#cybersecurity learning

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The Hacker's Guidebook:

Aspiring hackers! I’ve created a guide covering core cybersecurity concepts new hackers should master before tools. I break down networking, OS internals, & hacking tactics. Recognize hacking as lifelong journey—arm yourself with the basics!

Core Concepts for Budding Cybersecurity Enthusiasts The Building Blocks of Ethical Hacking So you want to become an ethical hacker and enter the exciting world of cybersecurity. That’s awesome! However, before you dive headfirst into firing up Kali Linux and hacking everything in sight, it’s vital to build up your foundational knowledge across several InfoSec domains. Mastering the fundamentals…

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Cyber Beach

[mandatory-blog-stop-asking]

It's funny how most every cyberpunk story or setting thought that due to technology taking over people's lives and humanity, computer literacy would become commonplace enough that the very term would disappear. Everyone in Night City or whatever is super into hacking or can at least give you the difference between hardware, software, antivirus, spam, etc. To not know the basic gists or cybernetics and cyber security is paramount to not knowing how to count or how to read.

In reality we're about to enter an age where knowing how to create a folder or a zip file is back to being ancient lore inscribed in tablets that only the 30 year old who works at your IT office knows how to do. Phones and the growing marketability of easy-access no-customization technology means kids just don't use computers anymore. And it's crazy how fast it happened.

When I was in kindergarten we still had "computer class" once a week, and it was objectively useless for everyone in my class. Regardless of our age or interests, all of us had casual PC time either at home or in cyber cafes, all of us knew how to do things the teachers many times struggled with. The moment typing machine class became keyboard typing class, computers were already dominating most of our time. I learned how to navigate a computer the same way I learned English; by myself, because it was vital for my own interests.

And between highly streamlined video games, single umbrella closed OSs and everything being a fucking app, a 14 year old nowadays is lucky if they know what quotation marks do to your Google results. It's genuinely harrowing how the future is tech-dependent, yet we're becoming completely tech-illiterate.

The worst part is that it's completely on purpose by the tech industry. Much like not being able to fix your own products when they break, if you simply don't know what your phone or your computer can *do*, it's much easier to sell you a borderline identical one a little earlier than you'd actually need it. Phone updates are already pretty much semantic; you can't even see the difference between new models and old ones anymore, unless the visual difference is the point. And it all just gets more and more expensive for less and less bang for your buck.

We never expected the cyberpunk dystopia to be dull, and to rely on making us dumb. Crazy how well it worked.

[frog-kisser]

my cybersecurity courses in uni are like 15 years out of date and it drives me insane. and i dont mean in the "haha im so smart, i already know what a buffer overflow is thanks 2 tomert scotwald", i mean in the "they made this lab for android so long ago that when i follow the directions to the letter the app crashes since package naming schemes have changed and this attribute doesn't exist anymore" kinda way and it makes me want to beat powerful people with very heavy hammers

[concretdandelion]

dans rant about being jealous of other people having had a better education than you is literally so valid. nothing grinds my gears more than someone not being able to comprehend that some of us didn't get nice compsci classes in high school some of us got hour of code and the earth science teacher.

[izicodes]

Black Girls In Tech x Cisco Cyber Academy - Free Courses! 💻🙌🏾

Black Girls In Tech have partnered with Cisco to launch their own Cyber Academy. You can now sign up to any of the available self-paced courses for free and study online and at your own pace.

The courses available ✨

Introduction to Cybersecurity (30 hours)

Cybersecurity Essentials (30 hours)

Networking Essentials (70 hours)

Cloud Security (35 hours)

Programming Essentials in Python (75 hours)

JavaScript Essentials (40 hours)

Programming Essentials in C++ (70 hours)

NDG Linux Unhatched (8 hours)

NDG Linux Essentials (70 hours)

NDG Linux I (70 hours)

NDG Linux II (70 hours)

Upon completion you'll receive a widely recognised certificate as proof of completion of your chosen course.

Link to the courses: [LINK]

I know a lot of girl programmers on here they would definitely benefit from one or more courses they’re offering here!

Take advantage… (you don't have to be a Black woman to study the courses)

I will be taking some of the courses and see how it goes! It looks fun so I’ll definitely give it a go! Hope this helps someone out there!!

[zoeythebee]

Day One of Learning Cyber Security

Hello babes this is a studyblr now.

So Cyber Security is the field of protecting digital data from being stolen. The field is very expansive, and pretty difficult. But I decided to give it a go because I feel like I can pull it off.

Reason's To Learn Cyber Security

You make absolutely shit over ass quantities of money.

So How Do You Learn Cyber Security?

So first off college doesn't help even a little. What you need are certifications. Which you get by taken exams.

And there are a few ways to get those. I am going through (ISC)^2 which have a broad range of certifications you can get.

Sadly they all require multiple years of professional it experience to get. But (ISC)^2 offers an entry level cyber security certification that can get you further certifications, and opportunities to get that important job experience.

Even better, if you pick the self-paced course... It's free! Swag! Having a shortage of 2 million workers in the space really does pay.

So I am all signed up and ready to go for that exact entry level course. And I am gonna really throw myself at it, I only have about an hour a day to work on it but I am gonna try to make it count.

