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Intro to Cybersecurity

How hackers think and act. Four days that take you from "what even is cybersecurity" to spotting the weak spots attackers look for, solving your first Capture The Flag challenges, and tracing...

4 lessons Beginner 8 hours Free

What you will learn

Explain what cybersecurity protects, and why a website has to decide who to trust|Describe the attacker mindset: looking for what a system quietly assumes|Tell authentication from authorization, and say why access checks belong on the server|Solve beginner web and CTF challenges on the AquilaCyber platform|Use OSINT to trace a suspicious message and judge whether something is a scam|Shrink your own digital footprint so you are a harder target
How hackers think and act. Four days that take you from "what even is cybersecurity" to spotting the weak spots attackers look for, solving your first Capture The Flag challenges, and tracing where a suspicious message really came from. A beginner course: you learn how attacks work so you can see them coming and keep yourself and your systems safe. All the hands-on work is on the AquilaCyber training platform.