Essential Websites

 Links for useful websites, job portals, cyber security, and more

Disclaimer:

• This document contains unedited notes and has not been formally proofread.
• The information provided in this document is intended to provide a basic understanding of certain technologies.
• Please exercise caution when visiting or downloading from websites mentioned in this document and verify the safety of the website and software.
• Some websites and software may be flagged as malware by antivirus programs.
• The document is not intended to be a comprehensive guide and should not be relied upon as the sole source of information.
• The document is not a substitute for professional advice or expert analysis and should not be used as such.
• The document does not constitute an endorsement or recommendation of any particular technology, product, or service.
• The reader assumes all responsibility for their use of the information contained in this document and any consequences that may arise.
• The author disclaim any liability for any damages or losses that may result from the use of this document or the information contained therein.
• The author and publisher reserve the right to update or change the information contained in this document at any time without prior notice.

*****************************************************

Featured Pages

kali-linux-hands-on.html

Kali/ Raspberry pi/ Pihole+Unbound/ OMV/Docker/ Portainer - Notes

Errors-encountered-on-updating-2012.html

Errors encountered on Updating 2012 MacBook Pro  to Ventura

Pentesting-notes_22.html

Pentesting Notes - Hands-on experience

*****************************************************

Topics Covered

• UK JOB PORTALS

• UK WORK VISA

• PLAGIARISM

• STAR INTERVIEW 

• CYBER-SEC INFO

• ACADEMIC WRITING 

• RESUME BUILDING

• LEARNING

• READING

• GROCERIES

• UTILITIES

• RENTAL SEARCH

• GARDEN

• DRIVING

• SOFTWARE

************************************************************************************************

UK JOB PORTALS

• https://isecjobs.com/

• https://www.reed.co.uk/

• https://www.efinancialcareers.co.uk/

• https://uk.talent.com/

***********

• https://www.totaljobs.com/

• https://www.cv-library.co.uk/

• https://www.cwjobs.co.uk/

• https://uk.indeed.com/

***********

• https://www.jobserve.com/gb/en/Job-Search/

• https://www.cybersecurityjobsite.com/

• https://infosec-jobs.com/

• https://www.cyberseccareers.community/c/grc/

***********

• https://findajob.dwp.gov.uk/

• https://www.civilservicejobs.service.gov.uk/csr/index.cgi

• https://www.supplychain.nhs.uk/about-us/vacancies/

• https://www.jobs.nhs.uk/candidate/search

• https://www.tes.com/jobs

• https://www.owendaniels.co.uk/

***********

• https://www.prospects.ac.uk/

• https://www.internationaljobs.com/

• https://www.gradcracker.com/

• https://www.graduate-jobs.com/

• https://www.grb.uk.com/about-us

***********

• https://briterecruitment.com/
• https://joblift.co.uk/
• https://ltharper.com/
• https://searchukjobs.com/
• https://targetjobs.co.uk/
• https://www.adecco.co.uk/
• https://www.allaboutcareers.com/
• https://www.deerfoot.co.uk/

• https://www.flexjobs.com/
• https://www.giveagradago.com/
• https://www.goinglobal.com/
• https://www.hays.co.uk/
• https://www.huntress.co.uk/
• https://www.hyperec.com/
• https://www.insidecareers.co.uk/
• https://www.itrecruituk.co.uk/

• https://www.michaelpage.co.uk/
• https://www.milkround.com/
• https://www.nolanrecruitment.com/
• https://www.roberthalf.co.uk/
• https://www.socode.co.uk/
• https://www.ziprecruiter.co.uk/
• https://uk.jooble.org/
• https://jobs.mazars.co.uk/jobs/home/
• https://hiremyvisa.com/jobs
• https://cyberfraudcentre.com/cyber-security-and-other-current-vacancies

***********************************************************************

UK Work VISA

The likelihood of getting a work visa can be determined by checking if the job skill is listed in the shortage occupation list. You can find the list by visiting this link.

