Get started in cyber
Four steps, then a few good places to practice
You don't need a degree or a cert to start. This is the path most of our members took, and the platforms they still use.
- 1 Join the Discord Say hi and ask questions. Nobody expects you to know anything yet.
- 2 Learn the terminal Play OverTheWire Bandit until a Linux shell feels normal.
- 3 Follow a path TryHackMe's Pre-Security path covers networking, web, and Linux.
- 4 Come to a workshop Then play a CTF with us. That's where it clicks.
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TryHackMe Beginner Guided rooms and learning paths. Easiest first stop. -
Hack The Box Intermediate Realistic machines, plus Academy courses and certs. -
picoCTF Beginner Carnegie Mellon's free beginner CTF, open year-round. - OTW OverTheWire Beginner Free wargames. Start with Bandit for Linux basics.
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Web Security Academy Intermediate PortSwigger's free labs for every web vuln class. -
pwn.college Advanced ASU's open course on binary exploitation and reversing.
Stuck on something?
Post it in the Discord. Someone has hit the same wall and will walk you through it.