You should put scope over exploits! Or should you?

Intro

Through my time pentesting and working with other people, I have picked up a few valuable lessons that I hope to imprint on your brain. Today’s lesson is all about where your priorities should lay and how you should order your work.

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This can be a very difficult task to achieve, do not underestimate it. How often have you found yourself in a rabbit hole at 3 AM? I don’t like rabbit holes, I like to carefully plan my moves and see where I am in my planning at all points in time. This is how I prioritize my work and how I seemingly get the impossible done with a day job, a kid, and a rat empire to manage.

Creating a planning

This is something not a lot of people do, yet I am sure could benefit them immensely. Usually, when we read an article or watch a youtube video we get a temporary boost of dopamine because we think we are learning but think back to our school days. What defined those was a set curriculum that was thoughtfully planned out in advance, not a random mess of lessons. In life it would help anyone to, first of all, get a proper calendar, this can be digital, something like Gmail works wonders and connect it up to your phone, home computers, and everything you can think of. Even if your smart fridge isn’t safe anymore, set that baby up to receive a…