I am currently planning to expand my software development operations, originally based in Japan, into the US & European markets. I am curious if there is anyone in this community who shares this vision and would be interested in collaborating to achieve something significant together. I have a clear vision. Is there someone based in Europe or US? If my message came across as promotional or like a sales pitch, I sincerely apologize to the community admins. I love this community and am committed to a genuine partnership.👍

Hello everyone, very excited to be here and learn all i can from you guys. Hope you dont mind but i have a lot of questions and im very eager to get started. Will we be learning cloud security!? Where do begin? I think this might be my biggest question, where do i begin.

One of the most valuable things you can build in a home lab is a working SIEM. Wazuh is free, open source, and genuinely enterprise-grade — the same platform used in real SOC environments. This walkthrough takes you from a blank VM to your first real security alert. 💻 WHAT YOU’LL NEED - A hypervisor (Proxmox, VirtualBox, or VMware) - Wazuh Server VM: Ubuntu 22.04 LTS, minimum 4GB RAM, 2 vCPUs, 50GB disk - Windows 10 VM: your monitored endpoint (agent machine) - Both VMs on the same internal network 🛠️ PART 1: INSTALL THE WAZUH SERVER Step 1 — Boot your Ubuntu VM and run updates: sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade -y Step 2 — Download and run the Wazuh installer: curl -sO https://packages.wazuh.com/4.7/wazuh-install.sh sudo bash wazuh-install.sh -a The -a flag installs the full stack: Wazuh Manager, Indexer, and Dashboard. This takes 10–15 minutes. Step 3 — Once complete, the installer will display your admin credentials. SAVE THESE. They won’t be shown again. Step 4 — Access the Wazuh Dashboard by opening a browser and navigating to: https://[your-ubuntu-vm-ip] Log in with the admin credentials from Step 3. You should see the Wazuh dashboard — empty for now, but that’s about to change. 📲 PART 2: ENROL YOUR WINDOWS VM AS AN AGENT Step 1 — In the Wazuh Dashboard, click “Agents” then “Deploy new agent” Step 2 — Select Windows as the OS, enter your Wazuh server IP, give the agent a name (e.g. “WIN10-LAB”) Step 3 — Copy the generated PowerShell command and run it on your Windows VM as Administrator. It will download and install the Wazuh agent, then register it back to your server automatically. Step 4 — Start the agent service on Windows: Net start WazuhSvc Step 5 — Back in the dashboard, refresh the Agents page. Your Windows VM should now show as Active. 🎉 🚨 PART 3: TRIGGER YOUR FIRST REAL ALERT Now for the fun part. Let’s make something happen.

Can protection protocols get infected? Or is quite literally anything possible?

G'day legends! Thursday morning — and this is where it gets real. 🔐 Friday is tomorrow. Whatever you said you'd get done this week, today is your last real shot at it. No pressure — but also, a little pressure. That's the point. 😄 I'll go first: Today I'm finalising the CVE-2026-0498 defender's playbook for the Classroom — covering patch validation steps, privilege audit procedures, and what an IR plan looks like when a CVSS 9.1 hits your ERP environment. Aiming to have it published before end of day. Also reviewing the 2 membership requests that came in overnight — great to see the community growing. Welcome to anyone who just joined! 👋 Your Thursday challenge — answer ONE of these below: 🔥 What's the ONE thing you're committing to getting done today? 📚 What's one concept or tool you've learned this week that actually clicked? 🚨 Got a question you've been putting off asking? Today's the day — drop it below and let's get it answered before the week ends. Thursday is the unsung hero of the week. Most people coast. Don't be most people. Let's finish strong. 💪 — @Aussie Mr Cyber