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black-hat-rust
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black-hat-rust

Applied offensive security with Rust - https://kerkour.com/black-hat-rust

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Applied offensive security with Rust - https://kerkour.com/black-hat-rust

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This week on Hacker News

Nov 8–Nov 15 UTC · Direct repository links and separately labeled related project stories. Indexed through 11/15/2026, 3:38:16 PM UTC.

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HN mentions by year4 dated mentions

Observed mentions: 2021-02-04 18:14:51 UTC to 2024-12-09 06:17:44 UTC.

0122021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 2 mentions; 0 submissions, 2 comments20212022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments20222023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2025-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 2 mentions; 1 submissions, 1 comments2024

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20212021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC202
20222022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC000
20232023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC000
20242024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2025-01-01 00:00:00 UTC211

What Hacker News says

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Hey HN, With all the recent hacks breaking the news, I thought that there is still clearly a lack of knowledge about how cyber attacks are performed. In the book we will put ourselves in the shoes of attackers. From theory to practice, we will explore the arcane of offensive security and build our own offensive tools from scratch in Rust: scanners, phishing toolkit, shellcodes, advanced RAT... Here is the accompanying GitHub repository: https://github.com/skerkour/black-hat-rust Important: This is work in progress, feedback is welcome :) In order to thank all the people who will help me make this book a reality by buying it in early access, I prepared a special bonus: a curated list of detailed analyses of the most advanced malwares of the past two decades. You will find inside great inspiration when developing your own offensive tools. E
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dit: I Added a coupon for people hearing about the book here to save 10€: https://academy.kerkour.com/black-hat-rust?coupon=HACKERNEWS
In Show HN: Black Hat Rust – I'm writing a book about offensive security with Rust
Hey HN, With all the recent hacks breaking the news, I thought that there is still clearly a lack of knowledge about how cyber attacks are performed. In the book we will put ourselves in the shoes of attackers. From theory to practice, we will explore the arcane of offensive security and build our own offensive tools from scratch in Rust: scanners, phishing toolkit, shellcodes, advanced RAT... Here is the accompanying GitHub repository: https://github.com/skerkour/black-hat-rust Important: This is work in progress, feedback is welcome :) In order to thank all the people who will help me make this book a reality by buying it in early access, I prepared a special bonus: a curated list of detailed analyses of the most advanced malwares of the past two decades. You will find inside great inspiration when developing your own offensive tools. E
Read the rest
dit: I Added a coupon for people hearing about the book here to save 10€: https://academy.kerkour.com/black-hat-rust?coupon=HACKERNEWS
In Show HN: Black Hat Rust – I'm writing a book about offensive security with Rust

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