Hack The Box Stories #1 - AMA with g0blin
Source: YouTube · Hack The Box · published Oct 29, 2020 · 1:15:37
This is a community AMA with James (CTO of Hack The Box) discussing the platform, cybersecurity learning, and future plans. He shares his journey from being a user to becoming CTO, explains how Hack The Box provides a safe, legal environment for learning penetration testing, and emphasizes the importance of persistence and community for beginners. James reveals that Hack The Box evolved from a small project created by their CEO into a global platform that helps people start careers in cybersecurity. Key developments include the recent release of "Battlegrounds" and upcoming features like server siege game modes, more pro labs, and continued platform evolution to v2.
Key Takeaways:
• Hack The Box provides a safe, legal environment for learning cybersecurity skills, bridging the gap between expensive certifications and time-sensitive CTF competitions 0:45-1:04
• James recommends beginners get uncomfortable, persist through challenges, and learn from community resources like write-ups and videos 4:22-5:07
• The platform vision includes becoming a place where anyone can start a cybersecurity career and supporting community growth through conferences and sponsorships 9:40-10:26
• Recent releases include "Battlegrounds" and all users now have access to two games during beta testing phase two 0:45-1:04
• Future developments include server siege game modes, more pro labs, end games, and evolution of the platform to v2 25:33-26:04
James emphasizes that cybersecurity is a never-ending learning journey where persistence and community engagement are key to success.
Sources:
- 0:45-1:04 Introduction of Hack The Box platform and recent Battlegrounds rel
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first of all thank you very much for joining today we couldn't be happier to have you all here um let's do some proper interjections first i'm sothy a community manager myself and i'm uh james aka goblin cto of hacker box as well and we are gathered here today in order to do a lama to answer all of your questions and go one by one in order to answer whatever you want so um i hope uh before we start with the questions i want to do um a little bit of an introduction that this week we released battlegrounds and we are very happy about it not this week actually one week before on this friday we couldn't be happier and now today we announced that all three users have also two games while we're on the beta test phase two so make sure to join and make sure to play your battles and give us feedbac…