{"id":1458,"date":"2020-09-30T09:07:00","date_gmt":"2020-09-30T07:07:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dradisframework.com\/blog\/?p=1458"},"modified":"2020-10-14T15:24:41","modified_gmt":"2020-10-14T13:24:41","slug":"hands-on-hacking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dradis.com\/blog\/2020\/09\/hands-on-hacking\/","title":{"rendered":"Hands on Hacking"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1512\" height=\"2016\" src=\"https:\/\/dradisframework.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/hoh_dradis.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1467\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The team over at <a href=\"https:\/\/hacker.house\/\">Hacker House <\/a>has recently released their first book,&nbsp;<em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wiley.com\/en-us\/Hands+on+Hacking-p-9781119561514\">Hands on Hacking<\/a><\/em>. The book is an incredibly accessible guide for learning pentesting and purple teaming and includes often-overlooked subjects like building a business case for hacking, ethical guidelines, and report writing.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Report writing, you say?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Needless to say, when authors <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hackerfantastic\">Matthew Hickey<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Jennifer_Arcuri\/\">Jennifer Arcuri<\/a> reached out to let us know they were featuring Dradis in the chapter on reporting, we were delighted. Since the book&#8217;s release, I&#8217;ve been able to chat with Matthew to ask about writing this book, his start in hacking and growing a career in the industry, and his favorite reads.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You can read the <a href=\"http:\/\/dradisframework.com\/academy\/interviews\/hackerhouse-matthew-hickey.html\">full interview<\/a> with Matthew Hickey at the <a href=\"http:\/\/dradisframework.com\/academy\/interviews\/hackerhouse-matthew-hickey.html\">Dradis Academy<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wiley.com\/en-us\/Hands+on+Hacking-p-9781119561514\">Hands on Hacking<\/a><\/em>&nbsp;takes a holistic approach to hacking appropriate for those just getting started as well as for management and sysadmins wanting a deeper understanding of the attacks their organization and systems face.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Want to win a copy of <em>Hands on Hacking<\/em>? <\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The team over at Wiley sent us a few copies to giveaway. 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