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Fine, you know what? FUCK IT!
Alright, first off - While you can concentrate on physical, understanding the basics of the digital side of things will make you more valuable, and arguably more effective. I'll take this opportunity to point you at Metasploit and tell you to atleast spend an hour or so each week working to understand it. I'm not saying you have to know it backwards or inside-out, just get a basic understanding.
But you said you want to go down the physical path, so fuck all that bullshit I said before, ignore it if you want, I don't care. It's just a suggestion.
Do you pick locks? Why not? Come on over to /r/Lockpicking and read the stickied post at the top. Buy a lockpick set. You're just starting so you can go a little crazy, or be conservative. Get some locks (Don't pick locks you rely on!) at a store, and learn the basics of how to pick.
Your fingers will get sore. Time to put down the picks and start reading:
That reading list right there gives you over 2000 pages to read. Read. Read More.
Tired of Reading? Have you been listening to the Social-Engineer.org Podcasts? 53 quality podcasts right there. Time to catch up!
Tired of listening? Take a break! And by "Take a break" I mean grab your lockpicks, a lock, and start picking while you relax with a Jayson Street video. He's fun to watch, and will hopefully distract you while you try picking a lock. Also, he highlights how you don't have to be a computer-genius to be good at PenTesting. Go watch more of his videos while you pick locks - It's entertaining at least, and informative/educational at best. Now go watch Deviant Ollam's videos if you're done with Jayson Street.
Sounds like a lot? It's not. You'll spend a bit of money getting started with picks, locks, and books. It's the nature of the game, no good way around it. It's time-consuming. You may have to give up playing your favourite games for a while. But the things you learn and skills you develop will pay more than that game did. By the time you're halfway through any one of those books you'll have a much better idea of what questions you want or need to ask in order to progress further and faster every day.
Go to Security Cons. DerbyCon is awesome, and happens in late September, plenty of time to start saving money and making reservations. Talk to people, ask questions, and make connections. You will learn more in those 4 days than some people learn in months or years and you'll have tons of fun.
If you can swing it, attend Deviant Ollam's "Physical Security Skills for Penetration Testers" class. The things you will learn in that class will make it worth every damned penny, and you'll feel like a bad-ass at the end of it.
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If you're a novice, as most people start out as, then I would recommend the following:
The Basics of Hacking and Penetration Testing: Ethical Hacking and Penetration Testing Made Easy
Hacking For Dummies
Grey Hat Hacking
Hacking Exposed - 5th Edition - May be outdated
Network Security Bible
So now people here may disagree on the books I've suggested, and that's fine, but it definitely depends on what you're trying to learn and/or accomplish. Google is a great place to start as well without spending a fortune on books.
Some great websites:
SANS
Dark Reading
I'm sure you can find plenty more.
And always ask questions, even if you think its a stupid question. Being on Reddit and having the luxury of anonymity, you can ask away without worrying about getting personally ridiculed.
As far as hackerspaces and defcon, they were just a suggestion. If you ever are able to get to a hackerspace though, I highly recommend it.
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There's a post like this every few weeks. Here's a link that links to a lot of other good links.
From personal experience, I recommend:
The Basics to Hacking and Penetration Testing
and since a lot of hacking these days has to do with social engineering, this book:
The Art of Deception
I highly recommend you read this book!. It's a cheap and easy read. It'll help get you thinking in a pentester mind set.
It's how I started so I say it's a pretty decent way to start. The most important thing is understanding how the tools work (especially the ones with a GUI) and how they fit together. I suggest reading http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/1597496553/ref=redir_mdp_mobile/192-0648855-7339154 . It's based on BackTrack but there isn't too many discrepancies between the two. It does a wonderful job of teaching what I described above. Good Luck!
Yeah i had some issues, but i didn't realize that when you let virtualbox utilize your wireless it wont let your host use that same wireless adapter. Do you prefer virtual box or vmpalyer?
For the question regarding penetration testing i was going to read a few books on pen testing and mess around with backtrack linux and kali linux. I could let you know what sources and books that i might read to get me started. Penetration testing is awesome topic and it goes along with my Information security interest!
http://www.amazon.com/Basics-Hacking-Penetration-Testing-Syngress/dp/1597496553 -- really want to read this.
Sorry man i was super busy with finishing up my courses at my college i didn't get chance to reply.
This book could be a starting point if you want to learn about security testing.
The Basics of Hacking and Penetration Testing: Ethical Hacking and Penetration Testing Made Easy
I would recommend trying out the CEH or Kali videos from CBT Nuggets as somewhat of an introduction. Alternatively, I found this book to be helpful when I was starting: Basics of Hacking and Pentesting (http://www.amazon.com/The-Basics-Hacking-Penetration-Testing/dp/1597496553)
I am currently a penetration tester with a small Healthcare penetration company. We perform black box security tests for Hospitals and Health Care organizations.
If you are looking for actual schooling then I suggest looking for a university with a Network Security/Information Assurance Degree. There are not too many with dedicated degrees, but it is becoming a much more popular field.
Most importantly go get some literature on the subject. Although reading can not take the place of actual experience, most books these days are designed to go along side of hands on experience or provide information if you wish to "further refine your skills".
If you are new to security I would suggest "The Basics of Hacking and Penetration Testing: Ethical Hacking and Penetration Testing Made Easy" By Patrick Engebretson. It is a great entry level book designed to introduce you to the concepts of penetration testing.
If you want to get down and dirty quickly "
Metasploit: The Penetration Tester's Guide" By David Kennedy is another great book though a bit more technical then the last.
These are only a few of many great books. If you want to become a good penetration tester, taste the fundamentals and then pick a focus to get good at. There are few jacks of all trades in Penetration testing.
I recommend reading the following to get an overview:
The Basics Hacking Penetration Testing
If you want to do some programming specific (i.e. Python) try
Violent Python
http://www.securitytube.net/
http://www.kali.org/
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Been reading this one recently and I like it a lot:
http://www.amazon.com/The-Basics-Hacking-Penetration-Testing/dp/1597496553
Python probably not a good choice for a keylogger as you'd need python installed. Suppose fine it you plan on installing it on a linux box.
You would need to gain control of the box first. Metasploit can help you there but I'd say you need to read a couple of beginner security books from Amazon first. This one is pretty good.
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"ethical hacking and penetration testing" it's all there for free.
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somebody just took a 3mb PDF file and built a slide site out of it.