These are all of DesperateDan99's posts!

DesperateDan99

Hacker Films

April 5, 2025, 7:39 a.m.

One movie that I watched a real long time ago, was about penetration testing, it's called Sneakers. It has Robert Redford, Dan Aykroyd, Ben Kingsley, and River Phoenix. It came out in 1992, and is the first movie I saw that talked about penetration testing. An even older hacking movie is WarGames, with a very young Matthew Broderick and Ally Sheedy. That one came out in 1983. It's crazy to think that I've been exposed to hacking and computing for so long, yet it's only in the past two years that I've taken it seriously, and now I'm pursuing an ethical hacking career. Better late than never, huh.

DesperateDan99

Random Topic

March 26, 2025, 9:37 a.m.

I will be going to BSides in Adelaide in May 2025. It will be my first time attending a Cybersecurity event and I'm nervous. Do I take a resume? I don't have any experience in a job role in Cybersecurity yet, as I only started studying Cybersecurity in Feb 2023, and got my Cert IV in Cybersecurity through TafeSA in July 2024. Since then I've been studying Ethical Hacking, through Hack The Box, Try Hack Me and then The Cyber Mentor, which introduced me to TCM Academy's Practical Ethical Hacking Course. I've done boxes on Hack The Box, Try Hack Me, and Proving Grounds. I thought I was ready for the PNPT exam. Ha. I'm on my third attempt, and even though I have made way more progress than the first two times, I still feel an idiot. Anyway, any advice for someone going to their first Cybersecurity Event?

Page 1 of 1