How to Hack Cybersecurity Learning: Thomas Roccia’s Book Success

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Thomas Roccia’s cybersecurity book has achieved a remarkable milestone with 100+ Amazon reviews (4.6/5) and 4.4/5 on Goodreads. While the post celebrates this achievement, let’s extract actionable cybersecurity insights and commands inspired by his work.

You Should Know:

1. Threat Hunting with PowerShell

PowerShell is critical for analyzing Windows logs. Use these commands to detect suspicious activity:

 Extract failed login attempts from Event Logs 
Get-WinEvent -FilterHashtable @{LogName='Security'; ID=4625} -MaxEvents 10

Check for unusual process executions 
Get-Process | Where-Object { $_.CPU -gt 90 } | Format-Table -AutoSize 

2. Linux Forensics with CLI

For incident response on Linux, these commands help:

 Check active network connections 
netstat -tuln

Search for hidden files (common in malware) 
find / -type f -name "." -exec ls -la {} \;

Analyze suspicious cron jobs 
crontab -l 

3. Microsoft Azure Security (Thomas’s Expertise)

As a Microsoft researcher, Thomas likely covers Azure security. Try these `az cli` commands:

 List all Azure AD users with admin roles 
az ad user list --query "[?contains(assignedRoles, 'Admin')].{Name:displayName, Email:mail}"

Check suspicious sign-ins 
az monitor activity-log list --query "[?operationName.value=='Microsoft.Security/locations/alerts/activate/action']" 

4. Automating Security with Python

Python scripts can enhance threat detection:

import os 
 Scan for large files (potential exfil) 
for root, dirs, files in os.walk("/"): 
for file in files: 
path = os.path.join(root, file) 
if os.path.getsize(path) > 100000000:  100MB+ 
print(f"Large file: {path}") 

What Undercode Say:

Thomas’s success highlights the demand for practical cybersecurity knowledge. To replicate his expertise:
– Practice Log Analysis: Use `journalctl` (Linux) or `Get-WinEvent` (Windows).
– Monitor Azure: Leverage `az security` commands for cloud threats.
– Automate Hunts: Combine Python + CLI for scalable detection.

Prediction:

More cybersecurity professionals will publish niche, hands-on guides like Thomas’s, bridging theory and real-world threats.

Expected Output:

1. PowerShell logs analyzed. 
2. Linux hidden files scanned. 
3. Azure suspicious logins detected. 
4. Python script executed for large files. 

(No direct URLs extracted—focus on commands and concepts.)

References:

Reported By: Thomas Roccia – Hackers Feeds
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