Skilled Worker visa: shortage occupations

• To Verify Allowed jobs under Skilled work visa check below:

• https://cascotweb.warwick.ac.uk/#/classification/soc2020

Government announcement :-  

After 1-July-2025:

• https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/statement-of-changes-to-the-immigration-rules-hc-997-1-july-2025
• Temporary Shortage List 

Previous rules before 1-jULY-2025

• https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/skilled-worker-visa-shortage-occupations/skilled-worker-visa-shortage-occupations

• The government announcement on 4 December 2023 (to be implemented from April 2024) includes 

• Shortage Occupation List (SOL) to be replaced with the Immigration Salary List (ISL);

• https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/rapid-review-of-the-immigration-salary-list/rapid-review-of-the-immigration-salary-list-accessible

• Eligible SOC 2020 occupation codes and related going rates

• https://www.gov.uk/guidance/immigration-rules/immigration-rules-appendix-skilled-occupations

• Table 1: for new skilled workers visa

• Table 2: for renewal skilled visa

• 2136 IT quality and testing professionals

• 2135 Cyber security professionals

• Skilled Worker visa

Organization providing Skilled Worker Visa

• https://www.gov.uk/skilled-worker-visa/your-job

• For easy search of Organization providing Skilled Worker Visa, by search visit the below link [ for latest data download the excel from UK GOV website] -

•  https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/register-of-licensed-sponsors-workers

• https://www.gouti1454.com/p/2021-uk-student-visa-reference-documents.html

• UK Student VISA Reference Documents

• https://www.gouti1454.com/p/2021-uk-student-visa-reference-documents.html

• How to identify an Employer can sponsor skilled-worker-visa

• Register of licensed sponsors: workers

• This document lists Worker and Temporary Worker sponsors. It includes information about the category of workers they’re licensed to sponsor and their sponsorship rating.

• https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/register-of-licensed-sponsors-workers#full-publication-update-history
• https://ukmovecheck.co.uk/search

• STAR Interview Technique 

• https://www.gouti1454.com/p/starinterview.html

• How to understand Plagiarism

• https://www.gouti1454.com/2022/07/plagiarism.html

UK School Curriculum

• https://unibritannica.com/british-education-system-and-equivalency/

• https://www.gov.uk/national-curriculum

• https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/national-curriculum

******************************************************************************************

ACADEMIC WRITING 

• https://quillbot.com/

• https://writesonic.com/

• https://chat.openai.com/chat

• https://bard.google.com/

• HTML Code Generator

• https://www.textfixer.com/html/html-list-generator.php

*************

Resume Building

• ATS resume format -  which stands for applicant tracking system

• https://cultivatedculture.com/resume-bullet-analyzer/

• How to create an ATS-Friendly CV

• https://uk.indeed.com/career-advice/cvs-cover-letters/ats-friendly-cv
• https://nestwork.io/apply/cv-assistant

*************************************************************************************

WINDOWS Tweaks:

Bootable USB - recovery 

• https://netboot.xyz/

• https://www.ventoy.net/en/index.html

• https://medicatusb.com/

• https://www.supergrubdisk.org/

Uninstaller

• https://www.revouninstaller.com/

Utility:

• https://it-tools.tech/
• https://github.com/CorentinTh/it-tools

• Crapfixer
• https://github.com/builtbybel/Crapfixer

Windows-Super-God-Mode

• Windows-Super-God-Mode
• https://github.com/ThioJoe/Windows-Super-God-Mode

The Ultimate Windows Utility

• https://christitus.com/windows-tool/

Privacy Settings for windows

• https://wpd.app/

Windows 11 Installer:

• Create Windows 11 Installation Media

• https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-download/windows11

Tails:

• https://tails.net/index.en.html

Tailscale

• https://tailscale.com/

*******************************

Cyber-Sec Info

GRC: Open-source

• https://www.auditscripts.com/free-resources/critical-security-controls/

• verinice.EVAL: verinice is an ISMS-Tool - an instrument to manage information security,
• https://shop.verinice.com/en/verinice.EVAL-1.26.1/10017.1M

• https://www.rafis.eu/about : tool to perform a risk analysis for information security

• https://tool.rafis.eu/dashboard

• https://www.eramba.org/eramba-software: Community

• https://demo.cloud.eramba.org/dashboard
• Free Trial
• https://advisera.com/articles/what-features-can-you-test-in-conformio-iso-27001-free-trial/

• https://app.ismsmappings.com/

• https://github.com/Arudjreis/awesome-security-GRC

• https://github.com/0x90n/InfoSec-Black-Friday/blob/master/README.md

• https://www.cisecurity.org/insights/white-papers/cis-ram-risk-assessment-method

• https://www.hhs.gov/hipaa/for-professionals/security/guidance/guidance-risk-analysis/index.html

