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Welcome to my blog.

I am Wirzka: human being driven by passion, curiosity and willingness to learn.

I like to learn how the magic happens, and I like even more share this learning with others.

For this reason, I collaborate with r00tMi, which is a free, spontaneous and independent Italian infosec community (https://r00tmi.it).

Do you really enjoy drowning like that? Cmon, tackle the issues

Intro Everyone鈥檚 life has a lowest common denominator: problems (death and taxes would have been too obvious). Without going too far into the philosophical meanderings of the relationship between life and problems, we can say that these are a peculiarity of life, at least as most of us know it. Let us stay on a normal and easily understood context: the working environment. N.B. As I work in the InfoSec industry, I am referring to this context....

November 9, 2024 路 6 min 路 wirzka

Why job hunting is ruining me (and probably you too)

Hey, there! With this blog post, I would like to tell you about some thoughts on job hunting that are running in my mind for a while. A sort of disclaimer I don鈥檛 know who are you, where are you from, what have you been through, so I can鈥檛 say if what you鈥檙e going to read here could fit your life. Regardless, I hope it is going to help you or provide you some interesting input for further consideration....

February 9, 2022 路 8 min 路 wirzka

OSCP: wirzka's two cents

Intro and how to read this article On August 30th I passed the OSCP exam. Please, before jumping into reading this article, let me explain how it is structured. My aim is to provide a clear overview of the whole OSCP journey. Therefore, I divided it into two bigger sections: The first one is about an-high level overview of the journey itself. So I tell you my background, what the OSCP is, what is not....

November 10, 2021 路 20 min 路 wirzka

CTF: I failed

I took the process the wrong way 2020 has been quite a weird year for me and not just because of covid-19. I鈥檝e earned my Sec+, I鈥檝e read more InfoSec related books, I鈥檝e spent a lot of time on TryHackMe and OverTheWire platforms, I鈥檝e switched my job (again) and I鈥檝e started the University. It is a lot of changing, at least for me and that鈥檚 why I lost sight. Yes, I have to admit it, I failed and I鈥檓 gonna explain it to you so that may help you....

December 7, 2020 路 5 min 路 wirzka

CompTIA Security+: My journey exposed

Intro Today I would like to expose my path to the Security+, hoping that this is going to be useful for someone out there. The CompTIA Security+ is a vendor-neutral entry-level certification for the Information Technology sector. In this post, I am not going to talk about the details of this cert, so if you don鈥檛 already have a basic knowledge about it, you can get it on CompTIA鈥檚 official website....

February 20, 2021 路 5 min 路 wirzka