Felt like a university calculus professor teaching addition to kids XD

I'm so glad I found this channel as a complete newbie. The education you offer for free is really something else. Thanks a lot and keep doing you!

Actually really like this! I've never done a CTF... ever 😅 but been following your channel for some years 😅 Have learned a lot from seeing your videos, but it was scary at the beginning, not really understanding stuff This series will be great for people who want to get into this... it can be very hard and scary to start, so this is a very nice incentive and a good place to learn Love it, John! Tysm!

Thank you john for making CTFs so accessible for beginners! Have been meaning to start but was unsure how/ where to look!

I think it's awesome you're covering these more beginner-friendly games and approaches. I can tell you from experience just learning where to start can be the most difficult part.

You are something else, Hammond. You are too great for humans.

You are an inspiration, John. Your approach to assisting new cybersecurity professionals is fantastic. I am eternally grateful to you.

This is my first to Linux shell and CTF since you mentioned in the roadmap. This was very encouraging, helpful video. Thank you!

Nice start to a new journey. I believe we could learn a lot from you every step of the way (beginner - advance) doing those PicoCTF challenges. Thank you ever sm for everything legend

Thanks you for your explanation and description. Glad David has you on his channel! Y’all are doing so much for the newcomers to this field. Cheers!

Been watching you for a long time, just hoping for this moment. Thank you!

Thank you for doing such a great job at dumbing it down without making people feel dumb! Your passion on the subject is admirable John. Keep up the great work!

Im new to learning to program and this 100% helped me. Thank you for the barebones approach. It was essential to the understanding that i received and i appreciate that your core viewers didnt give you a hard time about it. Thank you.

This video gave me a better demonstration and understanding than my university CTF class where ctfs were our assignments and we did pretty much the same thing. Thank you so much for reigniting my passion for cybersecurity

Yooo, this was great! None of this was new to me, but did provide me with a starting point for getting into CTF and other such challenges. I've watched multiple videos of yours, watched you reverse engineer different malwares, and I'd think to myself "Man, would be cool if I could learn more of this and actually keep up". Well, now I have a new resource. Thank you, John!

I really really loved the way you taught in this video. I'll definitely be watching every one of these that comes out.

John, you know what?! I hope you'll have the drive to carry on this channel! I am so surprised you are still under 1 mil on KZfaq. I'm following you for few months, you're doing some great stuff! Please do not stop

Happy to see some CTF again! (malware analysis was really cool too don't worry John ❤️) . Always happy to see a John notification

i was just out of the top 500 during the competition, this is a highly recommended ctf for beginners, thank you for showcasing this ;D

Great work John Hammond. All your content got me to where I am in my career today. Thank you so much for all your hard work and contributions to the community,

i ve been watching ur videos bro AND u are the first person i see with this kind of knowledge, it feels like a human repository that knows at least something from everything. GREAT person, Great set of skills.

John not sure if you'd see this but thank you so much, my first video I've came across of yours and really helped me alot. Just started college with a major in cybersecurity and have been reading some things that have me questioning it, I am a complete noobie and the way you came from that perspective in this video helped so much. Keep doing what you do brother.

Omg, thank you. This is so good. I wanted to get into this from seeing your videos and this makes it so much easier to begin

Thank you. Your videos have really helped me keep going in the search for the perfect path in cyber-sec. Keep up the great work John. Be well, and Happy Holidays.

Thanks for this kinda video. Shared it with a friend who wants to go from a business position to cybersecurity and I think this will be a great intro for him. Appreciate you John ✊🏽

This is so wholesome. Good to know I am not a complete beginner i guess. Also good for people who are just starting. Good vid liked it

Please make more of these videos for completely beginners. I like the way you explain everything in great detail. Awesome job! 👏

Love your beginner friendly way of explaining things. Please keep it up and thanks for the the great content!

Nice work! I came over after watching the David Bombal interview and really like the clarity of the teaching style. You won another sub!

Thank you for taking the time to make something that really was pitched well for a beginner. Great video. I learned a lot.

Hey John every time I watch your videos I always learn something new even though I knew most of it I still learn something so thank you so much

This is the best training I have seen. John you are really awesome

Hi John, Thank you for this video! You gave me an idea that what is the CTF all about and how to start. I learn a new thing today from you, thanks to you!!!

I'm super new and this was by far the most helpful video, thank you so much.

Best tutorial I ever seen. Very good explanation an easy to follow along and learn.

Thanks for making this video!! I have been trying to grasp basics and this really 🤯🤯.

I've been wanting to get started in CTF and this video was perfect!

Legend! This guy just keeps inspiring me to learn more!

Great content, John. This was very informative and helpful for newbies. More like this, please.

First section completed on Pico. Awesome channel always to the point and helpful

John or Mr. Hammond I frankly don't know which to call you but here we are. I had one of your CTF videos show up on my feed in 2020 but the video itself was 2017! With watching over the year, you have introduced me into a new hobby and/or career! The skill set in which you posses is amazing! Showing those that are 'Getting their feet wet' how to start learning. Today after watching this video for like the 4th time, I have decided to finally start learning and working hands on with my brother whos teaching me! You showing the viewers...heck the WORLD, that we can start learning and practicing on our own with a great resource aid and hands on tools! M. Hammond, please never stop teaching or posting! This is some of the best inspiration I have ever gotten!!!! Thank you JOHN!!!

Loved that you showed that on both Linux and Windows and explained what is what. Waiting for the next one.

