Cybersecurity Mentors Podcast A Day in the Life of a Penetration Tester with Carson Sallis
In this episode, we chat with Carson Sallis, Senior Offensive Security Engineer and Vulnerability Researcher at NVIDIA. Carson walks us through a day in the life of a pentester and shares actionable advice for anyone looking to break into offensive security. He also gives a live demo of fuzzing with AFL (American Fuzzy Lop) and explains how tools like this are used in real-world vulnerability research.
Whether you're just starting out or looking to sharpen your red team skills, this episode is full of insights you won’t want to miss.
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Episode Resources:
GitHub: https://github.com/cybersecmentors/season_3_ep_6
Guest: Carson Sallis
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LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/carson-sallis/
Fuzzing Tools & Resources
· AFL (American Fuzzy Lop)
The fuzzing tool featured in Carson's demo.
Link: https://lcamtuf.coredump.cx/afl/
· AFL++
An advanced fork of AFL with modern features.
Link: https://github.com/AFLplusplus/AFLplusplus
· Fuzzing: Brute Force Vulnerability Discovery (Book)
A foundational guide for learning fuzzing.
Link: https://nostarch.com/fuzzing
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