--- title: "Beginner Archives, Page 3 - Cybr" description: "Read practical guides, tutorials, and security research about Beginner from the Cybr blog." url: https://cybr.com/beginner-archives/page/3/ --- From the blog # Beginner Read practical guides, tutorials, and security research about Beginner from the Cybr blog. Browse the archive ## More Beginner articles 10 on this page - September 3, 2021 ### How to check file hashes with a simple Python script to avoid malicious downloads This tutorial will help you build a very simple python3 script, that will compare your first input with your second input, which can be used… Read article [How to check file hashes with a simple Python script to avoid malicious downloads](https://cybr.com/scripting-archives/how-to-check-file-hashes-with-a-simple-python-script-to-avoid-malicious-downloads/) - April 18, 2021 ### New Course: Beginner’s Guide to sqlmap One of our most popular and requested content categories has been regarding SQL injections and the popular tool sqlmap that is used to help find… Read article [New Course: Beginner’s Guide to sqlmap](https://cybr.com/beginner-archives/new-course-beginners-guide-to-sqlmap/) - December 7, 2020 ### What is Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)? According to both OWASP and CWE, Cross-Site Scripting is one of the top 10 most dangerous web application security risks, and for good reason: OWASP’s… Read article [What is Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)?](https://cybr.com/beginner-archives/what-is-cross-site-scripting-xss/) - November 5, 2020 ### Python For Beginners – FREE Resources! This post is for those of you looking for resources about “Python for beginners” and “learning Python for free”! I talk to a lot of… Read article [Python For Beginners – FREE Resources!](https://cybr.com/beginner-archives/python-for-beginners-free-resources/) - October 9, 2020 ### Get Started Using SQLMap for SQL Injection Pentesting SQLMap is a popular open-source penetration testing tool used to detect and exploit SQL injection vulnerabilities. In prior posts, we looked at general concepts of… Read article [Get Started Using SQLMap for SQL Injection Pentesting](https://cybr.com/beginner-archives/get-started-using-sqlmap-for-sql-injection-pentesting/) - September 26, 2020 ### 4 steps to getting started securing applications A lot of times, especially when you join smaller organizations, there are no (or very few) formal processes in place. The approach taken to secure… Read article [4 steps to getting started securing applications](https://cybr.com/career/4-steps-to-getting-started-securing-applications/) - September 16, 2020 ### OS Command Injections: How they work, and example techniques When I first heard the term OS Command injections, or “Shell injection” as some people refer to it, I don’t know why but I assumed… Read article [OS Command Injections: How they work, and example techniques](https://cybr.com/beginner-archives/os-command-injections-how-they-work-and-example-techniques/) - August 20, 2020 ### How To Hunt for Web App Vulnerabilities Hands-on! I’ve said it again and again, and I think most members of the technical community would agree that the fastest, most effective, most fun way… Read article [How To Hunt for Web App Vulnerabilities Hands-on!](https://cybr.com/beginner-archives/how-to-hunt-for-web-app-vulnerabilities-hands-on/) - August 17, 2020 ### What are SQL Injections (SQLi)? Introduction to powerful techniques We’ve talked about what SQL is, but now, let’s talk about one of the most common and dangerous web-based attacks: SQL injections (aka SQLi). In… Read article [What are SQL Injections (SQLi)? Introduction to powerful techniques](https://cybr.com/beginner-archives/what-are-sql-injections-sqli-introduction-to-powerful-techniques/) - August 13, 2020 ### A quick SQL primer for SQL injections While there are many other tutorials and resources out there that cover SQL, I wrote this blog post to give you a quick SQL primer… Read article [A quick SQL primer for SQL injections](https://cybr.com/cybersecurity-fundamentals-archives/a-quick-sql-primer-for-sql-injections/) [Previous](https://cybr.com/beginner-archives/page/2/) [1](https://cybr.com/beginner-archives/)[2](https://cybr.com/beginner-archives/page/2/)3[4](https://cybr.com/beginner-archives/page/4/) [Next](https://cybr.com/beginner-archives/page/4/)