Staying up-to-date
Security is a very fast advancing field and you will find that if you are out of touch for even a short period of a couple of months, part of your knowledge may become obsolete. In order to stay up-to-date, we recommend using the following avenues:
Mailing Lists:
http://www.securityfocus.com/ has multiple mailing lists, which are focused discussion groups for technical discussions. Among others, we would recommend subscribing to the <[email protected]> to stay in touch with the latest updates in the field.
Websites:
The Aircrack-NG site is the best resource to stay updated on new tools in this suite. Created by Thomas d'Otreppe a.k.a Mister_X this is probably the best tool out there for WLAN hacking:
Among my personal favorites is Raul Siles' website which contains a detailed list of tools, papers, research articles, conference materials, and much more, all dedicated to wireless security:
http://www.raulsiles.com/resources/wifi.html
Joshua Wright's blog, though not very regularly updated, is the definitive place for the latest on WPA-Enterprise attacks:
http://www.willhackforsushi.com/
Conferences:
Hacker and Security conferences such as Defcon and Blackhat have excellent talks and workshops each year on various topics in security, including wireless security. Most of these talk videos and course materials are released free of charge online. It would be good to follow these conferences
Defcon: http://www.defcon.org
Blackhat: http://www.blackhat.com
BackTrack-Related:
BackTrack as a platform is evolving constantly. It's important to ensure that your copy is always the latest and greatest! The following websites are the first place for any release announcements
BackTrack website: http://www.backtrack-linux.org
Offensive security: http://www.offensive-security.com
