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All my favorite CTI stuff
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Tooling
Tools
What I use, plus my honest opinions on it.
Intel
Threat Actors
Where I go to look up who’s who.
Community
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Who to follow and where to find your people.
Learning
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From the Scroll
Latest from the blog
Oct 4, 2026
Roll for Investigation: A Beginner's Guide to Pivoting
One suspicious domain is a clue. Pivoting is how you turn it into the whole picture. Free tools, a safe hands-on exercise, and an interactive lab to practice the one skill beginners get wrong the most.
Read post →Aug 2, 2026
Bring a Belt: Everything I Know About Speaking at Cybercons
Real talk on CFPs, slide decks, stage nerves, and yes, why you should always pack a belt. A culmination of advice from a panel celebrating two years of Simply Cyber's Public Speaking Group I did back in April.
Read post →Sep 21, 2025
Scattered Spider MGM Intrusion: Diamond Model
Applying the Diamond Model of Intrusion Analysis to a Real Intrusion
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