Hello everyone :)
I’m 0xashiii and I’m Cyber Security Enthusiastic and Hacker on TryHackMe for about 5 months now. Currently I’m having streak of 141 days streak of daily hacking and in the top 1% of all users and my Rank is 2827 for now,which helped me a lot to start a career in cybersecurity and motivated me a lot to learn more!
TryHackMe has total of 6 paths which Pre Security is released now, which consist of 15 rooms and estimated time is 40 hours. It is purely made for complete beginner who need to start hacking or a person who needs to start their career in cybersecurity, though I’m not beginner I thought to give it a try but actually it was awesome and explanation are great!
The Pre Security Learning Path has 5 module
- Cyber Security Introduction
- Network Fundamentals
- How The Web Works
- Linux Fundamentals
- Windows Fundamentals
Don’t be scared, now we gonna look at every module and I will explain what all those and what you can learn from that!
Cyber Security Introduction
In this module you have only one room, I recommend everyone to do this room because it teaches about overview of Web Application Security and Network Security
Network Fundamentals
Network Fundamentals teaches you the core concepts of how computers communicate with each other and types of network weakness and this module consist of 5 room
First room What is Networking? this room teaches you about what is networking, what is the internet how the internet communicate with each other, IP address and MAC address and finally there will be an interactive lab to learn all these stuffs
Following this, Intro to LAN this room teaches you about LAN Topologies, Subnetting, ARP Protocol, DHCP Protocol and an Interactive lab to learn the LAN Topologies.
The next room is OSI Model, this room teaches you about fundamental networking framework that determines the various stages in which data is handled across a network. It has depth explanation of each layer and how the computer work each other and finally there is an OSI Game which is very fun by learning all this layer you will be able to complete the OSI GAME
The fourth room is Packets & Frames, this room teaches you about how data is divided into smaller pieces and transmitted across a network to another device, you will be learning what is TCP/IP(Three-way Handshake), UPD/IP, Ports and finally to make it easier there is an practical for TCP/IP(Three-way Handshake) and Ports
The final room of this module is Extending Your Network, This room teaches about some of the technologies used to extend networks out onto the Internet.You will be learning what is Port Forwarding, Firewall, VPN basics to and to make it easier there is some practical to understand those concepts
After completion of this module you will receive a Award/Badge
How The Web Works
How the Web works module teaches you the underlying function of the works wide web and what makes it work, it consists of 4 rooms
First room DNS in Detail, this room teaches you how DNS work and how it helps you access internet services, Domain hierarchy, How the web makes request to the server and finally practical to practice these stuffs
Following this, HTTP in detail room teaches what is HTTP(S), Request and Responses, HTTP Methods, HTTP status code, Headers, Cookies, Making Requests and there is pratical mode all these stuffs.
Third room, How Website Work room teaches you to how the website is created and how to exploit it and teaches the fundamentals of HTML, JavaScript, Sensitive Data Exposure and HTML Injection.
The final room of this module is Putting it all together, this room teaches how to put together you learned from previous module, other components like Load Balancers,CDN,Databases,WAF(Web Application Firewall),How web servers work,static vs dynamic content and finally there is a practical quiz where you need to drag and drop the tiles into the correct order of how a request to a website works to reveal the flag.
After completion of this module you will receive a Award/Badge
Linux Fundamentals
In this module you will learn the Linux(operating system)how to use it because many servers and security tools use Linux and it is a critical skill in cyber security
First room is Linux Fundamentals Part 1,this room teaches you the history of Linux, running few commands(echo,whoami),Interacting with the Filesystem(ls,cd,cat,pwd),searching for files(find),introduction to Shell Operators.
Following this, Linux Fundamentals Part 2 this room teaches about how to log in to a Linux machine using SSH, Introduction to Flags and Switches, Advance your commands, Filesystem Interaction, Files permissions and common Directories.
Final room of this module is Linux Fundamentals Part 3 this room teaches about Terminal text editors, general/useful utilities,Processes,Maintaining your System(Automation,Package Management,Logs)
After completion of this module you will receive a Award/Badge
Windows Fundamentals
Here comes the Final module of this path where you will get Hands-on access to Windows and it’s security controls. These basics will help you in identifying,exploiting and defending Windows
First room Windows Fundamentals 1 it teaches about the Windows desktop(GUI), The File System(learn about the NTFS,File Permission), User Accounts and Permissions(learn how to add user add/remove permission),UAC(User Account Control), Settings, The Control Panel and Task Manager.
Next room Windows Fundamentals 2 it teaches more about System Configuration, UAC Settings, Computer Management(Task Scheduler,Shared Folder), System Information(learn about the MSInfo2.exe tool to gather information about your computer and Environment Variables), Resource Monitor(learn about CPU,Memory Disk,Network Usage and Memory usage),Command Prompt(learn about basic cmd commands) and Registry Editor
Conclusion
In conclusion , this path is specially designed for newbie who gonna start their career in cybersecurity. Even though I have few months experience in TryHackMe, it was really enjoyable completing these rooms,To be honest I have learned a lot from this path. As I’m started from ZERO TryHackMe helped me to get started in Cyber Security and This would definitely help in my journey towards getting OSCP! and it helped me improve my CTF skills and Hacking skills.
Any doubts on this path or any other rooms you can ping me in Twitter or LinkedIn
After completing this path it provides a free certificate
