🎮🛡️ Twenty years later, the mission hasn't changed. But the game certainly has.
When OffSec started 20 years ago, the attack surface looked vastly different. Today, practitioners are defending complex cloud environments, securing web applications, and navigating the risks of brings a harder level. But while the tools and techniques evolve, the mindset required to succeed in cybersecurity remains exactly the same:
Get hands-on. Explore the problem. Get stuck. Try something else. #TryHarder.
We just published "Level 20," a look back at two decades of OffSec and a look ahead at what it takes to survive the next evolution of cybersecurity.
Read the blog and let us know: what "level" of your career are you tackling next?
🔗 offsec.com/blog/level-20-…
#OffSec #CyberSecurity #InfoSec #OffensiveSecurity #TryHarder #TechHistory #CareerGrowth
When OffSec started 20 years ago, the attack surface looked vastly different. Today, practitioners are defending complex cloud environments, securing web applications, and navigating the risks of brings a harder level. But while the tools and techniques evolve, the mindset required to succeed in cybersecurity remains exactly the same:
Get hands-on. Explore the problem. Get stuck. Try something else. #TryHarder.
We just published "Level 20," a look back at two decades of OffSec and a look ahead at what it takes to survive the next evolution of cybersecurity.
Read the blog and let us know: what "level" of your career are you tackling next?
🔗 offsec.com/blog/level-20-…
#OffSec #CyberSecurity #InfoSec #OffensiveSecurity #TryHarder #TechHistory #CareerGrowth
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Black October gave the cybersecurity community plenty to unpack. 🔍
From PHP2Shell to the eMudhra certificate compromise, recent incidents remind us that even trusted technologies can have unexpected weaknesses.
In eMudhra's case, eight certificate authority private keys were earchers could recover them from public certificates.
Threats evolve. Skills should, too.
Explore the technical analysis, then practice what you learn in the new eMudhra Compromise lab.
🔗 Read the technical analysis (free for all): bit.ly/4AzlOYb
🛠️ Explore the eMudhra Compromise lab (available through OffSec's Offensive Cyber Range for Learn Enterprise customers): bit.ly/3Va2Yrg
From PHP2Shell to the eMudhra certificate compromise, recent incidents remind us that even trusted technologies can have unexpected weaknesses.
In eMudhra's case, eight certificate authority private keys were earchers could recover them from public certificates.
Threats evolve. Skills should, too.
Explore the technical analysis, then practice what you learn in the new eMudhra Compromise lab.
🔗 Read the technical analysis (free for all): bit.ly/4AzlOYb
🛠️ Explore the eMudhra Compromise lab (available through OffSec's Offensive Cyber Range for Learn Enterprise customers): bit.ly/3Va2Yrg
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Your next level comes with $550 in savings.
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Let's talk about the OSCP. 🐉
We see a lot of people asking how to break into offensive security. The answer is always the same: you have to get hands-on. Reading about vulnerabilities isn't enough; you need to know how to exploit them, chain them together, and pivot through a ly what PEN-200 prepares you to do. You'll spend your time living in Kali Linux, tackling machines in our lab environments, and getting stuck (a lot).
But when you finally pop that root shell on exam day and earn your OSCP, it’s one of the best feelings in this industry. It proves you have the grit to Try Harder.
Check out the full syllabus here: bit.ly/4xXviuI
#OSCP #OffSec #TryHarder #PEN200 #HackThePlanet #CyberSecurity
We see a lot of people asking how to break into offensive security. The answer is always the same: you have to get hands-on. Reading about vulnerabilities isn't enough; you need to know how to exploit them, chain them together, and pivot through a ly what PEN-200 prepares you to do. You'll spend your time living in Kali Linux, tackling machines in our lab environments, and getting stuck (a lot).
But when you finally pop that root shell on exam day and earn your OSCP, it’s one of the best feelings in this industry. It proves you have the grit to Try Harder.
Check out the full syllabus here: bit.ly/4xXviuI
#OSCP #OffSec #TryHarder #PEN200 #HackThePlanet #CyberSecurity
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🥷 AI is changing the attack surface. Are your skills keeping up?
With OSAI (Advanced AI Red Teaming), you'll explore vulnerabilities in large language models, machine learning systems, and autonomous agents through hands-on training.
