Cybersecurity
Threat modeling, hardening systems, and secure development practices.
Cybersecurity & Privacy
Ethical Hacking
Penetration testing fundamentals, assessments, and remediation guidance.
All topics in Cybersecurity & Privacy
30‑day curriculum
Day 1 — Intro to Ethical Hacking
Black Hat vs White Hat vs Grey Hat, Legal & Ethics
Day 2 — Networking Basics
IP, DNS, Ports, Protocols, TCP/IP, OSI
Day 3 — Security Foundations I
Basic commands, file system, permissions
Day 4 — Windows Security Basics
Users, registry, PowerShell
Day 5 — Lab Setup
Kali Linux, Metasploitable, DVWA, Wireshark, Burp Suite
Day 6 — Footprinting & Reconnaissance
Google Dorking, Whois, Shodan
Day 7 — Scanning & Enumeration
Nmap, Netcat, Nikto
Day 8 — Vulnerability Scanning
Nessus, OpenVAS
Day 9 — Exploitation Basics
Exploitation Basics with Metasploit
Day 10 — Password Cracking
Hydra, John the Ripper, Hashcat
Day 11 — Privilege Escalation
Linux & Windows methods
Day 12 — Trojans, Backdoors, RATs
Remote access tools
Day 13 — Buffer Overflow
Basic intro & demo
Day 14 — Sniffing & MITM Attacks
Wireshark, Ettercap
Day 15 — Intro to Web Hacking
Intro to Web Hacking & OWASP Top 10
Day 16 — SQL Injection
Manual & automated with SQLMap
Day 17 — Cross-Site Scripting
XSS – stored, reflected, DOM
Day 18 — Cross-Site Request Forgery
CSRF
Day 19 — File Upload Vulnerabilities
File Upload Vulnerabilities & Directory Traversal
Day 20 — Command Injection & RCE
Command Injection & Remote Code Execution (RCE)
Day 21 — Web Security Testing
Web Security Testing with Burp Suite
Day 22 — Wireless Hacking
WEP/WPA/WPA2 cracking with Aircrack-ng
Day 23 — Mobile Hacking Basics
Android emulators, APK analysis
Day 24 — Social Engineering & Phishing
Social Engineering & Phishing Attacks (SET toolkit)
Day 25 — Denial of Service
DoS/DDoS basics & LOIC demo
Day 26 — IDS/IPS Evasion
IDS/IPS Evasion & Firewall Bypass Techniques
Day 27 — Digital Forensics Basics
Autopsy, FTK Imager
Day 28 — Threat Hunting & Log Analysis
Threat Hunting & Log Analysis
Day 29 — Red Team vs Blue Team
Red Team vs Blue Team Simulation (students attack & defend)
Day 30 — Final Project & Presentation
Penetration Test Report on a Web App or Network OR Build & Deploy a Honeypot for monitoring attacks