Wish me luck! <3

[viowlettcodes]

Back to the learning for this year! I took a few weeks off at the end of 2023 to stop any burnout... I am so glad I did because now I'm nice and refreshed to start it back up again. I also managed to get accepted on a university course starting in September 2024! I'm now on a class for Python, front-end development with javascript and learning some cybersecurity things on the side (literally starting from scratch on that topic because I know nothing!) I've made sure to have other hobbies while I do this, so I have time to relax and process my thoughts without overloading myself. I like to crochet, read and play the violin in my downtime...what about you? What are your hobbies?

[geeknik]

i'm working on a new security tool called dbe.

dbe is designed to simulate a cybersecurity scenario in which an agent learns to perform various actions in order to infect machines, perform self-healing, and propagate to other machines. The agent uses a Q-learning algorithm to learn which actions to take based on the current state of the environment.

The script takes a list of IP addresses as input and scans them to see if they are vulnerable to a specific exploit. If a vulnerable machine is found, the agent tries to infect it by connecting to a remote server and executing a payload. The agent also performs periodic self-healing actions to ensure that it is running smoothly, and propagates to other machines in order to spread the infection.

The script uses a Q-table to keep track of the expected rewards for each action in each state, and updates the Q-table based on the rewards received for each action taken. The agent also uses a decaying exploration probability to balance exploration and exploitation of the environment.

The script is written in Python and uses various libraries such as subprocess, threading, and numpy to perform its functions. It can be run from the command line with various options to customize its behavior.

In simpler terms, the script is like a game where the agent learns to take actions in order to achieve a goal (in this case, infecting machines and spreading the infection). The agent uses a special kind of learning algorithm called Q-learning to figure out which actions are the best to take in each situation. The script also includes some safety measures to make sure the agent doesn't cause any harm to itself or others.

https://github.com/geeknik/dbe

[scienceswitch]

What is Google’s Project Nimbus and why is it controversial?

Google’s Project Nimbus is a cloud computing contract that Google and Amazon signed with the Israeli government in April 2021. With a hefty price tag of $1.2 billion, this collaboration between tech behemoths and the Israeli government was poised to revolutionize the way data is stored and processed. But not all is sunny with Project Nimbus; it’s a project that has  become as controversial as it…

[mobstersandlobsters]

Free resources to learn hacking

- https://www.hacksplaining.com/ (A good site to learn all about different types of vulnerabilities, ways to hack, ways to prevent hacking, etc. with hands on basic labs as well as quizzes and terminology.)

- https://hackthissite.org/ (This site provides in depth hacking challenges for beginners and people of all knowledge sets, there isn't much hand-holding as you progress, but YouTube helps a LOT.)

- YouTube (Content creators such as David Bombal, NetworkChuck, etc. come to mind, although John Hammond I believe is a bit underrated and very well knowledgable as well as less of a snake oil salesman when it comes to his content and his abilities and also do not discount small YouTubers as well, because some can be very knowledgeable from some of the ones I've looked for help with, particularly Chuck Moore and Sean Mancini.)

- https://www.khanacademy.org/ (Now hear me out, it doesn't have a TON of hacking content but when you need help with some stuff, like for me I needed some basics of cryptography and things such as that, it helped a good bit with some fundamentals, so try seeing if it has some content you might like.)

- Keeping up with news also generally helps you see current trends in security which helps as well.

- https://hbh.sh/home (Personally have not tried this yet, but Hellbound Hackers I have heard is a great wealth of information as well as having their own discord I believe for communication which is exciting.)

- https://www.reddit.com/r/HowToHack/ 

Lastly I wanted to say if you are studying for Cybersecurity certs I heard Jason Dion and Professor Messer are quite good and if you download Visual Studio Code - https://code.visualstudio.com/ as well as the extension that you need, learning code such as HTML, CSS, JavaScript, etc. can NEVER hurt and can only help (especially when looking over code and connecting the dots), my personal favorites for coding/scripting for software languages that I am learning is Python as well as PowerShell because of the ease of use and ability to create decent projects in a reasonable amount of time (learning Linux and MySQL helps as well but it may take longer to learn, it all depends on your preferences and trial and error, as well as being determined.)

I hope my post helps! (and remember if you are a college student, particularly WGU, you get discounts/free offers for websites such as Udemy, LinkedIn Learning, etc.)

Thanks.

[aarvyedutech]

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i got accepted into college 😊

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Coding and Scripting for Beginner Hackers

Learning to code and write scripts is a crucial skill for getting into ethical hacking and cybersecurity. Scripting allows you to automate repetitive tasks, develop your own custom tools, analyze data, and program everything from small hacking tools to machine learning models. Understanding and knowing how to code in different languages can be extremely useful when doing deep dives into malware…

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The DARK SIDE of AI : Can we trust Self-Driving Cars?

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Self-driving cars have been hailed as the future of transportation, promising safer roads and more efficient travel. They use artificial intelligence (AI) to navigate roads and make decisions on behalf of the driver, leading many to believe that they will revolutionize the way we commute. However, as with any technology, there is a dark side to AI-powered self-driving cars that must be…

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