Replaying 2.7 Million Honeypot Attacks: From GitHub Gist to Interactive Map

Replaying 2.7 Million Honeypot Attacks: From GitHub Gist to Interactive Map ▸ See it live: kyhomelab.github.io/honeypot-attacks — interactiv...


Published on May 06, 2026 | 11 min read

Building a Live HomeLab Dashboard with Prometheus and Grafana

Building a Live HomeLab Dashboard with Prometheus and Grafana ▸ See it live: grafana.kyhomelab.com — real metrics from my actual lab, updatin...


Published on May 05, 2026 | 8 min read

What's in My HomeLab — 2026 Edition

What’s in My HomeLab — 2026 Edition When I wrote the first version of this post back in March 2024, the lab was simple: one Proxmox box, a Windows 10 VM with GPU passthrough, a Kali VM, Pi-hole in a contai...


Published on May 01, 2026 | 7 min read

Hunting Rogue Software and Automating Remediation in Microsoft Defender

Hunting Rogue Software and Automating Remediation in Microsoft Defender Unauthorized software on corporate endpoints is one of those problems that sits in the gap between security and IT operations. Users in...


Published on April 29, 2026 | 9 min read

25 Malware Samples Later: Detection Engineering Lessons from My Analysis Pipeline

25 Malware Samples Later: Detection Engineering Lessons from My Analysis Pipeline In my previou...


Published on April 02, 2026 | 7 min read

Building an Automated Malware Analysis Pipeline: From Sample to IOCs in Minutes

Building an Automated Malware Analysis Pipeline: From Sample to IOCs in Minutes Let’s be real - manually analyzing malware samples is exhausting. You download a suspicious file, spin up a VM, detonate...


Published on January 30, 2026 | 14 min read

Building Cloud-to-Ground: A Hybrid Azure Honeypot & SOAR Integration

Building Cloud-to-Ground: A Hybrid Azure Honeypot & SOAR Integration What happens when you deliberately expose an RDP port to the internet? Within minutes, attackers from around the world start knocking. With...


Published on January 09, 2026 | 11 min read

Welcome to the Cosmos: A Portfolio Redesign Journey

Welcome to the Cosmos: A Portfolio Redesign Journey Hey there! If you’ve been here before, you might’ve noticed things look a little different. Okay, a lot different. My portfolio went from “basic professional template”...


Published on December 30, 2025 | 5 min read

Segmenting the Lab with OPNsense

Segmenting the Lab with OPNsense Project Overview Goal: To establish a secure, isolated SOC Lab environment using OPNsense as the edge gateway. The objective is to ensure the Lab network (<code clas...


Published on December 16, 2025 | 3 min read

Daily Learning Archive

The Purpose of this First off, I got a new job as an IT Specialist at Smartlink Group. My responsibilities cover a wide range of Infrastructure within the company. I’ll update below what some of those responsibilities are once I start taking on more. I wanted...


Published on June 13, 2024 | 13 min read

About Me and Creating this Website

About Me: Hi there! Thank you for clicking on this post! My name is Kyle, and I wanted to talk a little more about who I am, my passions, and my drives. I have been in a customer service role for 6+ years and started getting more into IT back in 2020 and getting my A+ o...


Published on March 23, 2024 | 4 min read

What's in My HomeLab

My HomeLab Project Welcome to my HomeLab project! Here, I leverage the power of Proxmox to create a versatile and dynamic environment for testing and experimenting with various technologies. This robust home-based laboratory serves as a playground for honing m...


Published on March 17, 2024 | 4 min read