BSides Pune 13 January 2024

1. BSides Pune
Prashant Mahajan
13 Jan 24

2. About Me
• Runs Payatu Australia & OzHack
• Teacher at TAFENSW
• Over a decade of corporate exposure
• Speaker / Trainer: Black Hat, DEF CON, nullcon, c0c0n, etc.
• Developer of open-source tools:
• ADRecon (Active Directory Recon) https://github.com/adrecon/ADRecon
• AzureADRecon (Azure Active Directory Recon)
https://github.com/adrecon/AzureADRecon
• @prashant3535 (on most social media)

8. Hacking used to be a Hobby
• Searching for like-minded people / information over a dial-up connection
• Bulletin boards, Usenet, IRC, Underground forums, etc.
• Pathways
• System Admin
• Network Admin
• Developer
• Etc.
• Hacker Mindset

10. https://www.coresecurity.com/blog/day-life-pen-tester

12. Hacking used to be a Hobby …
• Hacker Mindset
• Security
• Information Security / InfoSec
• Cyber Security
• Art or Science ?

13. Image by Henry Jiang of Oppenheimer & Co.

15. https://twitter.com/InfosecMemes_

16. https://twitter.com/InfosecMemes_

17. SME

18. https://xkcd.com/2347/

19. Do not be afraid to make mistakes

20. It is impossible to know everything

22. Slowly is the fastest way
to get to where you want to be
The top of one mountain
is the bottom of the next
so … keep climbing
Be a Student for Life