Check out this week’s best tech, tools and lessons [Deals]

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Learn to hack for the good guys with this comprehensive course in security and penetration testing.
Learn to hack for the good guys with this comprehensive course in security and penetration testing.
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This was a good week for deals, as the list below will attest to. From a camera that takes 3-dimensional pictures to an app for keeping your writing process in line, comprehensive courses in cyber security and more. Take a look, there’s probably something here you’ll be glad you found:

Cyber Security Hacker and Pen Tester Certification Training – 95% off

Ever more of our personal and professional life taking place online, there’s a lot of work to be done in service of ensuring greater security and privacy. This bundle of 117 lectures offers a solid grounding in hacking and penetration testing skills for anyone who wants to test systems for the good guys. From threat modeling and cross-site scripting to security code, web-based vulnerabilities, cross-site request forgery, source code fuzzing using AFL and way beyond, classes are accessible online 24/7.

Access this Cyber Security Hacker and Pen Tester Certification Training for $39 at Cult of Mac Deals.

The Illum takes all the best features of the Lytro and puts them in an even more sleek and familiar format.
The Illum takes all the best features of the Lytro and puts them in an even more sleek and familiar format.

Lytro Illum Camera – 71% off
When the original Lytro dropped, it changed the photography game by recording the direction of light rays — instead of just their position — creating images that can be refocused and explored almost like holograms. The Illum is Lytro’s improved, sleek-ified successor. It produces similarly astounding “living” photos, but operates much more like a traditional SLR, with familiar features like autofocus, exposure setting, and so on.

Pick up a Lytro Illum for just $369.99 at Cult of Mac Deals.

Scrivener 2 is an award winning app for keeping all the threads of your writing process in one accessible place.
Scrivener 2 is an award winning app for keeping all the threads of your writing process in one accessible place.

Scrivener 2 – 50% off
If you write on a computer, you know the process can be a real mess. With the clutter of drafts, notes, edits, and the other miscellany of writing in the digital age, Scrivener 2 helps keep it all in one place. Scrivener uses floating, re-arrangeable windows to keep work in sight and where it belongs, separated from endless tabs and other distractions, and includes a suite of tools for outlining, editing, storyboarding and arranging your work from concept to conclusion, among a bunch of other super useful features.

Take Scrivener 2 for a spin for just $22.50 at Cult of Mac Deals.

This flexible, lightweight but iPhone sturdy holder also charges your iOS device, doubling as a super sturdy tripod.
This flexible, lightweight but iPhone sturdy holder also charges your iOS device, doubling as a super sturdy tripod.

Flexible Gooseneck MFi-Certified Lightning Cable (White) – 65% off
Here’s a great way to keep your phone charged and securely in place. Working like a robotic arm from War of the Worlds, not only does this MFi-certified cable charge up your iOS device, but its flexible and durable design will mold into any form you choose, even in the car. It’s also designed to double as a tripod, making for perfectly stable shots on Instagram.

Grab up a Gooseneck MFi-Certified Lightning Cable for $13.99 at Cult of Mac Deals.

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