Extracting EXIF Data From Email Images

Posted on November 16, 2023

I recently came across a question on the digital forensics subreddit that was asking if it’s possible to extract the EXIF data from an image that was attached to an email. This question piqued my interest because it was something I had moderate familiarity with - accessing an inbox programmatically... [Read More]
Tags: exif email forensics

Damn Annoying Web Server

Posted on December 29, 2022

In a recent series of posts I’ve been writing, I started looking into a hypothetical web server breach as part of a CTF challenge to help bolster my DFIR skills. The web server that has been breached is a Windows 2008 web server running the Damn Vulnerable Web App(DVWA) via... [Read More]
Tags: xampp windows troubleshooting

Investigating a Web Server Breach - Part II

Posted on December 8, 2022

This is one of many posts in a series I’ll be doing on a CTF offered by Ali Hadi. The CTF looks at a web server breach and asks us to answer several questions in order to complete the challenge. In an effort to avoid an incredibly long blog post,... [Read More]
Tags: ctf windows logs

My FAANG Data Engineer Interview

Posted on August 14, 2021

A few days ago, I posted on Reddit, which, unsurprisingly, prompted a lot of interest in both my background and what the interview experience was like. So, like any good programmer, I opted to follow the DRY principle and write a blog post instead of retyping the same response over... [Read More]
Tags: career