Security Testing Journal Entry | w/e Friday March 8, 2024

Highlights for the week

A very exciting week. Had a couple of opportunities presented to me, one being a potential for a new job, and another learning LLM. I got to finish the Pen Testing course and started cleaning up my linked in learning modules from the last time. Hoping of hopes to land a new job a.s.a.p! The debt hole is getting deeper and deeper.

What We Loved

1. Having a network of friends, online or in real life, has been instrumental. It feels good to be surrounded by good vibes.

What We Learned

1. Automation - finished another round of tests with a practice site. There was a lot of problems with the site itself, so there was only so much to test.
2. Burp Suite - Started Server-Side Request Forgery module.
3. Coursersa - Finished the Pen Testing/Forensic Data learning. It was very high-level, but I learned a bunch regarding forensic data analysis.
4. Linked-In Learning - Huge learning module regarding API security testing. I leveraged LLM to create a suite of automation test scripts in python. SOOO COOL!!
5. Pen Testing - started a new security audit with a bank app. Work in progress!
6. Blog - Finally published another blog regarding LLM and how it might benefit QA.
7. Cult.ure - paused! "Husb" - got over the writing block and got to a good place. I should start to wrap up the story .. it's getting away from me a little!

What We Longed For

1. As always .. a job and pay

What We Loathed

1. Freelancing QA site TW is dicey when it comes to how they moderate bugs reported. It takes a fight to convince people your bug is right. So exhausting.