If you’re diving into the world of ethical hacking and penetration testing, “Black Hat Python: Python Programming for Hackers and Pentesters” by Justin Seitz and Tim Arnold is an essential read. Published by No Starch Press, this book is a treasure trove of practical knowledge and hands-on techniques that cater to both budding and seasoned…
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Practical Linux Forensics, A Guide for Digital Investigators by Bruce Nikkel for No Starch Press REVIEW
This book is a comprehensive and informative guide for those interested in digital forensics and investigations. The book covers a wide range of topics related to forensic analysis of Linux systems, including data acquisition, evidence preservation, and various forensic techniques. It is a fantastic read, even before going deep into it forensically, the digital and…
How Linux Works, 3rd Edition by Brian Ward for No Starch Press REVIEW
I have wanted to read this book for a while as I am a self-proclaimed Linux fan boy, I started using it around 15 years ago in 2007 (Ubuntu and Mint), then started supporting Red Hat 5 and a bunch of applications on it in the oil and gas industry which included a 5 day…
Week Four of EC-Council Certified Incident Handler (ECIH) Version 2 Self-Study Training
Hey guys, If you haven’t read the previous articles here they are:- Week One Week Two Week Three Apologies for the delay since the last post to this as have had to do some mandatory MITRE ATT&CK training at work which has been a bit of a break but now back to the EC-Council Certified…
Interview with Reformed Convicted Black Hat Hacker Daniel Kelley of the big Talk Talk Hack of 2015
In this article I get to interview a former black hat hacker Daniel Kelley who is mostly known for the Talk Talk hack of 2015 which allegedly was a £77 million hack. What first got me was having spoken to Daniel is that he is NOTHING like what you think he is going to be…
Week Two of EC-Council Certified Incident Handler (ECIH) Version 2 Self-Study Training.
Hello, Welcome to week two of doing my ECIH self-study training, I am calling it week two but really its 2 and 3. The main thing I have learnt this week or so is that the course is nowhere near as easy as I thought it was going to be, this is a good thing…
Week One of EC-Council Certified Incident Handler (ECIH) Version 2 Self-Study Training.
Hello, So, as mentioned previously I have started EC-Council Certified Incident Handler (ECIH) Version 2 self-study last week and so I thought I would share with you my initial thoughts and what I have done so far. Who am I and why this course? Since stating this site and journeying into cybersecurity I have taken…
Interview with IppSec of YouTube and HackTheBox
Hey guys, I have an absolute treat for you today as I have been speaking to IppSec of the YouTube walkthrough fame. I have been trying to speak to him for AGES and he finally agreed ? I am positive you are all aware who IppSec is but in case you are not he is…
COMPETITION TIME: Cybersecurity/Ethical Hacking Prizes and FIVE Winners!!!
Competition time!!! It was TWO YEARS ago this week that I started the site, and I wanted to give a little something back as since I got into the ethical hacking\cybersecurity world pretty much EVERYONE has been amazing. So, I have a little amount of gifts I will give to random winner’s. ? These are…
CTF: Bandit Level 0 Walkthrough
These first few posts on the CTF challenges at ‘Over the Wire’ will be pretty short and basic which I am ok with, the whole purpose of ‘Over the Wire’ is to go from being an absolute beginner with ‘Bandit0 to Bandit34’ through to the others like Narnia and Maze. Suggested order to play the…