Cyber Security... Programming

Is anyone here in or interested in the cyber security field? It's my major :) I'm really curious about programming and want to learn more.

ehh doesn't interest me as much, doing Computer Science major (more C++, tried out Visual Basic, and going to take a dip in Java). idk yet what area I want to tackle as of now.

I'm Computer Network Admin/Security for Windows/Linux as my general field of interest/study. If you go into computer security, you will never be bored. I'm not much for programming, however. But give me Powershell or BASH and I'll script till the break of dawn.

I'm a programmer that mostly does web development, which touches on a whole different type of security than Kane Anrui deals with, I think. Depending on what you're dealing with and your personal tastes, it can be fun, challenging, frustrating, or the most tedious thing in the world. It's kind of all tied together, because passive security holes stem from programming errors (array index out of bounds in languages that don't check it, not properly sanitizing input to prevent sql injection) and naive implementations (not sanitizing input to prevent sql injection, not validating input). There is also the entire realm of creating security holes with viruses and trojans, but I know next to nothing about that sort of programming. You can, of course, feel free to ask anything, but I can't guarantee that I can answer.

Cyber Security is cool. I took up some units before during my College days. I'm a programmer(currently dealing with SAP(FiCo/ABAP), AS400,Java and VB.net projects and sometimes PhP etc.) and from my personal experience, secure development courses were very useful for web app development. Programming is fun but it gets kinda frustrating sometimes so have fun and goodluck with what's ahead of you :D

I program here and there mostly in embedded C. Anyway, cyber security in general is a hot topic these days especially encryption. There should be plenty of information out there for it. CProgramming.com is a good website if you want to learn basic C or C++.