Learn Skills
This site contains detailed explanations and tutorials for various skills and techniques grouped
under the following categories. Each catagory contains a list of techniques, which are all bundled with an
explanation, tutorial, and challenge.
Web Application Security
With the rise of the internet, websites are cropping up left and right offering different
information and services. However, in the rush to release a website, some websites may have been poorly secured,
especially in the past. This section covers the various attacks that can be done to a vulnerable website, and how
to secure sites against them.
Open Source Intelligence
Since the internet became a thing, websites curated information. Then social media came
along, and people started sharing more information than ever. Open source intelligence is the study of finding
valuable information on a target through publically available information, usually online.
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Cryptography
Since ancient times, people wanted to send secret messages and other people wanted to
evesdrop on secret communications. This section covers everything from classical ciphers used during the Roman
empire to RSA encription used today.
Steganography
People REALLY like to keep their secrets hidden, so steganography came to be. Steganography
is the skill to hide data in places so people won't find it. It was used extensively by spies around the world.
Forensics
As computers became more common and accesible to the general public, more and more crimes
could involve computers. Thus, police detectives and other investigators developed ways to find and extract
evidence from computers to use in courts. Some of skills also double as very good life skills, such as deleted
file recovery.
Reverse Engineering
As proprietary code has grown in size and complexity, developers have tried to make their code
more and more unreadable or difficult to understand to protect their trade secrets. Similarly, malware developers
try to hide the true intent of their software to hide their intentions and thwart defenders. As those seeking to hide
the inner workings of software advanced their trade, so did the curious souls seeking to understand what was hidden from them.
Today, reverse engineering for software is a widely-sought skill used by professionals to audit code, hunt vulnerabilities, and decipher malware.
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