</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/HackTheBox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HackTheBox</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/CTF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CTF</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/EthicalHacking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EthicalHacking</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/RedTeam" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RedTeam</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/BlueTeam" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BlueTeam</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/RustLang" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RustLang</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/PythonProgramming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PythonProgramming</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/DevEnvironment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DevEnvironment</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/InfoSec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>InfoSec</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/CyberCareer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CyberCareer</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/SecurityResearch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SecurityResearch</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/MemorySafety" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MemorySafety</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/CyberCommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CyberCommunity</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/JobSearch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JobSearch</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/TechJourney" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TechJourney</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/SecurityEngineering" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SecurityEngineering</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Pentesting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Pentesting</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/LearningEveryDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LearningEveryDay</span></a></p>