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Security Basics
beginner
Fix OWASP top 10 vulnerabilities
AI Security
intermediate
Identify and patch prompt injection vulnerabilities
Network Security
intermediate
Configure a firewall with proper inbound/outbound rules
Ethical Hacking & Pen Testing
intermediate
Conduct a full pen test with Kali Linux
Cloud Security
intermediate
Implement IAM least-privilege policies on AWS/GCP
Incident Response
intermediate
Build an incident response playbook
Security Compliance
intermediate
Map controls for SOC 2 Type II compliance
Defensive AI
advanced
Build an AI-powered log anomaly detector
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Dev.to AI 🔐 Cybersecurity ⚡ AI Lesson 5d ago
How to Start a Cyber Security Career After 12th in India
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Reddit r/cybersecurity 🔐 Cybersecurity ⚡ AI Lesson 5d ago
Free, hands-on, 14 weeks cybersecurity course from the Czech Technical University opened again for the public in 2026 online
Hi, I would like to let you know that already famous and hands-on cybersecurity course with both red and blue teaming classes done by Czech Technical University
Iran’s cyberattacks on Israel tripled in a year, Israeli cyber chief says
The Next Web AI 🔐 Cybersecurity ⚡ AI Lesson 5d ago
Iran’s cyberattacks on Israel tripled in a year, Israeli cyber chief says
Israel logged roughly 4,800 hostile cyber incidents in June 2026, up from about 1,600 a year earlier, the head of its National Cyber Directorate told a German n
TechRepublic 🔐 Cybersecurity ⚡ AI Lesson 5d ago
Why Australian Firms Should Care About 24B Exposed Credentials
24B exposed credentials pose a major security question for Australian firms. Learn why securing access is critical in our digital economy. The post Why Australi
Reddit r/cybersecurity 🔐 Cybersecurity ⚡ AI Lesson 5d ago
[Open Source] A Decision-Support Tool for Assisted Malware Triage using EMBER2024, SHAP, and MCP Orchestration
Hi everyone, We’re a group of students and this is a project we built for one of our courses. It’s an open-source assisted triage system for Windows malware: ht
Reddit r/cybersecurity 🔐 Cybersecurity ⚡ AI Lesson 5d ago
Please guide me on how to write reports and audits.
I'm doing GRC and the first time I tried to write a report (in a practical/lab) I went completely blank. Can someone guide me on how to do it? If you have some
Penetration Testing Strategies for Stronger Cybersecurity Defense
Medium · Cybersecurity 🔐 Cybersecurity ⚡ AI Lesson 5d ago
Penetration Testing Strategies for Stronger Cybersecurity Defense
Cyberattacks rarely begin with dramatic system failures. Most start with overlooked weaknesses that remain unnoticed until someone with… Continue reading on Med
What Is a Honeypot in Cybersecurity? Bot-Defense Use Cases and Limits
Medium · Cybersecurity 🔐 Cybersecurity ⚡ AI Lesson 5d ago
What Is a Honeypot in Cybersecurity? Bot-Defense Use Cases and Limits
A honeypot in cybersecurity is a decoy system, resource, or interaction point that reveals unauthorized or automated activity outside… Continue reading on Mediu
Top 8 Email Finder Tools Every Red Teamer Must Know
Medium · Cybersecurity 🔐 Cybersecurity ⚡ AI Lesson 5d ago
Top 8 Email Finder Tools Every Red Teamer Must Know
Before a single phishing email is sent, you need a target list. A deep-dive breakdown of the 8 email discovery tools for red team… Continue reading on Medium »
User Role Can Be Modified In User Profile
Medium · Cybersecurity 🔐 Cybersecurity ⚡ AI Lesson 5d ago
User Role Can Be Modified In User Profile
Access Control Vulnerabilities — APPRENTICE Continue reading on Medium »
The Ultimate Total Security Guide For Safe Online Shopping Experiences
Medium · Cybersecurity 🔐 Cybersecurity ⚡ AI Lesson 5d ago
The Ultimate Total Security Guide For Safe Online Shopping Experiences
Online shopping brings the entire mall directly to your computer screen, but it also opens the door to digital shoplifters looking for… Continue reading on Medi
Why You Can’t Access the Internet During University Quizzes (And Why Turning Off the Proxy Usually…
Medium · Cybersecurity 🔐 Cybersecurity ⚡ AI Lesson 5d ago
Why You Can’t Access the Internet During University Quizzes (And Why Turning Off the Proxy Usually…
During one of my university lab sessions, I noticed something that made me curious. Continue reading on Medium »
Reddit r/cybersecurity 🔐 Cybersecurity ⚡ AI Lesson 5d ago
Certification demands according to roles
Saw this one in LinkedIn and just wanted to share here. https://tylersibley.github.io/certiq/ Remember cert is merely to get pass HR filter. Cheers submitted by
Static Analysis of Linux Malware Captured by a Cowrie Honeypot
Hackernoon 🔐 Cybersecurity ⚡ AI Lesson 5d ago
Static Analysis of Linux Malware Captured by a Cowrie Honeypot
When a bot thinks it has logged into a small energy device, it installs commodity Linux malware. This is a static, defensive breakdown of what a honeypot captur
Medium · Cybersecurity 🔐 Cybersecurity ⚡ AI Lesson 5d ago
Day 1 of Bug Hunting Learning : XSS Made Me Question Everything
I’ve finally decided to document my bug hunting journey. Continue reading on Medium »
I Built a SOC Lab From Scratch. Here’s What Broke First.
