Ethical Hacking & The Law

Authorisation, scope, responsible disclosure and legal practice labs.

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1. 00:00Ethical Hacking & The Law. Authorisation, scope, responsible disclosure and legal practice labs.
2. 00:05Note: Testing a system you do not own or have written permission to test is a crime in most countries. Everything in this track is for securing your own applications and for authorised, in-scope testing only.
3. 00:19Get written authorisation with a defined scope before any test.
4. 00:24Stay inside scope: named domains, IPs and accounts only.
5. 00:29Never exfiltrate real user data - prove impact with minimum evidence.
6. 00:34Disclose responsibly: report privately, give time to patch.
7. 00:39Practise on legal labs: OWASP Juice Shop, DVWA, PortSwigger Web Security Academy, TryHackMe, HackTheBox.
8. 00:44Reference table: Role, Focus.

• Get written authorisation with a defined scope before any test.
• Stay inside scope: named domains, IPs and accounts only.
• Never exfiltrate real user data - prove impact with minimum evidence.
• Disclose responsibly: report privately, give time to patch.
• Practise on legal labs: OWASP Juice Shop, DVWA, PortSwigger Web Security Academy, TryHackMe, HackTheBox.