Choose OSAI with Learn One and get a full ills, work through labs, and prepare for your certification.
🚨 Learn One is 20% off as part of our Level 20 anniversary celebration.
Save $550 on Learn One: bit.ly/4ifSZJW
#OffSec #AISecurity #AIRedTeaming
With OSAI (Advanced AI Red Teaming), you'll explore vulnerabilities in large language models, machine learning systems, and autonomous agents through hands-on training.
Choose OSAI with Learn One and get a full ills, work through labs, and prepare for your certification.
🚨 Learn One is 20% off as part of our Level 20 anniversary celebration.
Save $550 on Learn One: bit.ly/4ifSZJW
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Need more time for the labs? Learn One (take $550 off right now) gives you a FULL YEAR of access to the course of your choice (like PEN-200), plus a massive safety net: TWO exam attempts.
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One-time training isn’t enough to keep pace with evolving cyber threats.
The OffSec Learn Enterprise platform helps organizations move beyond occasional training to continuously develop their cyber teams through hands-on learning, practical skill development, and greater ce progress.
See how we’re helping organizations rethink cybersecurity training.
Demo the Platform: bit.ly/4f0AVkI
The OffSec Learn Enterprise platform helps organizations move beyond occasional training to continuously develop their cyber teams through hands-on learning, practical skill development, and greater ce progress.
See how we’re helping organizations rethink cybersecurity training.
Demo the Platform: bit.ly/4f0AVkI
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🤔 Your next challenge awaits. 9 certifications to choose from, 365 days, $550 off.
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Where will Level 20 take you? Level up to find out bit.ly/4ifSZJW
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There is no single path in cybersecurity. Which one are you taking? 🧭💻
Whether you are looking to break into the industry with your OSCP, defend enterprise networks on the Blue Team, or tackle emerging attack surfaces in Cloud and AI, theoretical knowledge won't get you there. tical skills.
The OffSec Course Library has expanded massively. We now offer deep-dive, lab-based training across multiple domains:
🔴 Offensive Security (PEN-200, PEN-300)
🔵 Defensive Security (SOC-200)
☁️ Cloud Security (CLOUD-200)
🕸️ Web Application Exploitation (WEB-200, WEB-300)
🤖 AI Security (AI-300)
Every course is built on the "Try Harder" mindset and culminates in a rigorous, practical exam that proves to employers you can do the job.
Find your next target and start training today and at a discount: offsec.com/courses/
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Whether you are looking to break into the industry with your OSCP, defend enterprise networks on the Blue Team, or tackle emerging attack surfaces in Cloud and AI, theoretical knowledge won't get you there. tical skills.
The OffSec Course Library has expanded massively. We now offer deep-dive, lab-based training across multiple domains:
🔴 Offensive Security (PEN-200, PEN-300)
🔵 Defensive Security (SOC-200)
☁️ Cloud Security (CLOUD-200)
🕸️ Web Application Exploitation (WEB-200, WEB-300)
🤖 AI Security (AI-300)
Every course is built on the "Try Harder" mindset and culminates in a rigorous, practical exam that proves to employers you can do the job.
Find your next target and start training today and at a discount: offsec.com/courses/
#OffSec #CyberSecurity #OSCP #InfoSec #RedTeam #BlueTeam #TryHarder #TechCareers
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Your cybersecurity team completed its training. But can you demonstrate what they’re now capable of doing? For tech companies, course completion alone doesn’t show whether practitioners are prepared to secure evolving applications, infrastructure, and cloud environments.
Our essons from Cisco and EPAM and 5 questions to assess your current training program.
📥 Download: bit.ly/4BvyX5M
Our essons from Cisco and EPAM and 5 questions to assess your current training program.
📥 Download: bit.ly/4BvyX5M
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🎉 20 years of OffSec. Countless challenges. And always another level to reach.
We're celebrating our 20th anniversary with 20% off Learn One.
🎁 Get a full year of hands-on training, practical labs, and certification preparation for $2,199 — that's $550 off Learn One.
The ent. The challenge feels familiar.
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We're celebrating our 20th anniversary with 20% off Learn One.
🎁 Get a full year of hands-on training, practical labs, and certification preparation for $2,199 — that's $550 off Learn One.
