Notes: Offensive Security Intro | Try Hack Me

What is Offensive Security

Offensive security

- think like a hacker, be ahead

- break into computer systems, exploit software bugs, find loopholes in application to gain unauthorized access

- understand hacker tactics and enhance system defences

Hacking your first machine

Gobuster: command-line application, brute-force to find hidden directories and pages:

gobuster -u http://fakebank.thm -w wordlist.txt dir

https://github.com/OJ/gobuster

Careers in cyber security

Penetration tester: testing technology to find exploitable security vulnerabilities

Red Teamer: attack organization and provide feedback from an enemy's perspective

Security Engineer: design, monitor and maintain security controls, networks and systems to prevent attacks