Resources

People often ask me "How did you learn how to hack?" The answer: by reading. This page is a collection of the blog posts and other articles that I have accumulated over the years of my journey. Enjoy!

This article gives a good list of things to go through and articles to read to become a pentester. However, he makes a great point in this article Nothing is out of scope, with cybersecurity. Without web application, web security would not exist... Understanding technology in general is crucial.

His resource reccomendations:

• LiveOverflow: A fantastic Youtube channel that I always keep tabs on. From web security to binary exploitation, this is an amazing resource.
• Inside the Machine: Diving into how a computer works is crucial for pwning. Although this book is not security focused, the low level stuff is important.
• The Hacker Playbook: A book on red-teaming. According to the author of the article, this does a great job at making the content easy to digest.
• Serious Cryptography: Dives into the basics of cryptography how to use it properly. I grew up on a different book but this looks like a wonderful book!
• CCNA: Udemy courses on TCP/IP network stack.
• Automating the Boring Stuff with Python: Python is what I use in my day to day; this guy also makes the claim. This book does a good dive into Python and automation.
• PluralSight: A diverse set of random technical content.

I watch LiveOverflow all the time. Besides that, these other resources have not been on my radar much.