The ent. The challenge feels familiar.
LEVEL 20. Same game. New level.
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The attack surface doesn't stand still. Neither can your skills. 🛑💻
Cybersecurity doesn't have a final level. Every new piece of tech just creates a harder problem to solve.
If you've been waiting for the right moment to jump into the labs and tackle your next certification, n our announcements tomorrow. 🚨Your next level starts tomorrow.
Tools and techniques change of 20 years, but the mindset endures: Get stuck. Try something else. #TryHarder.
#OffSec #CyberSecurity #InfoSec #HackerMindset
Cybersecurity doesn't have a final level. Every new piece of tech just creates a harder problem to solve.
If you've been waiting for the right moment to jump into the labs and tackle your next certification, n our announcements tomorrow. 🚨Your next level starts tomorrow.
Tools and techniques change of 20 years, but the mindset endures: Get stuck. Try something else. #TryHarder.
#OffSec #CyberSecurity #InfoSec #HackerMindset
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Cybersecurity Awareness Month was supposed to be about awareness.
🐈⬛ Then it became Black October.
PHP2Shell (CVE-2026-109618 & CVE-2026-109619), followed by wave after wave of critical CVEs, all landing within days of each other. Patch queues overflowed. Weekends disappeared. And l clicked the phish.
Awareness matters. But awareness alone doesn't stop an exploit at 2 a.m.
This month, thank the people behind the curtain.
The people who do this work are the ones most of us never see: the analysts triaging alerts, the pentesters who found the gap first, the engineers rolling patches across thousands of servers, the responders who contain it before it becomes a headline.
When the click happens and the perimeter doesn't hold, they're the ones who do.
We see you. For 20 years, we've been building the practitioners who keep the rest of us safe.
#CybersecurityAwarenessMonth #BlackOctober #PHP2Shell #TryHarder #OffSec
🐈⬛ Then it became Black October.
PHP2Shell (CVE-2026-109618 & CVE-2026-109619), followed by wave after wave of critical CVEs, all landing within days of each other. Patch queues overflowed. Weekends disappeared. And l clicked the phish.
Awareness matters. But awareness alone doesn't stop an exploit at 2 a.m.
This month, thank the people behind the curtain.
The people who do this work are the ones most of us never see: the analysts triaging alerts, the pentesters who found the gap first, the engineers rolling patches across thousands of servers, the responders who contain it before it becomes a headline.
When the click happens and the perimeter doesn't hold, they're the ones who do.
We see you. For 20 years, we've been building the practitioners who keep the rest of us safe.
#CybersecurityAwarenessMonth #BlackOctober #PHP2Shell #TryHarder #OffSec
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How are leading technology companies developing stronger cybersecurity teams?
Cisco and EPAM faced different workforce challenges, but both recognized the need to move beyond one-time training.
🔹 Cisco established structured learning paths to develop advanced offensive 🔹 EPAM scaled its offensive security team from 4 to 70 members in 12 months, supported by continuous learning.
Explore their approaches and get a 5-point checklist to evaluate your own cyber training program.
📥 Download the guide: bit.ly/4BvyX5M
Cisco and EPAM faced different workforce challenges, but both recognized the need to move beyond one-time training.
🔹 Cisco established structured learning paths to develop advanced offensive 🔹 EPAM scaled its offensive security team from 4 to 70 members in 12 months, supported by continuous learning.
Explore their approaches and get a 5-point checklist to evaluate your own cyber training program.
📥 Download the guide: bit.ly/4BvyX5M
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How is the U.S. Coast Guard Academy preparing its future cybersecurity workforce?
Through structured development, hands-on training, and practical certifications, the Academy established a shared technical foundation and a way to validate skills.
Explore lessons from its approach and apply them to your own workforce training strategy.
📘 Download the Blueprint: offsec.com/business/publi…
#Cybersecurity #PublicSector #CyberTraining
Through structured development, hands-on training, and practical certifications, the Academy established a shared technical foundation and a way to validate skills.
Explore lessons from its approach and apply them to your own workforce training strategy.
📘 Download the Blueprint: offsec.com/business/publi…
#Cybersecurity #PublicSector #CyberTraining
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🏆 There's a reason OSCP is the industry standard.
