Re:Is penetration testing a career worth pursuing?
by mahmud on Tuesday January 18, 2011 @02:02AM
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No. Nowadays, pen-testing is something for entry-level security workers, often using stock tools. The whole "hacking" scene came apart when someone decided to certify "ethical hackers" after someone else decided to fly planes into buildings.
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Re:Is penetration testing a career worth pursuing?
by memr on Tuesday January 18, 2011 @08:40AM
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Entry-level using stock tools? That was the nineties.
Hacking scene came apart due to ethical hacking certs after 9/11? No.
The hacking scene was all about hacking in the beginning.
Then some people turned white-hat and got security jobs.
Then most people in the scene got security day-jobs by releasing tools and 0days to market themselves.
Then organized crime started hiring hackers for projects.
Now hacking is all about money, be it a security job or working for the Russians.