Well, It’s Okay to Start Over!

Before I start, who am I?

Well, I'm not a celebrity that you can Google and find a whole biography about. So, let me start from the beginning (is that even the right way to say it? lol).

Helllooo everyone!

Nothing fancy here ,straight to the point. I'm a pentesting enthusiast who has kind of lost touch with it. If you've been through something similar, you'll probably know exactly what I mean.

If not, feel free to skip this post. Or stick around .. maybe you'll find something relatable and we can kick back together.

Why Medium ?

Who would have thought that I'd be back on Medium?

Honestly, I don't even remember the last time i read posts here.

Because if you had told the fresher version of me , who knew absolutely nothing about pentesting that one day I'd be writing on Medium, I would've probably said, "Really? Don't embarrass yourself."

I feel like Medium has always been my companion throughout this journey. When I started my career, there was no ChatGPT (lol). The only things we had access to were old reports and Medium articles.

Personally, I loved reading them. Maybe it was because I had a fresh mind that was eager to learn, but whenever I was testing something, I would always end up on Medium looking for a bypass, a different approach, or someone else's perspective on the same issue.

It feels like coming back home!!!!

So, what's the plan, you ask?

Due to a bunch of reasons, I haven't done any serious pentesting in years. Now, I want to restart and learn again.

I know some people will say, "We have ChatGPT, Google, and countless resources now. Who's going to read what you write?"

Well, honestly, I'm doing this for myself.

I want to go back to the basics. I want to document everything. Now that I have a little experience and enough knowledge to understand vulnerabilities (definitely not a pro, though), I want to put everything in one place : good reports, interesting bypasses, useful techniques, and lessons learned.

That way, whenever I need to refer back to something, I won't have to dig through half the internet again.

My plan is to document everything, starting right from the OWASP Top 10. Maybe nobody reads it, and that's okay. But I also know that somewhere out there, someone who's new to pentesting or someone like me who's been out of touch for a while might find it useful.

Soo…Plan is to LEARN FROM ZEROOOO !