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🔒 Cybersecurity

Networking, ethical hacking, penetration testing, and security engineering.

24 weeks📊 Beginner₹10-25 LPA
LinuxNetworkingPythonKali LinuxWiresharkBurp SuiteOWASPMetasploit

Week-by-Week Plan

Week 1-4

Networking & Linux Foundations

  • OSI model
  • TCP/IP & UDP
  • DNS, HTTP, TLS
  • Linux command line
  • Bash scripting
🏗️ Project: Set up home lab with VMs
TryHackMeHackTheBox
Week 5-8

Web Application Security

  • OWASP Top 10
  • SQL Injection
  • XSS & CSRF
  • Authentication attacks
  • Burp Suite basics
🏗️ Project: Complete OWASP Juice Shop challenges
OWASP Juice ShopPortSwigger Labs
Week 9-13

Network Penetration Testing

  • Nmap scanning
  • Wireshark traffic analysis
  • Metasploit framework
  • Password cracking (Hashcat)
  • VPN & proxies
🏗️ Project: CTF challenges on TryHackMe
Kali LinuxMetasploit
Week 14-18

Cryptography & Forensics

  • Symmetric & asymmetric crypto
  • PKI & certificates
  • Digital forensics basics
  • Log analysis
  • Incident response
🏗️ Project: Analyse a memory dump
CryptohackDFIR.training
Week 19-24

Certifications & Career

  • CompTIA Security+ prep
  • CEH exam overview
  • Bug bounty basics (HackerOne)
  • Report writing
  • Career portfolio
🏗️ Project: Submit first bug bounty report
CompTIAHackerOne

Jobs You Can Apply For

Security Engineer
Ethical Hacker
SOC Analyst
Penetration Tester
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