Blog | OffSec

Blog

News and updates from OffSec

Insights

Feb 10, 2022

14 min read

Goals for Your Cybersecurity Career Path with New Years Resolutions

Learn how to set SMART goals for your cybersecurity career path with some great tips from Dr. Heather Monthie.

Read more

Community Spotlight

Reflections on Failure, Part Two

OffSec’s Content Product Manager Jeremy Miller continues to reflect on the meaning of failure in cybersecurity in Part II of his blog.

Feb 8, 2022

9 min read

Community Spotlight

Reflections on Failure, Part One

OffSec’s Content Product Manager Jeremy Miller reflects on the meaning of failure in cybersecurity in Part I of his blog.

Feb 7, 2022

1 min read

OffSec News

Introducing Topic Exercises

Topic Exercises within PEN-200 (PWK) give students a more trackable, interactive learning experience. Read on to discover more about this new feature.

Feb 3, 2022

5 min read
MSXPC-privilege-escalation

Research & Tutorials

Microsoft OneDrive for macOS Local Privilege Escalation

Security researchers at Offensive Security discovered a vulnerability in the XPC service of Microsoft OneDrive. Here’s how it works and how to secure it.

Jan 31, 2022

9 min read
Cognitive Bias and Penetration Testing

Penetration Testing

Cognitive Biases and Penetration Testing

Jeremy “Harbinger” Miller shares with us his thoughts on cognitive biases and how they relate to penetration testing.

Dec 8, 2021

9 min read
OSCP Exam Changes

Penetration Testing

OSCP Exam Change

Learn about upcoming changes to the OSCP exam structure. New changes will better reflect the current PWK materials and the skills needed to be a successful information security professional.

Dec 1, 2021

6 min read

OffSec News

Learn Subscriptions: Course Structure and New Courses

Our Learn subscriptions now include two new courses: SOC-200 (for cyber defense roles like SOC Analysts and Threat Hunters) & WEB-200 (for App Security Analysts and Web App Pentesters). Learn about each course and the structure of new courses added to the OffSec Training Library.

Nov 17, 2021

12 min read
Some Thoughts on Teaching Hacking

Insights

Some Thoughts on Teaching Hacking

OffSec’s Jeremy “Harbinger” Miller shares his thoughts on teaching information security, hacking and pentesting by building accurate models of systems, minds and attacks with your students.

Nov 11, 2021

8 min read
tristram-pythonizing-nmap-featured

Research & Tutorials

Pythonizing Nmap

Tristram (aka gh0x0st) shares with us some tips for using python to automate nmap and other parts of your penetration testing process.

Nov 9, 2021

45 min read
Learn Subscription Downloads

OffSec News

Downloads in Subscriptions

Have you subscribed to the OffSec Training Library? Learn about the development and release of the new OffSec course downloads feature.

Oct 28, 2021

5 min read
The Value of OffSec Subscriptions

Insights

The Value of Subscriptions

Hear from Jim O’Gorman, Chief Content and Strategy Officer on the value he sees in the new Learn One and Learn Unlimited subscriptions.

Oct 12, 2021

10 min read
Learn One and Learn Unlimited

OffSec News

New OffSec Training Library Subscriptions: Learn One and Learn Unlimited

The OffSec Training Library is a subscription-based cybersecurity training platform. Discover more about our Learn One and Learn Unlimited subscriptions.

Sep 21, 2021

3 min read

Showing 170 - 182 of 377 entries