So Many Tools!
There are so many penetration testing tools to learn. I’m not sure if it’s even possible to learn them all. I’m actually starting to wonder if I’ll end up using a smaller set of “favorites” in the end. Do real penetration testers use all these tools all the time? It’s a lot, to me at least.
I remember reading somewhere that penetration testers usually end up specializing in some particular area after a while. I’m not sure what I would want to specialize in, but I do find reverse engineering binaries to be very interesting. As a software engineer I’m drawn to the complexity and I’ve used debuggers many times over the years.
I’m mostly studying Active Directory enumeration tools right now. Hack The Box teaches a lot of different ways to get hashes from Windows machines. The more I learn about exploiting Windows the more worried I am about having it installed on my gaming computer.
One thing for sure, the more I learn about cybersecurity the more I want to harden and protect my own computers.