Introduction to Cybersecurity
Welcome to the Introduction to Cybersecurity course for 2024/2025! 🎉
This platform will be used to explore the fundamental concepts of cybersecurity,
including STEGANO, WEB, REVERSING, FORENSICS, PWN, and NETWORKING. 🛡️
Here, you will find all the necessary resources to help you get started.
1. Required Software
- Virtualization: You will need virtualization software to run Linux. You have three options:
- Virtual Machine (VM):
- Dual Boot: (tutorial: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2vTVA-Nq0bw)
- Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL): You can use WSL to run Linux directly in the Windows terminal (tutorial: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wjbbl0TTMeo).
2. Covered Categories:
- CRYPTOGRAPHY: Encryption and decryption techniques to ensure data confidentiality.
- STEGANO: Techniques for hiding information inside other files.
- WEB: Web application vulnerabilities and how to exploit them.
- REVERSING: Analyzing source code to understand an application's functionality.
- FORENSICS & NETWORKING: Investigating security incidents by analyzing network traffic and stored data.
- PWN: Exploiting software vulnerabilities to gain unauthorized access.
3. Weekly Challenges
Each week, a new set of CTF-style challenges will be released, which you can complete to test your knowledge.
These challenges can be found on the /challenges page of the site.
Additionally, remember that besides solving the challenge on the platform, you must submit a short video sharing your screen
and demonstrating how you obtained the flag, explaining your method, and showing your script (if automated).
For explanations, you can earn up to 30 points per challenge:
- 10 points if your explanation is weak and you didn’t fully understand the solution.
- 20 points for a decent explanation of how you got the flag.
- 30 points if you fully understood the challenge and gave a great explanation.
⏳ If you fail to submit the explanation within a week (as mentioned in the first lab),
you can still submit it by the end of Week 14, but you will receive only half of the original points
for your video (5p, 10p, or 15p).