These are some unstructured notes about my interests and where I want to grow.
Cryptography
I won’t be able to become some genius in cryptography; let’s be realistic. However, I can reach a point where I will be knowledgeable enough to assess systems from a cryptographic point of view.
- Watch the Cryptography course on Coursera again. Do not delve too deep into the maths.
- Finish all assignments. Keep thorough notes on the assignments finished and how to do them.
File Systems and Data Recovery
That’s yet another field I am very interested in. Very useful to have knowledge about and skill to have. I can only recover FAT, NTFS (carving mostly) and any unencrypted resource.
- Finish the book that I bought.
Digital Forensics
That’s too broad a topic to cover in a lifetime. Since I am fond of and heavily using macOS, it’s the priority. Time left - Linux -> Windows. Mobile is the lowest priority since most DF techniques require additional hardware and commercial tools and are too rapidly changing to waste time looking into them.
- GCFA would cover my skills in Windows. But it will be less relevant since I don’t work with Windows OS. Unless I do some CTFs, which are mostly Windows.\
Malware Analysis
- Allocate some time to read malware analysis papers (case studies).
- Finish the Art of macOS Malware book.
- Reread Practical Malware Analysis.
- Try some RE challenges twice a year.
Analytic Guru
I am using bash and python scripts to their full potential. Create my tool. Be able to parse some unknown files to get relevant data quickly.
- Explore those tools during the Learning Days.
- Keep notes of the most valuable things like
awk+sortorjq+fzf.
Maths
To some extent. Combinatorics, statistics, probability. Primarily useful for programming (O(n) or cryptography).
Martial Arts
- I got to the Aikido classes regularly.
Buddhism
- Read when there is spare time.