Does Cybersecurity Require Programming? 

You couldn’t have explained it better, I appreciate the clip from our interview 🙏🚀

It is really good to see how this question is asked frequently and again getting stuck. I know the basic syntax of many languages like Python, C/C++, JavaScript, PHP etc. I can't do proper coding but I can inspect a code and what it does in any language just after googling it's syntax.

I found my first bug in less than 4 months and I think that was due to the knowledge I have in basic web development

I started reading about bug bounty and soon realised that without web dev knowledge I was just not able to understand whats going on so started learning full stack and now love it. Hope it helps me in bug bounties as well.

I've done some JS, PHP, Java, Python, and even C. I always liked programming language. But I never had patience/maturity, or whatever word fits better, to actually go into it deep enough to become a developer/programmer. Therefore, the idea of scripting doesn't sound scary at all. Those loop, conditional statement, do...while, while, for etc, are basic in any language; so I believe that, for me, all it would take is to learn the syntax and remember what I forgot 'cause I'm sure I'm rusty. Hahaha

I appreciate this a lot. I thought i had to go wild with coding before getting into cyber security

This all depends on the scope of the job/role you are moving into. For example in my company a pentester does not just preform basic web, mobile and infostructure pentesting, you are also required to preform a code review of many of the systems sometimes completely separate from the normal test (this is most common when we do OT environments, as you cannot simply fuzz a power station temp control module). So coding is a base requirement as most of the time code review can be taught as long as you are proficient with it. I would highly recommend if you want to get into the top pretesting companies you should at least be proficient in python/powershell and some variation of C

nahamsec, super dope vlog! Could you create a more in depth video on a couple types of program languages that would be recommended for us to know?

i m a learner just started and i will say programing language basic is important this will give you idea about how things works in web how did i got there well i was learning about xss and i couldn't understand how alert prompt event handlers and dom work but after completing basics of JavaScript i know how it works for web u should complete php JavaScript html css basics python for tools developing

I got a computer science degree from a low tier school where I spent a lot of money on tutoring to learn how to code..I got the degree but I hate coding, it isn’t clicking, it confuses me so it’s good to know that wasn’t a total waste of time, I’ve seen a lot of people start out in help desk, then sys admin then finally get into cyber security with some certificates with their degree too so there’s that way

Am a web designer, full stack. Coding helps me to understand web apps. So coding is important for Cyber security.

Nice Overview thank you NahamSec. I personally am a self tough python scripter and I would even encourrage the peoples not to be afraid of this scripting languages and an other helping tool would be an ai t ask what is this X code doing, like ChatGPT. I think it helpes to enocourage people, to not be afraid about programming/scripting. Like you mentioned, programming is nice for some specific parts of Pentesting, but not for a beginner

Yes . To build your own tools and do things differently .

It is definitely helpful... please do more videos on web-App hacking.

i finish HTML now im in JavaScript i do this for bug bounty im trying to creat web app :) to understand how things work should i need to learn framework and nodejS or php ? and mySQL ?

My favorite par, JavaScript : 8:18 ✌✌💖💖

Not enough love for Nim! It’s my new favourite and is gonna be big in the infosec community!

Should I always begin my sessions with coding or afterwards?

I think if you love something and want to do it then you should be able to accept everything that comes with it... I think people are just lazy they want to be something and they're not willing to put in the work. I spent a year learning python,html, JavaScript (web dev). Cause I wanted to be a hacker. I can't write code like pro but I can read and understand code. I just started active bug hunting last year September have found 12 bugs so far. So if you want to be something, just go all out and do and learn everything that comes with it. People want an easy way..there's no easy way

I would say that, make coding necessary, it is an invaluable skill and would definitely be beneficial in the long term.

thanks for the video! if you have time, can you add english sub because im not native english speaker. i kinda dont understand when you guys speaks so fast. thank you!

Thankyou i will be learning javascript and python first...i already know c and java

Can you Let me know programming languages used by respective professions in the cyber security

No, I was told through my company before even attempting say security plus Havc python and HTML down in is it pretty understandable that you can look through the whole color and know exactly what’s going on and sea he says, and then have a working then, as you start cyber security, they told us that they want CSS Java script and a few others familiarization stuff of them while you’re doing cyber security while you’re doing a security. Plus they said because you did they said coding is really just as important as finding bugs as networking they said that’s really the almost the trifecta is you need networking key coding so you can see where attacks are coming from and cyber security to really get a job and be proficient and they said then after that you need all the spunk and you know that, but they really want those three you don’t say about 45 programming languages that you can understand networking at least to the CNA level and security plus before you can go really much farther. That’s what I’m doing and it makes sense.

go or python is better for scripting

where can I watch your interviews?

If you want to do the research, you will need some understanding of the subject. It's hard to find things if you don't know what you are looking at. I would ask different question. Why wannabe infosec specialist may NOT want to learn everything he possibly can in this field? If it is your passion, you will ask "how can I learn it in the way that works for me".

Can you please a brief video on some general tips on scripting...(how to use scripting)...!?🙏🙏🙏

we can learn Java Script and Python at the same time?(For example learn Python at Sunday and learn Java Script at Sunday too)@NahamSec

But what about CharGPT?

yes yes yes, not only programming but networking and basic web knowledge

like malware dev , reverse engg,binary exploitation

Totally agree with you....awesome video.....as always...

Re: Scripting vs Programming: Kind of seems like he's splitting hairs, it comes off a little gate keep-y, and it's largely an irrelevant conversation to have in my opinion in the context of information security. READING and understanding what the code is actually doing is significantly more important. From that point it's just being able to get the data to the program in the form that it expects, that can be done with ncat, shell redirection, and a text editor if you're dedicated.

Coding is very much required

Thanks bro

😍😍😍

wow

Coding help to understand how the technology works. This is for long run.

Can you bring 🦏 on the coming Sunday's can you?