Ask HN: Resources to Start as a Cyber Security Professional

Re:Ask HN: Resources to Start as a Cyber Security Professional by souprock on Tuesday July 09, 2019 @11:51PM (#20399026)

Pick a school that uses a low-level language. C is great. Java, Python, Javascript, and Scheme are all bad.

Take the courses that involve writing compilers and operating systems.

Do a project that involves writing an emulator, perhaps for one of the things DD-WRT runs on. You could start from MAME or Qemu, or do the whole thing from nothing.

Write a boot sector for the demo scene. For example, recently somebody wrote a PAC-MAN clone to run in 512 bytes.

Solve a DEFCON CTF problem. They are difficult puzzles, so try several. Learn to use Ghidra (free) or a similar tool. Freeware and demo versions are available for IDA Pro, Hopper Disassembler, and Binary Ninja.

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Re:Ask HN: Resources to Start as a Cyber Security Professional by SE_Student on Wednesday July 17, 2019 @09:38AM (#20459312)

Thank you very much for taking the time to reply on my question.

I'd love to hear about more lowlevel security projects I can do, as I feel that would help me learn the most.

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