Technical Knowledge Beginner
Summary
Hands-on experience with offensive security techniques including buffer overflow exploitation with shellcode injection and NOP sleds, SQL injection for authentication bypass and data manipulation, environment variable attacks for privilege escalation via PATH manipulation, and SYN flooding DoS attacks. Strong understanding of cryptography fundamentals including AES encryption modes (ECB vs CBC) and RSA key generation using OpenSSL. Familiar with security countermeasures such as ASLR and SYN cookies.