It's never late to learn something new. Thank you so much

Wow, it's nice to hear such an elementary explanation, because most of the material I see is full of abbreviations, codenames, and techniques that already require tonnes of knowledge. Thank you for making it soooo approachable and noobiefriendly!

Would ❤️ this to be a series. Interesting & fun.

Thanks John. I am doing the PTS course from INE (for eJPT) cert, I have almost completed everything but when I saw that I couldn't exploit the machine on the second black box pentest I felt like crap and told myself that I feel like cybersecurity was too hard for me Hearing what you sais about not being ashamed of looking at hints feels good. I just hope i'll get through the eJPT exam

A good way to catch some new people to the channel, educational and good as usual. 👍

Great video, easy to understand for this beginner. Thank you for sharing! It’s appreciated 🙏

It's funny, I've listened to you off and on for two years. At first I knew you were trying, but I really couldn't follow you. Now that my job has given me more experience and I have a couple of certs under my belt I was looking to expand my hands on skills with CTFs (because I remembered you saying it was the way to get started and really learn). I kept asking coworkers and nobody really seemed to help. Then I got stuck at home for a couple of days and stumbled across this video of yours and BAM I'm actually in the game! Thank you, thank you, thank you, for making the content you make. I'm a retired USAF flyer and my new job has me loving Cyber Security as a topic and field. Your videos have helped me with alot of concepts and direction!

Eagerly waiting for next videos. Please continue this, you are my only hope to learn this stuff!

Thanks so much! i'm a absolute beginner in CTF and this was SO HELPFUL :D

thank you john you simplified the curosity and criticality in beginning . thank you so much

Thank you very much for your knowledge of the CTF basics.

Sir you are awesome ,amazing Didn't expected this basics from you and you explain thing in a esiest way in a fantastic manner

Easy to understand, clear, magical voice as always. Damn I could watch you talk 24/7 :D

dude your chanel is a treasure much love from morocco

When I say this channel for everyone and all levels. I mean it

Such meticulous explnation, so good!

Just found the channel and am just getting into. This was perfect. Can't wait to learn more from you!

I really love these beginner videos! Great job!

Thank you very much John for reference for doing CTF beginner level.

thank you. very well explained and at a understandable pace 👍

thank you very much mr john hammond really i liked how you explained i waiting the next one

Perfect, just what I was looking for. The tempo for a beginner I on spot :) Thank you.

Thank you for breaking this down for all the newbies out there.

We need more of this beginner stuff :) Thank you.

Thanks John for this video! I didn't know about that website, and I enjoyed a lot with my ten years old daughter, solving some puzzles! :D It's perfect to start practicing with her, since she gets motivated knowing that more children are "playing" as well. BTW, I love your videos, really educational and entertaining at the same time. ;)

This guy is brilliant. Thanks John! Great video.

More of this building off the previous CTF experience for beginners within pico would be much appreciated.

I'm looking forward to this serie. I've discovered the channel not so long ago thanks to the yt algo. I hope I'll be able to understand better thanks to thoses exercises

I wish I watched your video back in the first year of college! My professor didn't tell us much about this stuff. I had to figure out this stuff by myself. Gj John !

Thank you for starting from scratch - truly appreciate it

This was great, I hope there are more to come.

Thank you bro ! I wanted a way to start CTF and here you are !! God Bless

Just now starting out my cybersecurity degree, I really want to do well but it all seems so daunting. I really enjoyed the video

this was more beginner friendly than i thought, thanks for this video mate :)

Word of the day: Octothorpe Thanks, John! Learned something new!

subscribed. Thank god. so many times have I tried to do start this and been lost on everything.

Man I really appreciate that you created this video, in my contry we have this reserved words for this really easy step-by-step contents: "Se lo explico con plastilina" that translates to: I explain it to you with play doh. Thank you so much!

Well this my FIRST time using anything Linux and you are great!!!

Want more of these PICOCTF and others. You're the best ! 🇳🇵

So glad I found this Channel.

Awesome! Would love to see more beginner CTF walkthroughs!

Thank you John! Very concise

Thanks for not making me feel old.

Nice. These are some old school basics, I'm glad to see they're still in use. :)

I just found this Channel, I think it's awesome. New subscriber, greetings from México

Nice! I was practicing using the starting point in HTB, now I have another resource to use, thnk

Thank you soo much sir for explaining very detail for beginner like me !

Awesome! Thank you for this intro.

Wanna see more vids of this!!! Thanks, John!

Thanks a lot for introducing it, you got a new follower here 👍

I am somewhat new to ctf and all the rest but so new to linux. From my stand point I thought you were very thorough.

Thanks bud! This is great! Love it.

Now I'm certain that I can recommend your channel to my students who have shown a keen interest in cryptology, cybersecurity, Linux and the like.

Best explanation ever as always 🔥🔥

i know my opinion is irrelevant right now, but you did a bang up job taking it slow and detailed. also, the way you close with the *covers camera with palm* thing, how about you also start with *camera gets uncovered by palm* so its a perfect loop every video x great videos mate. definitely subscribed

I really enjoy the video because I'm a bloody beginner in Linux and that helps me a lot :)

thanks just started learning cyber sec in university and would like to gain more knowledge.....u r of much help thank u

Humanity doesn't deserve john Hammond lol everyone starts somewhere and as far as he is in his career to still take the time to teach the craft to absolute beginners is very humbling.