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Cybersecurity Roadmap Guide

The document outlines a 6-month cybersecurity learning roadmap, detailing weekly topics, tasks, tools, and motivational quotes. It covers essential areas such as networking, web application security, exploitation, blue/red team strategies, cloud security, and certification readiness. Each week includes practical tasks to reinforce learning and prepare for real-world applications in cybersecurity.

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Cybersecurity Roadmap Guide

The document outlines a 6-month cybersecurity learning roadmap, detailing weekly topics, tasks, tools, and motivational quotes. It covers essential areas such as networking, web application security, exploitation, blue/red team strategies, cloud security, and certification readiness. Each week includes practical tasks to reinforce learning and prepare for real-world applications in cybersecurity.

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🔐 6-Month Cybersecurity Learning

Roadmap
Week 1: Intro to Cybersecurity & Domains
 📘 Topics: Cybersecurity basics, CIA triad, OWASP Top 10, roles
 ✅ Tasks: Draw Cyber Career Map
 🧰 Tools: Burp Suite, OWASP
 💬 Motivation: “Security is not a product, but a process.”

Week 2: Networking Basics


 📘 Topics: OSI, TCP/IP, protocols, IP/DNS, Wireshark
 ✅ Tasks: Analyze packets in Wireshark
 🧰 Tools: Wireshark
 💬 Motivation: “Hack the planet, responsibly.”

Week 3: Linux for Hackers


 📘 Topics: Linux commands, file permissions, scripting
 ✅ Tasks: Secure a Linux VM
 🧰 Tools: Bash, Linux
 💬 Motivation: “Every system is hackable. Your job is to make it hard.”

Week 4: Web & HTTP


 📘 Topics: HTTP methods, cookies, status codes, Burp Suite
 ✅ Tasks: Build a vulnerable login page
 🧰 Tools: Burp Suite
 💬 Motivation: “Hack with purpose. Defend with honor.”

Week 5: Hacking Lab Setup


 📘 Topics: Install Kali/Parrot, DVWA, Metasploitable
 ✅ Tasks: Create local hack lab
 🧰 Tools: Kali, Metasploitable
 💬 Motivation: “Defenders think in lists. Attackers think in graphs.”
Week 6: Reconnaissance & Scanning
 📘 Topics: Recon types, nmap, whois, theHarvester
 ✅ Tasks: Generate network map with nmap
 🧰 Tools: nmap, theHarvester
 💬 Motivation: “Security through visibility.”

Week 7: Exploitation Basics


 📘 Topics: Vuln scanning, Metasploit, DVWA exploitation
 ✅ Tasks: Exploit DVWA flaws
 🧰 Tools: Metasploit, DVWA
 💬 Motivation: “Persistence beats resistance.”

Week 8: Web App Attacks I


 📘 Topics: SQLi, XSS, PortSwigger Labs
 ✅ Tasks: Try PortSwigger XSS labs
 🧰 Tools: PortSwigger Academy
 💬 Motivation: “There is no patch for human stupidity.”

Week 9: Web App Attacks II


 📘 Topics: CSRF, SSRF, IDOR, Cookie attacks
 ✅ Tasks: Exploit cookies in DVWA
 🧰 Tools: Burp Suite, DVWA
 💬 Motivation: “Enumeration is key.”

Week 10: Passwords & Cracking


 📘 Topics: Hashing, brute-force, Hydra, JtR
 ✅ Tasks: Crack Linux password hash
 🧰 Tools: JohnTheRipper, Hydra
 💬 Motivation: “If it’s encrypted, break the key.”

Week 11: Wi-Fi & MITM


 📘 Topics: Wi-Fi basics, Evil Twin, MITM attacks
 ✅ Tasks: Capture Wi-Fi handshakes (lab)
 🧰 Tools: aircrack-ng, ettercap
 💬 Motivation: “Trust but verify.”
Week 12: Intro to Blue Team
 📘 Topics: Logs, Sysinternals, Splunk basics
 ✅ Tasks: Monitor logs for brute-force
 🧰 Tools: Splunk, Event Viewer
 💬 Motivation: “Defense is strategy, not just tools.”

Week 13: SIEM & Log Analysis


 📘 Topics: SIEM, alert rules, build mini-SOC
 ✅ Tasks: Build Splunk dashboard
 🧰 Tools: Splunk, ELK
 💬 Motivation: “Logs never lie.”

Week 14: Malware & Reverse Engineering (Intro)


 📘 Topics: Static/Dynamic analysis, PEStudio, Ghidra
 ✅ Tasks: Analyze benign exe with Ghidra
 🧰 Tools: Ghidra, x64dbg
 💬 Motivation: “Reverse it till you own it.”

Week 15: Cryptography Basics


 📘 Topics: RSA, AES, SHA-256, encrypt/decrypt files
 ✅ Tasks: Encrypt files in Python
 🧰 Tools: Python
 💬 Motivation: “Encrypt everything. Assume compromise.”

Week 16: CTF Week (Skill Test)


 📘 Topics: TryHackMe CTFs (Mr. Robot, OWASP)
 ✅ Tasks: Finish 2 CTF rooms
 🧰 Tools: TryHackMe
 💬 Motivation: “Flags are the new trophies.”

Week 17: Red Team Track


 📘 Topics: Phishing, Red Team tools
 ✅ Tasks: Build phishing page
 🧰 Tools: Empire, Veil
 💬 Motivation: “Red teams reveal. Blue teams heal.”

Week 18: Blue Team Track


 📘 Topics: Threat hunting, MITRE ATT&CK
 ✅ Tasks: Detect PowerShell abuse
 🧰 Tools: Sysmon, MITRE
 💬 Motivation: “Threats evolve. So should you.”

Week 19: Cloud Security (AWS)


 📘 Topics: IAM, S3, CloudTrail, AWS GuardDuty
 ✅ Tasks: Harden AWS IAM/S3
 🧰 Tools: AWS Console
 💬 Motivation: “Clouds leak when IAM fails.”

Week 20: Advanced Specialization Labs


 📘 Topics: Specialization CTFs and labs
 ✅ Tasks: Red/Blue/Cloud team mini projects
 🧰 Tools: TryHackMe, HackTheBox
 💬 Motivation: “Depth beats surface.”

Week 21: Bug Bounty & Real-World Pentesting


 📘 Topics: Bug Bounties, HackerOne, recon-ng
 ✅ Tasks: Recon and submit 1 bug report
 🧰 Tools: HackerOne, recon-ng
 💬 Motivation: “Hack legally. Learn infinitely.”

Week 22: GitHub Portfolio & Resume


 📘 Topics: Writeups, GitHub portfolio, CV
 ✅ Tasks: Update GitHub, write project readme
 🧰 Tools: GitHub, Canva
 💬 Motivation: “Your GitHub is your resume.”

Week 23: Certification Readiness


 📘 Topics: CEH/Sec+/eJPT mock exams
 ✅ Tasks: Take 1 mock exam
 🧰 Tools: TryHackMe Practice
 💬 Motivation: “Certify your knowledge.”

Week 24: Final Capstone


 📘 Topics: Real-world CTF walkthrough project
 ✅ Tasks: CTF walkthrough + video
 🧰 Tools: OBS, GitHub, CTF site
 💬 Motivation: “Document your dominance.”

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