Medium · Cybersecurity 🔐 Cybersecurity ⚡ AI Lesson 5d ago
I Built a SOC Lab From Scratch. Here’s What Broke First.
Forty five minutes lost to a network setting taught me more about SOC work than any course did. Continue reading on InfoSec Write-ups »
Developers Have Learned to Trust AI. That Trust Is Now Being Weaponized.
Medium · Cybersecurity 🔐 Cybersecurity ⚡ AI Lesson 5d ago
Developers Have Learned to Trust AI. That Trust Is Now Being Weaponized.
A two-week-old attack called Agentjacking required no malware, no phishing, and no stolen passwords. Just a fake bug report — and a coding… Continue reading on
Reddit r/cybersecurity 🔐 Cybersecurity ⚡ AI Lesson 5d ago
Google vs iCloud
With all best practices enabled like MFA etc, is Google or iCloud more or less secure for personal cloud service? submitted by /u/PHL534_2 [link] [comments]
The First 30 Minutes of an Active Directory Assessment
Medium · Cybersecurity 🔐 Cybersecurity ⚡ AI Lesson 5d ago
The First 30 Minutes of an Active Directory Assessment
Why successful Active Directory assessments begin with understanding the environment, not exploitation. Continue reading on Medium »
Buckle Up: The Bad Guys Now Have A Model As Powerful As Mythos
Forbes Innovation 🔐 Cybersecurity ⚡ AI Lesson 5d ago
Buckle Up: The Bad Guys Now Have A Model As Powerful As Mythos
China now has an open-weight model that can find software vulnerabilities and create attacks for anybody to use.
Medium · JavaScript 🔐 Cybersecurity ⚡ AI Lesson 5d ago
A Real Login Attack Explained: How a Hacker Steals Your Session Without Knowing Your Password
You typed your password correctly. You passed MFA. You did everything right. And you still got hacked. Continue reading on Medium »
“This Is Your Bank Calling” — How Scammers Use AI to Fake Trust
Medium · Cybersecurity 🔐 Cybersecurity ⚡ AI Lesson 5d ago
“This Is Your Bank Calling” — How Scammers Use AI to Fake Trust
We live in a time where a phone call or email can feel more convincing than ever. The voice sounds familiar, the logo looks perfect, and… Continue reading on Me
How I’d Break Into Cybersecurity in 2026: Part 3
Medium · Cybersecurity 🔐 Cybersecurity ⚡ AI Lesson 5d ago
How I’d Break Into Cybersecurity in 2026: Part 3
You know the tools. Can you defend them? The last gap into the SOC, what day one really looks like, and what I test for from the hiring… Continue reading on Med
Medium · Cybersecurity 🔐 Cybersecurity ⚡ AI Lesson 5d ago
A Dropdown Value Is Still User Input: SQL Injection in WooCommerce’s Most Popular Order Export…
How a two-value dropdown toggle became a read-any-table SQL injection in a plugin on up to 500,000 stores Continue reading on Medium »
HackTheBox — Cap: I Changed a 1 to a 0 and Got Root
Medium · Cybersecurity 🔐 Cybersecurity ⚡ AI Lesson 5d ago
HackTheBox — Cap: I Changed a 1 to a 0 and Got Root
The box named after packet captures taught me that the scariest vulnerabilities don’t look scary at all. Continue reading on Medium »
Network Access Control in 2026: 4 Dimensions, 10 Vendors, One Question Your Stack Can’t Answer
Medium · Cybersecurity 🔐 Cybersecurity ⚡ AI Lesson 5d ago
Network Access Control in 2026: 4 Dimensions, 10 Vendors, One Question Your Stack Can’t Answer
Your security stack has EDR. SASE. Zero Trust at the identity layer. Continue reading on Medium »
Reddit r/cybersecurity 🔐 Cybersecurity ⚡ AI Lesson 5d ago
Mentorship Monday - Post All Career, Education and Job questions here!
