home garden / security

https://www.manning.com/books/real-world-cryptography

• Saw this posted on HN awhile back. I’m trying to beef up my crypto and cybersecurity knowledge (eventually). soooo im storing it here

https://overthewire.org/wargames/
https://www.freecodecamp.org/news/improve-hacking-skills-by-playing-wargames/
https://www.freecodecamp.org/news/hack-your-first-machine-a-guide-for-aspiring-security-enthusiasts/

• some resources for practicing ethical hacking and getting some actual cybersecurity experience

https://jackcook.com/2024/11/09/bigger-fish.html

• very cool write up on a research project and paper demonstrating how ML enables powerful side channel attacks that can learn encryption keys you use to log into various websites and web apps. I’m summarizing at a very high level because this is an academic paper and the blog post is very detailed. fascinating yet scary stuff!