Burp Suite Certified Practitioner (BSCP) Review and Tips

Over the past few months, I've been honing my web application testing skills by studying Portswigger Labs and Academy content. Recently, I decided to pursue Portswigger's relatively new Burp Suite Certified Practitioner (BSCP) certification. Although Portswigger and Burp Suite have long been staples of the web application testing industry, the certification exam was only launched … Continue reading Burp Suite Certified Practitioner (BSCP) Review and Tips →

eLearnSecurity Web Application Penetration Tester (eWPT) Review

I finished the Web Application Penetration Tester course from eLearnSecurity a couple months ago. This was a long time coming, and I had delayed studying for this course for quite some time but finally got around to finishing it off before I completely forgot about it’s existence. I haven’t posted a course review in a … Continue reading eLearnSecurity Web Application Penetration Tester (eWPT) Review →

eLearnSecurity Junior Penetration Tester (eJPT) – Course Review

I recently completed the Junior Penetration Tester certification, provided by eLearnSecurity. There are a number of reasons as to why I did this, but the main one is that I was felt myself losing motivation. Work and general life has been extremely busy for me lately, and I have struggled to find the time or energy … Continue reading eLearnSecurity Junior Penetration Tester (eJPT) – Course Review →

PentesterLab: First Impression Review

Like I mentioned at the end of last weeks post, I moved away from HackTheBox this week and studied on the PentesterLab site. This is a relatively new service that focuses on web application penetration testing, providing a wide range of systems that can be used to practice exploiting specific vulnerabilities. With approximately 200 exercises … Continue reading PentesterLab: First Impression Review →

The Hacker Playbook 2 – Book Review

Having done the four beginner Kioptrix boxes, I decided to go back into reading to see if I could expand on what I had learned so far. This lead me to reading The Hacker Playbook 2: Practical Guide to Penetration Testing by Peter Kim this week. This book is not intended for the pure beginner, and Kim … Continue reading The Hacker Playbook 2 – Book Review →

Penetration Testing: A Hands-on Introduction to Hacking – Book Review

When I first decided I would begin this journey of learning penetration testing, I did some research on where the best place to start would be. It wasn't long before I stumbled across a book titled Penetration Testing: A Hands-on Introduction to Hacking by Georgia Weidman. As someone who had next to no prior knowledge of penetration … Continue reading Penetration Testing: A Hands-on Introduction to Hacking – Book Review →