Network Security Assessment
by Chris McNab · first published 2004
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* Learn to code. If you can read and write code, it will boost your effectiveness in your role. * Read "The Art of software security assessment", "Network Security Assessment" and "Web Application Hackers handbook". They're quite old now but good content. * Participate in CTFs. * Play on practice platforms like HTB. * Work through Portswigger labs, its free and top quality…
on “Ask HN: Starting a Cybersecurity Career in 2022” ↗…gold. * https://www.hackerone.com/ What better way to learn then practice on live targets? That being said, I would do some of the others first. ... I do a lot of learning through reading, so books: * Network Security Assessment by Chris McNab. I have second edition, which is a good and instructive read, but quite outdated. * Real-World Bug Hunting by Peter Yaworski. Web security 101. Good read, and fairly useful. * Advanced…
on “Hackers hide credit card stealing script in favicon metadata” ↗…gold. * https://www.hackerone.com/ What better way to learn then practice on live targets? That being said, I would do some of the others first. ... I do a lot of learning through reading, so books: * Network Security Assessment by Chris McNab. I have second edition, which is a good and instructive read, but quite outdated. * Real-World Bug Hunting by Peter Yaworski. Web security 101. Good read, and fairly useful. * Advanced…
on “Thinking of a Cybersecurity Career?” ↗…gold. * https://www.hackerone.com/ What better way to learn then practice on live targets? That being said, I would do some of the others first. ... I do a lot of learning through reading, so books: * Network Security Assessment by Chris McNab. I have second edition, which is a good and instructive read, but quite outdated. * Real-World Bug Hunting by Peter Yaworski. Web security 101. Good read, and fairly useful. * Advanced…
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