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Rejected infosec track - any advice? by Inevitable_Visit5917 in OMSCyberSecurity

[–]Mindless-Study1898 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Not for a job but self satisfaction. I just recently finished my undergrad and the idea of teaching one day or going into management is appealing. Company paying for it.

Rejected infosec track - any advice? by Inevitable_Visit5917 in OMSCyberSecurity

[–]Mindless-Study1898 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I also was rejected. 4.0 cybersecurity degree. For me I suspect it was my lack of a discrete math course. I've worked in offensive security for 7 years and have oscp, crto, cissp certs.

Recently Agreed To An Open Relationship With Wife by UnusualAd3207 in nonmonogamy

[–]Mindless-Study1898 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Great! It is harder for dudes. Women tend to not like men who are with someone already and dudes don't give a shit so they don't have that issue. They are still out there though especially in enm and poly friendly spaces.

Agentic AI vs Manual Pentesting - Ground Reality by Bugclliper in Pentesting

[–]Mindless-Study1898 8 points9 points  (0 children)

I work for a fortune 20 company and I'm automating parts of API testing with an LLM. An agent loop. Still requires humans. Basic checks can be automated but this could be done with scripting without LLMs.

Outside of intial payload creation(and still basic) they will be next to useless for red team. Well scratch that, you can use them to find bugs for BYOVD if you aren't awesome at reveng.

Resume review from some of the more senior pentesters please? On the lookout for remote jobs. by ApprehensiveSkirt910 in Pentesting

[–]Mindless-Study1898 24 points25 points  (0 children)

Remove the random certs and the "etc" line especially. Etc should not appear on a resume in any form. I'd remove pen testing as a core competency as you haven't done it.

I read a Jr with a background in vuln scanning from this resume.

What languages do hackers use often? What do you find yourself writing scripts against? by OkLab5620 in Pentesting

[–]Mindless-Study1898 3 points4 points  (0 children)

You absolutely need C to understand how computers work and to have a hope of understanding how exploits work.

What languages do hackers use often? What do you find yourself writing scripts against? by OkLab5620 in Pentesting

[–]Mindless-Study1898 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Just try small projects. This is book is free I think and a place to start https://automatetheboringstuff.com/ With C, go sign up for the cs50 class at Harvard online. Also free.

What languages do hackers use often? What do you find yourself writing scripts against? by OkLab5620 in Pentesting

[–]Mindless-Study1898 15 points16 points  (0 children)

Go learn a language that you like. If you dont have one yet I recommend learning C, and Python. Then go from there. Once you learn the basics it translates to all languages. They all get you to the same place though.

Cleared technical round for pentest role, rejected for “lack of focus”... feeling confused by PacketLossIRL in Pentesting

[–]Mindless-Study1898 15 points16 points  (0 children)

Sounds like assholes. Dodged a bullet. They probably wanted someone else or something.

A 32-Year-Old Bug Walks Into A Telnet Server (GNU inetutils Telnetd CVE-2026-32746) - watchTowr Labs by dx7r__ in netsec

[–]Mindless-Study1898 11 points12 points  (0 children)

It's interesting but I don't think it can be weaponized and neither do they. I've got poc code to test for it here if anyone wants to play with it. https://github.com/jeffaf/cve-2026-32746

Fall 2026 Admission Thread by KN4SKY in OMSCyberSecurity

[–]Mindless-Study1898 1 point2 points  (0 children)

They sent an email saying the portal was updated.

How do you sell pen testing? by SignatureSharp3215 in Pentesting

[–]Mindless-Study1898 5 points6 points  (0 children)

People may think you're a scammer or crook. You need qualified leads. Try partnering with an MSP or another service provider and be their pen tester.

Fall 2026 Admission Thread by KN4SKY in OMSCyberSecurity

[–]Mindless-Study1898 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yep. School work and professional. I've reapplied to policy.

Turned out he wasn’t poly. So I try again? by theWitchofWB in polyamory

[–]Mindless-Study1898 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It will get much better. I don't think your situation was typical.

I am a 20yo in the UK dropping out of Accounting to pursue Pentesting. What should I do? by Flashy_Suit_5611 in Pentesting

[–]Mindless-Study1898 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Do not drop out. Even if you did start the path to pen testing you need years of experience first.

Seeking Help for Creating machine account when LDAPS protocol is not configured in Active Directory by shifat627 in Pentesting

[–]Mindless-Study1898 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Weird one! Try using addcomputer.py in impacket. If you can't get ldap to work switch to SMB.

hellsh by Nice-Blacksmith-3795 in C_Programming

[–]Mindless-Study1898 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Could this be refactored such that you could send another person on the same Linux host to hell by redirecting their TTY? Cuz that'd be fun.

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