#254: David Bombal: Best Hacking Laptop and OS

Parrot OS vs Kali Linux? Which is the best hacking OS? Which laptop should you buy for hacking? Should you use a VM or bare metal install?

Lots of questions answered in this video!

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Which is the best hacking OS. What does parrot say? 0:00​

Neal's choice and why: 0:31​

Which laptop does Neal use for hacking: 3:27​

What about Windows and WSL2: 5:06​

What about bare metal installations: 5:47​

VM vs baremetal Performance: 7:34​

Which laptop would you buy if starting out: 8:12​

Moving from a Mac to Windows: 11:33​

Ultimate laptop for hacking: 12:00​

Career perspective: 13:45​

How much of my time is hacking vs other tasks: 14:55​

You are a *$%^& hacker if you cannot do this: 16:13​

How much of my time will be spent on hacking: 20:13​

How do I learn to write reports: 22:10​

Breach reports: 26:30​

Summary: 28:15​

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Examples of reports mentioned:

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FireEye: www.fireeye.com/blog/threat-r...

​Securelist: securelist.com/sunburst-backd...

​Krebs: krebsonsecurity.com/

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Direct links mentioned:

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Mandiant: www.fireeye.com/mandiant.html

​Kaspersky Securelist: securelist.com/

​Krebs: krebsonsecurity.com/

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