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You can't attack systems you don't understand, so this field has hard prerequisites: networking and how web apps and operating systems work come before any exploitation. A good order builds that base, then reconnaissance, then the specific attack classes, then reporting. It's also a discipline where ethics and authorization aren't optional. Foundations, then methodology, then hands-on technique — always within the law.

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