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what percentage of white hat hackers, ethical hackers, penetration testers, or red teamers are freelance?
So I'm thinking a freelance ethical hacking career would be perfect. I think I would strongly prefer it because I can somewhat manage by own business and clients and I don't have to stick with one company for ten whole years. I think freelance is also good for having multiple careers.
I also would be willing to do entry level help desk stuff via freelance, but I'm wondering if I even need to. Maybe I can just work on ethical hacking skills and go.
Do you think that this is valid? I'm currently learning Nmap on HTB Academy and I'm thinking of spending a year or two working on my skills to get good at hacking on two or three platforms and earn a few pentesting certs just because I think it would be a much better way to spend my time than for example a masters degree.
Please be honest. I am already CCNA and A+ certified.
Please don't give me an answer about how to get good at hacking. What I'm asking is how much market is there for freelance white hats?
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what percentage of white hat hackers, ethical hackers, penetration testers, or red teamers are freelance?
So I'm thinking a freelance ethical hacking career would be perfect. I think I would strongly prefer it because I can somewhat manage by own business and clients and I don't have to stick with one company for ten whole years. I think freelance is also good for having multiple careers.
I also would be willing to do entry level help desk stuff via freelance, but I'm wondering if I even need to. Maybe I can just work on ethical hacking skills and go.
Do you think that this is valid? I'm currently learning Nmap on HTB Academy and I'm thinking of spending a year or two working on my skills to get good at hacking on two or three platforms and earn a few pentesting certs just because I think it would be a much better way to spend my time than for example a masters degree.
Please be honest. I am already CCNA and A+ certified.
Please don't give me an answer about how to get good at hacking. What I'm asking is how much market is there for freelance white hats?
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Password Reset Token Disclosure[Chilexpress]
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Password Reset Token Disclosure[Chilexpress]
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OTP Bypass leads to Account Creation
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Red team in 30 days?
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Name and Shame time
A few months ago, I found cybersecurity vulnerability for Caltex. I found their whole rewards system vulnerability scanner and source code (basically confidential data for all you normies). I went through their bug bounty program, I spent hours on the phone navigating my way through support lines until I reached an IT guy, they said they will fix it and I'll get my bounty. (I just wanted a letter of recognition)
They eventually fixed the vulnerability and I waited two weeks after they fixed it, I called up and I was told word for word "Fuck off I don't care about the bug bounty program, go kill yourself"
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Name and Shame time
A few months ago, I found cybersecurity vulnerability for Caltex. I found their whole rewards system vulnerability scanner and source code (basically confidential data for all you normies). I went through their bug bounty program, I spent hours on the phone navigating my way through support lines until I reached an IT guy, they said they will fix it and I'll get my bounty. (I just wanted a letter of recognition)
They eventually fixed the vulnerability and I waited two weeks after they fixed it, I called up and I was told word for word "Fuck off I don't care about the bug bounty program, go kill yourself"
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Top 5 Techniques Hackers Use to hack Social Media Accounts
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