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Penetration Testing: A Hands-On Introduction to Hacking

Penetration Testing: A Hands-On Introduction to Hacking

In Penetration Testing, security expert, Georgia Weidman introduces you to the core skills and techniques that every pentester needs.

2014

Georgia Weidman

Georgia Weidman

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Cyber Hackers are coming to town: Staying Safe Online This Holiday Season

I’d like to start by apologizing to “Santa Claus Is Comin’ to Town” and thanking ChatGPT for helping me think of appropriate lyrics when I…

Nov 29, 2024

Nov 29, 2024

From Misstep to Momentum: Turning a Diversity Disaster into Progress

A disaster recovery plan for companies that have made marketing misteps with regard to women in tech.

Aug 19, 2024

From Misstep to Momentum: Turning a Diversity Disaster into Progress

Aug 19, 2024

Autistic Toxic Nightmare Girl: A Trainwreck’s Travelogue (Part 1)

[Note: I wrote this in 2019 before COVID-19 and right after the Tribe of Hackers summit. For whatever reason, I never released it. I…

Jul 1, 2024

Autistic Toxic Nightmare Girl: A Trainwreck’s Travelogue (Part 1)

Jul 1, 2024

Five-Minute Web App Security Assessment

This post will examine three free online tools for checking websites for common security misconfiguration vulnerabilities. Before we dive…

Jun 24, 2024

Five-Minute Web App Security Assessment

Jun 24, 2024

My Journey to Achieving the LinkedIn Top Voice in Cybersecurity: A Tale of Rapid Success in Just 2…

(And in the top 2% of quality contributors in less than a week)

Jun 17, 2024

My Journey to Achieving the LinkedIn Top Voice in Cybersecurity: A Tale of Rapid Success in Just 2…

Jun 17, 2024

Exploit Development Space Issues: A Relative Jump

Note: These are writeups for the exercise for a previous version of my Exploit Development class that I’m not releasing for free. They…

Apr 1, 2020

Exploit Development Space Issues: A Relative Jump

Apr 1, 2020

Defence Against the Dark Arts: Hacking Isn’t Magic

Additional thoughts about my panel at the Bloomberg “Sooner Than You Think” conference on data breaches.

Nov 21, 2019

Defence Against the Dark Arts: Hacking Isn’t Magic

Nov 21, 2019

Additional Book Exercises: Apache Tomcat Guessable Credentials

In the first edition of Penetration Testing: A Hands-On Introduction to Hacking, you looked at specific examples of vulnerabilities. My…

Apr 18, 2019

Additional Book Exercises: Apache Tomcat Guessable Credentials

Apr 18, 2019

Shitsco CTF Problem Walkthrough

An in-depth beginner friendly walkthrough of a previous Defcon Capture the Flag problem. Ideal for readers of my Penetration Testing book.

Feb 26, 2019

Shitsco CTF Problem Walkthrough

Feb 26, 2019

CFP Yoga Pants

A story about the time I secretly listened in on a CFP review call.

Feb 17, 2019

CFP Yoga Pants

Feb 17, 2019

Georgia Weidman

Georgia Weidman

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Founder of Shevirah and Bulb Security. Author of Penetration Testing: A Hands-On Introduction to Hacking. Fellow at New America. Professor at Tulane and UMUC.

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