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Using Python for offensive cyber security and penetration testing [audio]
- 001spartan 11y agoThanks for the link! I will definitely have to listen to this later. Black Hat Python and Grey Hat Python are great cookbooks and references for learning offensive Python skills, and I've used both books quite a bit to help others learn Python for security.
- dimdimdim 11y agoThis is very detailed as well: http://www.pentesteracademy.com/course?id=1 http://www.pentesteracademy.com/course?id=1
- fulafel 11y agoIsn't "offensive cyber security" just cop-talk for breaking into other people's computers?
- 001spartan 11y agoOffensive security is not just breaking into computers. In the information security industry, it means demonstrating flaws in security in a way that will help your client/employer/whoever defend against these techniques better in the future.
- fulafel 11y agoI'd argue it's poorly thought out application of language and terminology, since thinking like the attacker and studying their methods has always been in the core of everything infosec. And the title already seprately includes penetration testing. It just sounds like "the best defense is a good offense". But I guess good terminology is too much to ask from the cyber-buzzword enthusiasts.
- tptacek 11y ago"Offensive" security predates "cyber" by a lot (see, for instance, USENIX WOOT), and I don't know a lot of vuln researchers who object to it. Unlike "cyber".
- SeanDav 11y agoOffensive Cyber Security is an essential part of Defensive Cyber Security.
- riskable 11y agoYou can't know security without cracking a few systems.
- ersii 11y agoI would have preferred to have "(audio)" or similar in the HN title. I was expecting a written article, but it's actually audio - 1 hour, 4 minutes of audio. :-)
- dang 11y agoAdded.
- mikeckennedy 11y agoThanks guys. Didn't omit it intentionally and makes sense to add it. Was just trying to be concise with the title.