Hey there! I’m Amber Chalia, a 27-year-old cybersecurity enthusiast from India, diving deep into the world of red teaming. My journey started in April 2024, after running a business for five years that didn’t quite work out. Instead of giving up, I turned a failure into a fresh start and found my calling in offensive security.
I’m self-driven, with a cleared eJPT and CPTS. Red teaming hooked me while I was grinding through ProLabs. I kept making mistakes triggering alarms, leaving traces and it hit me: a real hacker doesn’t slip up. They’re ghosts in the system, undetected and precise. That’s when I knew I had to master this craft, not just play at it.
Right now, I’m sharpening my skills in Active Directory and web pentesting, while digging into how malware ticks. I’m the kind of person who can’t sleep until I’ve cracked a problem knowing how things work and how to do them right brings me peace. Outside of cybersecurity, you might catch me shredding death metal, thrash, or progressive metal on my guitar, or plotting my next chess move.
This blog? It’s my learning lab. I’m here to break down red teaming and cybersecurity into dead-simple terms but to do that, I’ve got to master it first. I’m not claiming to be an expert (yet). Instead, I’m documenting my grind, pushing myself to go deeper, and aiming to explain things so clearly that anyone can get it. If I can’t teach it simply, I don’t know it well enough and that’s what drives me.
Stick around as I learn, stumble, and grow. Got questions or ideas? Hit me up I’m all about digging into the details.