This is the weekly thread for career and education questions and advice. There are no stupid questions; so, what do you want to know about certs/degrees, job re
From Zero to Wazuh: Deploying the Server and Onboarding a Windows Agent
Medium · Cybersecurity 🔐 Cybersecurity ⚡ AI Lesson 5d ago
From Zero to Wazuh: Deploying the Server and Onboarding a Windows Agent
In this post I'll walk through deploying the Wazuh server stack with Docker on an Ubuntu host, installing the Wazuh agent on a Windows… Continue reading on Medi
Building a Modern Hybrid Microsoft Security Platform
Medium · Cybersecurity 🔐 Cybersecurity ⚡ AI Lesson 5d ago
Building a Modern Hybrid Microsoft Security Platform
Designing and Implementing a Modern Microsoft Security Platform Continue reading on Medium »
Enrolling and Managing Endpoints with Microsoft Intune: Lab
Medium · Cybersecurity 🔐 Cybersecurity ⚡ AI Lesson 5d ago
Enrolling and Managing Endpoints with Microsoft Intune: Lab
Enrolling and Managing Endpoints with Microsoft Intune Continue reading on Medium »
Why End-to-End Encryption is a Lie (And How I Weaponized Golang to Fix It)
Dev.to · Seif Sayed 🔐 Cybersecurity ⚡ AI Lesson 5d ago
Why End-to-End Encryption is a Lie (And How I Weaponized Golang to Fix It)
The cybersecurity industry is playing a rigged game. We obsess over End-to-End Encryption (E2EE), but...
Reddit r/cybersecurity 🔐 Cybersecurity ⚡ AI Lesson 5d ago
Paranoid or keep pushing: USAA Account Typo
So I have a very common name and I'm old. That means I have a [ first.last@gmail.com ](mailto: first.last@gmail.com ) address. I remember when AltaVista was the
Medium · Cybersecurity 🔐 Cybersecurity ⚡ AI Lesson 5d ago
A Simple Safety Checklist Before Installing Unknown Software Versions
Installing software has become so normal that most people do it without thinking much. We search for a tool, open a download page, click… Continue reading on Me
Gophish — with a gmail account
Medium · Cybersecurity 🔐 Cybersecurity ⚡ AI Lesson 5d ago
Gophish — with a gmail account
I completed a Gophish lab with an instance in the cloud and I wanted to try it now with my gmail account. Continue reading on Medium »
What a $10,000 Cybersecurity Bootcamp Actually Taught Me
Medium · Cybersecurity 🔐 Cybersecurity ⚡ AI Lesson 5d ago
What a $10,000 Cybersecurity Bootcamp Actually Taught Me
My experience with Coding Temple’s Money Back Guarantee Continue reading on Medium »
Surviving the Reboot: How Attackers Persist in Active Directory
Medium · Cybersecurity 🔐 Cybersecurity ⚡ AI Lesson 5d ago
Surviving the Reboot: How Attackers Persist in Active Directory
How attackers keep their foothold after the initial compromise, and what defenders should watch for. Continue reading on Medium »
SQL Injection & Web Fuzzing with SQLMap and FFUF: A Practical Ethical Hacking Guide
Medium · Cybersecurity 🔐 Cybersecurity ⚡ AI Lesson 5d ago
SQL Injection & Web Fuzzing with SQLMap and FFUF: A Practical Ethical Hacking Guide
Hey everyone!  Today we will learn about SQL injection and fuzzing. For the whole session, we will use the metasploitable machine. We… Continue reading on Medi
How a Single Misconfigured System at Tata Electronics Leaked 630GB of Apple and Tesla Data
Medium · Cybersecurity 🔐 Cybersecurity ⚡ AI Lesson 5d ago
How a Single Misconfigured System at Tata Electronics Leaked 630GB of Apple and Tesla Data
In one of the largest supply chain data leaks in recent memory, Indian electronics manufacturer Tata Electronics suffered a massive breach… Continue reading on
