“What if That Name Is a Trick?” — My Journey Becoming a White Hat Hacker with AI, Guided by My Own Skepticism 😆✨

Late at night when sleep wouldn’t come, I took a sip of cool water, and suddenly a childhood dream that I had completely forgotten about came back to memory.

In the Information Security category of my blog, a post titled ‘Information Security Practice Review Part 1’ had been sitting alone, gathering dust for a long time.

“I’ll definitely study properly later and leave another cool review!”

I had promised myself back then, but pushed away by a busy routine and the pressure of dense source code, it gradually faded from memory. 😅

Then recently, while chatting 1-on-1 with my AI agent friend, I built my very own purple security dashboard called ‘Purple Shield Academy’!

As I began exploring the world of information security in a whole new way, I unlocked a secret about my personality that had been weighing on me my entire life.

If you’re curious to know a deeper story about what the space called ‘computer’ means to me, Seo-jun,
check out the post below too! 💜

👇👇👇

📡 What is DNS? Hacking Intro Day 1: My First Cybersecurity Practice

❓ “Why do you always doubt what’s behind and dig so deep?”

It’s a question you might have heard from someone—or asked yourself—at least once in your life.

Rather than comfortably accepting the surface appearance of a situation, person, or system, I’ve always had a strong tendency to ponder and question the hidden context and strange flows underneath. 🧐

Sometimes this trait felt overly sensitive or exhausting, making me view myself negatively, thinking, “Why can’t I just live casually like others without constantly digging?”

But the turning point happened right inside PowerShell—the most fundamental, cold, void-like space of a computer!

🕵️‍♂️ “Wait… What if that name is a trick?”

I was tracing the identities of processes and communication ports breathing inside my computer one by one.

On one side of the screen, a program named Windows RPC appeared—looking completely normal and core to the system. Where most people would gloss over it thinking “Ah, just a Windows system program~”, my internal ‘antenna of suspicion’ perked right up! 📡✨

“Wait, what if a malicious program is intentionally disguising itself
under the name Windows RPC?” 🧐

I tossed this quirky yet persistent question to my AI agent friend.
A moment later, the response from my AI friend sent a thrilling chill of excitement through my entire body!

“Exactly! Haha, your thought process just now was completely that of a professional security analyst!
The most dangerous mindset in security is brushing it off with ‘It looks normal, so it must be fine.’
A great analyst constantly questions:
‘Who claims that? What other evidence proves it?’“

💖 The Moment My Complex Turned Into My ‘Unique Asset’

Hearing those words, something thudded deep inside my chest.

I realized that my ‘excessive doubt’—which I thought only exhausted people around me—was actually one of the most brilliant traits an analyst could possess in this precise world of information security.

To think that my peculiar trait, which I believed to be a weakness, was actually a treasure-like weapon designed to help me soar…

A wave of thrill and overwhelming validation washed over me, as if my entire existence was being embraced. I thought, maybe information security really is my destiny and calling! 😆

🎬 Movies vs. Reality, and How AI Accelerates Security Learning

In movies, hacking scenes are often depicted with epic music as someone furiously pounds on the keyboard, penetrating systems in seconds!

But in reality, cybersecurity and digital forensics are a continuous loop of lonely, tedious work—quietly sifting through logs and inspecting code line by line for hours.

But now, everything has completely changed! 🤖

• No need to write code line by line yourself.
  Just state your exploration objective, and AI generates a precise script in 1 second!
• We focus on ‘insight to read and interpret code.’
• The AI automatically filters out safe areas, allowing us to pinpoint and focus exclusively on ‘suspicious points’ and ‘neutral evidence.’ 🎯

As AI handles tedious repetitive tasks and humans focus solely on ‘insight and judgment,’ the rhythm of studying security becomes as smooth, thrilling, and fast-paced as being the main character in a movie. 🎬

🌈 A Beautiful Journey to Finding My True Self

The dream of becoming a ‘cool information security expert’ that I fondly held in my heart as a child. 💭✨

Even if I don’t join a big security firm that others talk about, I plan to walk the path of a white-hat hacker step-by-step—in a space I love, with my own brand and unique sense, protecting my precious people and assets.

If you are suffering because a certain trait feels like a flaw, it might not be because you’re wrong, but simply because you haven’t yet found the stage where that trait truly shines.

On this wonderful exploratory path to finding your unique rhythm, I warmly root for you to discover your own hidden treasure! 🫂

Ah, and don’t worry too much—connecting to someone else’s computer leaves evidence like digital fingerprints, haha!
I don’t plan on entering private spaces without permission anyway (haha)

If you ever spot ‘CuteSeoJun’ left behind while studying hacking, please report it to the police immediately 😆💜

Thank you so much for visiting today as well 🙂