• https://www.pcisecuritystandards.org/document_library/

• https://ico.org.uk/for-organisations/uk-gdpr-guidance-and-resources/

• https://csf.tools/reference/nist-cybersecurity-framework/v2-0/

• https://www.nist.gov/cyberframework

• https://www.cisecurity.org/cybersecurity-tools/mapping-compliance

• misconfig-mapper

• https://github.com/intigriti/misconfig-mapper

• ISO resources

• https://ibr.ansi.org/Standards/iso2.aspx

Learning/Reading

Free

• C Programming for Everybody
• https://www.cc4e.com/index.php
• 42

• Python for Everybody
• https://www.py4e.com/

• Excel
• https://edu.gcfglobal.org/en/excel

• https://edu.gcfglobal.org/en/topics/creativity-and-design/

• https://www.slugbooks.com/

• https://digitaldefynd.com/free-online-courses/

Other

• https://www.synack.com/red-team/https://bylight.com/
• https://certpreps.com/cisa/
• https://certpreps.com/cysa-2/

*************

CYBERSECURITY CAREER PATHWAY

• https://www.cyberseek.org/pathway.html

• https://niccs.cisa.gov/workforce-development/nice-framework

Road Map to Cyber Sec Certifications: 

https://pauljerimy.com/security-certification-roadmap/

**********************

Finding Information everywhere:- Public resources - Websites, directories, email, job sites, Social websites.

Snort

• https://www.talosintelligence.com/software

OWASP 

• https://owasp.org

• https://owasp.org/www-project-top-ten/

• SAMM Software Assurance Maturity Model

• https://owasp.org/www-project-samm/

CVE : Identify, define, and catalog publicly disclosed cybersecurity vulnerabilities

• https://www.cve.org/

Analyze any suspicious files, domains, IPs and URLs to detect malware

• https://www.virustotal.com/gui/home/upload

Port Database 

• https://www.speedguide.net/port.php?port=5357

CHAT BOT

• https://you.com/code

Ransomware Attacks Visualize

• https://informationisbeautiful.net/visualizations/ransomware-attacks/

urlscan.io: A sandbox for the web

• https://urlscan.io/

zoom eye

• https://www.zoomeye.org/statistics

Find out what websites are Built With

• https://builtwith.com/

Tenable Nessus Vulnerable scanner

• https://www.tenable.com/products/nessus/nessus-essentials

DNS: DNSSEC

• https://www.dns0.eu/
• https://www.dns0.eu/zero
• https://quad9.net/
• https://www.cloudflare.com/en-gb/learning/dns/what-is-1.1.1.1/

**************************************************************************************

Music

• https://radio.garden/

GROCERIES

• https://www.aldi.co.uk/

• https://www.asda.com/

• https://www.tesco.com/groceries/en-GB/

• https://www.lidl.co.uk/

• https://groceries.morrisons.com/

• https://www.sainsburys.co.uk/

• https://www.bmstores.co.uk/

*************

UTILITIES

• https://www.decathlon.co.uk/

• https://www.ikea.com/gb/en/

• https://www.matalan.co.uk/

• https://www.diy.com/

• https://www.screwfix.com/

• https://www.currys.co.uk/

• https://www.boots.com/

*************

Ticketing

• https://www.mytrainpal.com/

• https://trainsplit.com/

• https://www.thetrainline.com/

• https://splitticketing.com/

*************

RENTAL SEARCH

• Rightmove - https://www.rightmove.co.uk/

• Zoopla - https://www.zoopla.co.uk/

• OnTheMarket - https://www.onthemarket.com/to-rent/

• OpenRent - https://www.openrent.co.uk/

• https://comfortlettings.co.uk/

Most-dangerous-places to Live

• https://www.nottinghampost.com/news/nottingham-news/most-dangerous-places-nottingham-revealed-9348422

*************

GARDEN:PERENNIAL PLANTS

• https://www.diy.com/ideas--advice/outdoor--garden/your-plant-guides/your-guide-to-perennials

*************

DRIVING

Driving in Great Britain on a non-GB licence

• https://www.gov.uk/driving-nongb-licence

Use this tool to see if you can drive in Great Britain with your non-GB driving licence.

Great Britain is England, Wales and Scotland.