It's hard on purpose. Because the attackers are real, and so are the stakes.
It's not a multiple-choice test.
It's not something you can memorize your way through.
It's a proctored, hands-on exam where you have to compromise lab, then document every step like you would for a client.
No shortcuts. No guessing. Just you, the network, and the clock.
That's why hiring managers trust it. When someone holds an OSCP, they've already proven they can do the job, not just talk about it.
Try Harder.
#OSCP #OffSec #TryHarder #PenetrationTesting #Cybersecurity
It's hard on purpose. Because the attackers are real, and so are the stakes.
It's not a multiple-choice test.
It's not something you can memorize your way through.
It's a proctored, hands-on exam where you have to compromise lab, then document every step like you would for a client.
No shortcuts. No guessing. Just you, the network, and the clock.
That's why hiring managers trust it. When someone holds an OSCP, they've already proven they can do the job, not just talk about it.
Try Harder.
#OSCP #OffSec #TryHarder #PenetrationTesting #Cybersecurity
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🕵️♂️ The first unexpected MFA request was suspicious.
🤔 The second was also suspicious.
❌ By the seventh, clicking “Approve” does not become the recommended troubleshooting method.
Cybersecurity Awareness Month reminder for the security teams dealing with what comes next: opening.
Make sure your team knows what to do when they get it.
bit.ly/4ytzP7Z
#CybersecurityAwarenessMonth #OffSec #TryHarder
🤔 The second was also suspicious.
❌ By the seventh, clicking “Approve” does not become the recommended troubleshooting method.
Cybersecurity Awareness Month reminder for the security teams dealing with what comes next: opening.
Make sure your team knows what to do when they get it.
bit.ly/4ytzP7Z
#CybersecurityAwarenessMonth #OffSec #TryHarder
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Two analysts can share a title, a certification, and years on the job, yet one handles an incident far better than the other.
Most CISOs know that gap exists. Few can prove it to their board.
OffSec just mapped its hands-on training library to NICE, DCWF, ECSF, and other global workforce frameworks. Security leaders can now show which skills their teams have, which they still need, and how to close the gap.
Read the full announcement: bit.ly/4yxZHj5
#Cybersecurity #CyberWorkforce #CISO
Most CISOs know that gap exists. Few can prove it to their board.
OffSec just mapped its hands-on training library to NICE, DCWF, ECSF, and other global workforce frameworks. Security leaders can now show which skills their teams have, which they still need, and how to close the gap.
Read the full announcement: bit.ly/4yxZHj5
#Cybersecurity #CyberWorkforce #CISO
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OffSec is hitting the road in November. Come find us. 🌍
🇯🇵 CODE BLUE, Tokyo | Nov 17–18
We'll be at one of Asia's top security conferences. Stop by and say hello.
🤝 OffSec Community Chapter Meetups
🇨🇦 Vancouver | Nov 6
🇫🇷 Paris | Nov 12
🇪🇸 Madrid | Nov 15
Whether you're st cert or you've been in the field for years, our chapters are where practitioners meet up, swap stories and Try Harder together.
Find a chapter near you or start one: bit.ly/4sjZYF7
See you out there.
#OffSec #CODEBLUE #TryHarder #InfoSec #CybersecurityCommunity
🇯🇵 CODE BLUE, Tokyo | Nov 17–18
We'll be at one of Asia's top security conferences. Stop by and say hello.
🤝 OffSec Community Chapter Meetups
🇨🇦 Vancouver | Nov 6
🇫🇷 Paris | Nov 12
🇪🇸 Madrid | Nov 15
Whether you're st cert or you've been in the field for years, our chapters are where practitioners meet up, swap stories and Try Harder together.
Find a chapter near you or start one: bit.ly/4sjZYF7
See you out there.
#OffSec #CODEBLUE #TryHarder #InfoSec #CybersecurityCommunity
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Is AI allowed in the OSAI exam? How long does the course take to complete? 👀
Here are your all-important OSAI questions, answered! 💬
🐺 Learn more: bit.ly/4a2t5oo
❓ View FAQs: bit.ly/3SNJXt5
Here are your all-important OSAI questions, answered! 💬
🐺 Learn more: bit.ly/4a2t5oo
❓ View FAQs: bit.ly/3SNJXt5
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