TryHackMe — Networking Core Protocols | Cyber Security 101 | Walkthrough
Medium · Cybersecurity 🔐 Cybersecurity ⚡ AI Lesson 5d ago
TryHackMe — Networking Core Protocols | Cyber Security 101 | Walkthrough
Hey everyone! TryHackMe just announced the new Cyber Security 101 learning path, and there are tons of giveaways this time! This article… Continue reading on Me
Introducing ‘ChumBucket’: A Forge for Network-Forensics CTF Challenges
Medium · Python 🔐 Cybersecurity ⚡ AI Lesson 5d ago
Introducing ‘ChumBucket’: A Forge for Network-Forensics CTF Challenges
Building realistic packet captures with a flag hidden inside — so your players have something worth fishing for. Continue reading on Medium »
Introducing ‘ChumBucket’: A Forge for Network-Forensics CTF Challenges
Medium · Cybersecurity 🔐 Cybersecurity ⚡ AI Lesson 5d ago
Introducing ‘ChumBucket’: A Forge for Network-Forensics CTF Challenges
Building realistic packet captures with a flag hidden inside — so your players have something worth fishing for. Continue reading on Medium »
Padding Oracle Attack: Forging Encrypted Share Tokens in OopsSec Store
Medium · Cybersecurity 🔐 Cybersecurity ⚡ AI Lesson 5d ago
Padding Oracle Attack: Forging Encrypted Share Tokens in OopsSec Store
The server told you too much, and that was enough to win. Continue reading on Medium »
Bridging the Gap: The Journey of Mr. Tan in Cybersecurity and Digital Forensics
Medium · Python 🔐 Cybersecurity ⚡ AI Lesson 5d ago
Bridging the Gap: The Journey of Mr. Tan in Cybersecurity and Digital Forensics
As a Computer Science and Engineering (CSE) student, my journey into the world of technology has been centered around two core interests… Continue reading on Me
Bridging the Gap: The Journey of Mr. Tan in Cybersecurity and Digital Forensics
Medium · Cybersecurity 🔐 Cybersecurity ⚡ AI Lesson 5d ago
Bridging the Gap: The Journey of Mr. Tan in Cybersecurity and Digital Forensics
As a Computer Science and Engineering (CSE) student, my journey into the world of technology has been centered around two core interests… Continue reading on Me
PortSwigger Lab Write-Up: Stored DOM XSS
Medium · Cybersecurity 🔐 Cybersecurity ⚡ AI Lesson 5d ago
PortSwigger Lab Write-Up: Stored DOM XSS
Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) comes in many shapes and sizes, but Stored DOM XSS is particularly interesting. It occurs when an application… Continue reading on Me
PortSwigger Lab Write-Up: DOM XSS in document.write
Medium · Cybersecurity 🔐 Cybersecurity ⚡ AI Lesson 5d ago
PortSwigger Lab Write-Up: DOM XSS in document.write
DOM-based Cross-Site Scripting (DOM XSS) vulnerabilities occur when an application contains client-side JavaScript that processes data… Continue reading on Medi
Building a Windows Defender Disable Shellcode with Stardust
Medium · Cybersecurity 🔐 Cybersecurity ⚡ AI Lesson 5d ago
Building a Windows Defender Disable Shellcode with Stardust
In the previous posts of this series, we introduced the Stardust shellcode generator template and built a practical reverse shell payload… Continue reading on M
Daring Fireball 🔐 Cybersecurity ⚡ AI Lesson 5d ago
PuffPal, an App for Accessing Cannabis Clubs, Leaked 1 Million Users’ Passports
Sean Hollister, writing for The Verge (gift link): If you’ve visited a cannabis club in Spain, [Sammy] Azdoufal says, chances are your photo ID was among them —