Driving licences

• Apply for, renew or update your licence, view or share your driving licence, add new categories

• https://www.gov.uk/browse/driving/driving-licences

• View or share your driving licence information 

• https://www.gov.uk/view-driving-licence

Mastering UK Driving Test Route with Google Maps Practice

• https://www.gouti1454.com/p/practise-driving-test-route-with-google.html

Apps Which can help in booking cancelled slots 

• https://driving-test-cancellations-now.co.uk/

• https://testi-app.co.uk/

Scrapping a Car

• https://www.removemycar.co.uk/

Used Cars 

Check the MOT history of a vehicle

• https://www.gov.uk/check-mot-history
• https://vehicleenquiry.service.gov.uk/

Car Auctions

https://www.johnpye.co.uk/

HPI check 

A paid service, the HPI check will provide information concerning a stolen car check, insurance write-offs, number of previous owners, and other relevant details.

https://www.theaa.com/cars/aa-cars-standards

************************************************************************************************

Software

Software /Platform/ Price/ Website

• Uninstaller 
• https://www.revouninstaller.com/revo-uninstaller-free-download/
• GIMP/

•  Windows, Mac OS, Linux/ Free/ https://www.gimp.org/

• Inkscape/ 

• Windows, Mac OS, Linux/ Free/ https://inkscape.org/

• Krita / 

• Windows, Mac OS, Linux/ Free/ https://krita.org/

• Paint.NET 

• Windows/ Free/ https://www.getpaint.net/

• Blender/ 

• Windows, Mac OS, Linux/ Free/ https://www.blender.org/

• Darktable / 

• Windows, Mac OS, Linux/ Free/ https://www.darktable.org/

• Fotor / 

• Windows, Mac OS, iOS, Android/ Free/ https://www.fotor.com/

• GIMPShop/ 

• Windows, Mac OS/ Free/ https://www.gimpshop.com/

• Photoflare/ 

• Windows, Linux/ Free/ https://www.photoflare.io/

• RawTherapee/ 

• Windows, Mac OS, Linux/ Free/ https://rawtherapee.com/

• Shotwell/ 

• Windows, Mac OS, Linux/ Free/ https://wiki.gnome.org/Apps/Shotwell

• Draw.io Diagrams -  Alternative for MS Visio 

• https://apps.microsoft.com/store/detail/drawio-diagrams/9MVVSZK43QQW?hl=en-us&gl=us

• https://www.draw.io/

• Free water marker remover from photos

• https://www.watermarkremover.io/

• LibreELEC

• Just enough OS for KODI

• An open source, cross-platform Spotify client compatible across multiple platforms

• https://github.com/KRTirtho/spotube

• Online HTML Tools
• https://www.textfixer.com/html/

• https://sourceforge.net/projects/crystaldiskinfo/

• https://www.fileshredder.org/

• https://getgreenshot.org/

• https://www.metageek.com/inssider/

• https://www.safer-networking.org/products/spybot-free-edition/

• https://crystalmark.info/en/software/crystaldiskinfo/

• https://handbrake.fr/

• https://makemkv.com/

• https://nmap.org/zenmap/

• https://www.libreoffice.org/

• https://getgreenshot.org/

***********************************************************************************

HM Land Registry

Prevent Property fraud Sign up to Property Alert

https://www.gov.uk/guidance/property-alert

• Find a property / Search for land and property information - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk) / What's available close to home? How big is the garden? How big is the car park?

• Land Charges Search / HM Land Registry portal: apply for a full land charges search - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk) / How much can I borrow?

• House Price Index / About the UK House Price Index - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk) / How much can I borrow?

• Price paid Data / HM Land Registry: Price Paid Data - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)

• Official Copies / Official searches (PG12) - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk) / Is the land registered?

• Search of the Index Map (SIM) / HM Land Registry portal: request a search of the index map - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk) /

• Mapsearch / HM Land Registry MapSearch - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk) / Is there an outstanding mortgage?

• Bankruptcy Search / HM Land Registry portal: how to make a bankruptcy search - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)

• Official Searches / Official searches (PG12) - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk) / Is the offer protected?

• ​OS1 / HM Land Registry portal: official search of whole with priority - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk) /  Has the seller's conveyancer searched the register?

• OS2 / HM Land Registry portal: official search of part with priority - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk) /

• OS3 / Official search without priority (OS3) - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk) /

• Register Update / HM Land Registry portal: electronic Document Registration Service (e-DRS) - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk) / Has the sale of the property been completed? Has my loan been registered?

• Property Alert / Property Alert - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk) / Are my details up to date?

• Protect your land and property from fraud - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk) / How can I stop myself being a victim of property fraud?

• Protect your property from fraud / I need to remortgage

• Practice Guides / Land registration: Practice guides - detailed information - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)

• Customer Support Centre / Contact HM Land Registry - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)

************************************************************************************************

Keyword: Search UK Student Life useful websites Cyber security Infotainment Music Shopping Learning Job websites