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Re:Ask HN: Black Friday/Cybermonday deals for hackers? on Thursday November 25, 2021 @05:21AM (#29340007)
PentesterLab has a special for Black Friday: https://pentesterlab.com/pro
Re:Ask HN: How can I learn to be a cyber security expert? on Tuesday March 23, 2021 @10:03PM (#26562724)
As a dev, you should start learn about the most common bug classes and get a proper understanding on what is happening and how you can prevent them. Then it's worth looking into how you can exploit them. If you work for a big company, you may be able to spend some time working along your security team, that will help you get a foot in the door. Security teams are always looking for people who already understand the code bases and deployment processes and want to inject security everywhere :)

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Re:A Review of PentesterLab on Thursday November 02, 2017 @09:51PM (#15616119)
Fair point and you're (obviously) spot-on for the attacks and very valid point on the names used.

It's a problem with most learning resources, you get what you put it. Most people get out of these exercises one of these two things (or both):

#1 a real understanding of the issue (best case scenario) #2 awareness that encrypted/signed doesn't mean bulletproof.

Worst case scenario, I think these exercises help people with #2 and may get them to look a bit deeper when they are reviewing applications. It's not meant to be a crypto training (IANAC), the goal is to help people gain some awareness around crypto issues they may encounter during an assessment.

I have contacts in the security team of most banks in Australia. Happy to help
Re:Ask HN: Has anyone here successfully applied to Stripe Atlas? on Saturday September 10, 2016 @11:03PM (#12471839)
Got in during the beta. Incorporated in less than 2 weeks. The process was quick and straightforward. I started the paperwork to get a debit card from SVB 3 weeks ago and I should receive it in few days.
Re:Ask HN: My infosec auditor rejects open source. What now? on Saturday August 06, 2016 @03:20PM (#12239481)
Quick answer: get a better auditor.

Long answer: it's a risk game, you may get away by showing that you have processes in place to manage this risk for open source projects: * internal backup of the source tree. * in-house skills to perform basic patching of the software if the development get discontinued. * alternative solution and roll-out plan in case the development of your current solution gets discontinued. * ...

Finally, risks can be accepted and someone ("the business") can sign-off on them. You don't have to remediate everything. It's just an awareness exercise for "the business".

https://pentesterLab.com/. I started a paid version with additional content and videos in December. It's bring more and more revenue every month.

Ask HN: Accounting and Stripe/Paypal

I have a small online training platform and I receive payments through Stripe subscriptions and sometime through Paypal. I also have one off payment for on-site training. I would like to make sure everything is ready for my accountant at the end of the financial year. Do you guys can recommend a lightweight solution? Hopefully, something that manages Stripe's refund&amp;dispute (credit card...

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Show HN: Almost 3 years after Ask HN

3 years ago, I asked for help around how to get revenue from a website with decent traffic (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5342144). I got some really good feedbacks but didn't action them. My main issue was that I wanted to get revenue while keeping most of the content free.In November, I finally managed to push out a subscription based system that provides extra-content (videos), online...

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