Note: what works for me might not work for you. Sometimes when I have a conversation on Twitter someone suggests me making a video about a topic. I tell them that I will come back in some time with the answer if I will do it or not. Then, when I eventually do, I see...
Non-technical
Hotspots
Today, many of us are in a constant rush and with more to do than time for it. Many things are postponed to "when we finish X" which never comes because life always gives us new duties. We have so much to do that we have no time to think about what we should...
How to get better at hacking?
Louis Nyffenegger, the founder of PentesterLab, speaks about “How to get better at Hacking?” based on his experience of seeing a lot of people get into the industry or improve their skills. It’s especially for you if you hit a plateau and you’ve stayed at the same...
I have no time. Or do I?
*I have no time is one of the most common sentences these days. To be fair - I hate it *and I try to avoid it by all means. Why? Because I don't have time to spend 25 hours a day writing this newsletter. But I do have the time to spend 24 hours on it. Why I don't?...
A topic that we must discuss more
I can't express how grateful I am to NahamSec for his live recon interviews. Not only for the amazing technical stuff and methodology but also for talking about a topic that doesn't get mentioned enough: mental health. In every interview, he asks his guests about...
Meditation
Many people, including me, have such an image in mind when first hearing about meditation. However, that's not the only way to meditate. The way more common one, practised by many people, looks more like sitting on a chair with closed eyes - nothing special from the...
Hack your resume
In the latest live recon, Nahamsec's guest was Jason Haddix. However, this wasn't a standard episode. This time, they focused on creating an InfoSec resume. If you want to know what things you should focus on to impress the HR or the security team, definitely watch...
Metaskills
Learning XXS, XXE, deserialization any different bug class. It's what we often think about when talking about being a better hacker. However, there's a whole bunch of non-security related skills that may yield you even better return on invested time. I call them...
The best no bulls**t advice for getting into cybersec
BasteG0d69 created a video "The MOST IMPORTANT advice for young hackers". At first, I thought it may be one of many such videos. However, I've watched it and this one is the best one I've seen. He's really concise, straightforward and gets the...
Abandon an idea as soon as you can
When you send a payload you want it to work. It might seem like the most obvious sentence I wrote since the beginning of the newsletter but it's not. Actually, what I want to show you is thinking the other way around - what to do with the payload so it...