We’re glad to see you’re interested in learning cybersecurity! Here we will provide you with online resources to give you some practical experience with your technical skills.
1. Command Line
2. Capture the Flag
3. Web Security
4. Network Security
5. Paid Resources
5. Competition Resources
6. Presentations
Command Line
- Network Mapper (nmap) guide
- Linkedin Learning Linux Command Line Course
- Command Line Tutorial by Ubuntu
- Important Logs by Ubuntu
- Command Line Cheat Sheet, Awk Command
- Vim Tutorial
Capture the Flag
- Bandit made by Over The Wire (Linux)
- Hack the Box
- National Cyber League
- PicoCTF
Web Security
- Information on Web Security by Burp Suite
- Hands-on Lessons on Web Security by Hacksplaining
Network Security
- Network Security exercises by Björn Kimminich
Paid Resources
Competition (Red or Blue) Resources
- CyberLab Resources & CyberLab Playlist by Mohawk Valley Community College
- University at Buffalo’s Network Defense Playbook – This playbook can be very useful when preparing for network defense (red team vs blue team) competitions. It contains information on general policies during competitions, as well as basic hardening for both Windows and Linux. Most importantly, it has guides on common services such as Active Directory, HTTP (Web), and DNS. Using this document to practice how to configure and harden these services will reduce the amount of obstacles you’ll face in competitions.
- Cyber Security Games by NCAE
- Hivestorm Documentation by previous participants, Hivestorm Image Hints (PDF), and a sample Hivestorm Scoring Engine.
- Lockdown v12 Blue Team Packet, which includes the competition topology, schedule, rules, and guidelines for Lockdown.
- CNY Hackathon Fall 2018 Walkthrough, which has multiple challenges across five categories: Trivia, Exploitation, Cryptography, Steganography, and Reverse Engineering.
- NCL Coaching and Practice Guides by CryptoKaith. Learn, practice, and read interesting netsec blogs, all in one site.
Presentations
If you have any recommendations for more resources, please let us know!