Security News > 2021 > April > Security research project: The easiest way to get “experience” and land a job in cybersecurity

As a simple illustration, if you want to examine some opportunistic attackers, one useful technique is to search for a hot topic and add phrases like "Free download" to the search.

The bigger point here is that finding examples like this did not require any sophistication beyond doing 15 minutes of creative searching from my research laptop while sitting in bed.

While performing "Hot topic" searches like that can be a fun and interesting exercise, another technique is using search to find recent threats.

For these searches, try using "Past Week" or "Past Month" search modifiers while filtering for keywords on security-focused sites.

As someone who has hired my fair share of security analysts as well as worked as one, my point is simply that if you are trying to decide between spending a weekend binge watching Expanse on Netflix or doing some searches that could lead you to writing a novel threat report on a previously undocumented hacking campaign, the later will get you into the industry faster.

You can do the same searches, or better yet, you can creatively find your own enhanced searches that will give you access to a stream of threats that need to be turned into threat intelligence through your writing, videos, and presentations!

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