The best resources for learning exploit development Exploit development is considered to be the climax in the learning path of an ethical hacker or security professional. It is strongly advisable to have mastered the basics before delving into this topic. Exploit development is hard and it’s not something you learn at school or university (usually), not something any of your …
Penetration testing course: 0x02.2 Hexadecimal Numeral System
In the previous article we saw how binary numbers are represented and how to convert from decimal to binary and vice versa, finally how to perform operations like addition, substraction, multiplication, division and bitwise operations between binary numbers. In this lesson we’ll talk about the hexadecimal system and why it is important for computer science in general. DEFINITION In mathematics …
Penetration testing course: 0x02 Prerequisites
I receive A LOT of private messages by people interested in “hacking”. 7 out of 10 are (sadly) people interested in learning how to hack a Facebook account, hack an email account, send spam through SMTP servers, find a good proxy for hiding their tracks while performing illegal activities (without having a clear concept of anonymity and privacy in mind) …