Hands-on cybersecurity lab documentation. Analyst-style writeups — reasoning first, steps second. Two paths completed, documented progressively.
- Rooms Completed: 70+ (Pre-Security Legacy + Cyber Security 101)
- Rooms Documented: 51
- Currently Documenting: Cyber Security 101
- Focus: SOC fundamentals, network analysis, threat detection
| Path | Rooms | Status | Completed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pre-Security (Legacy) | 15 | ✅ Complete | January 2026 |
| Cyber Security 101 | 54 | ✅ Complete | February 2026 |
| # | Room | Key Topics |
|---|---|---|
| 01 | What is Networking? | IP, MAC, ICMP, Ping |
| 02 | Intro to LAN | Topologies, Subnetting, ARP, DHCP |
| 03 | OSI Model | 7 Layers, Encapsulation, Layer Attribution |
| 04 | Packets & Frames | TCP, UDP, Three-Way Handshake, Ports, TTL |
| 05 | Extending Your Network | Port Forwarding, Firewalls, VPNs, Routing |
✅ Network Fundamentals — 5/5 rooms documented.
| # | Room | Key Topics |
|---|---|---|
| 01 | DNS in Detail | DNS Resolution, Record Types, TTL, DNS Attacks |
| 02 | HTTP in Detail | HTTP/S, Methods, Status Codes, Headers, Cookies |
| 03 | How Websites Work | HTML, JavaScript, DOM, Sensitive Data Exposure, HTML Injection |
| 04 | Putting It All Together | Full Request Journey, Load Balancers, CDN, WAF, Databases |
✅ How the Web Works — 4/4 rooms documented.
| # | Room | Key Topics |
|---|---|---|
| 01 | Linux Fundamentals Part 1 | Terminal, Navigation, File Operations, grep, find, Pipes |
| 02 | Linux Fundamentals Part 2 | SSH, File Permissions, SUID, Man Pages, Utilities |
| 03 | Linux Fundamentals Part 3 | Cron Jobs, Process Management, Logs, Package Management, Services |
✅ Linux Fundamentals — 3/3 rooms documented.
| # | Room | Key Topics |
|---|---|---|
| 01 | Windows Fundamentals Part 1 | NTFS, User Accounts, UAC, Task Scheduler, System Tools |
| 02 | Windows Fundamentals Part 2 | Registry, Resource Monitor, PowerShell, Windows Update, Defender |
✅ Windows Fundamentals — 2/2 rooms documented.
🎉 Pre-Security (Legacy) — fully documented. 14/15 rooms complete. Note: "Learning Cyber Security" intro room skipped — single-task overview room with no substantive lab content.
| # | Room | Key Topics |
|---|---|---|
| 01 | Offensive Security Intro | Offensive security mindset, GoBuster, directory brute-forcing, security through obscurity |
| 02 | Defensive Security Intro | SOC, threat intelligence, DFIR, malware analysis, SIEM triage simulation |
| 03 | Search Skills | Source evaluation, Google dorking, Shodan, VirusTotal, CVE, NVD, Exploit-DB, OSINT |
✅ Start Your Cyber Security Journey — 3/3 rooms documented.
| # | Room | Key Topics |
|---|---|---|
| 01 | Linux Fundamentals Part 1 | echo, whoami, ls, cd, cat, pwd, find, grep, shell operators |
| 02 | Linux Fundamentals Part 2 | SSH, flags and switches, man pages, touch, mkdir, cp, mv, rm, file, permissions, su, root directories |
| 03 | Linux Fundamentals Part 3 | Nano, Vim, wget, scp, Python HTTPServer, processes, systemctl, crontabs, apt, log files |
✅ Linux Fundamentals — 3/3 rooms documented.
| # | Room | Key Topics |
|---|---|---|
| 01 | Windows Fundamentals 1 | Windows desktop, NTFS, ADS, System32, user accounts, UAC, Control Panel, Task Manager |
| 02 | Windows Fundamentals 2 | MSConfig, UAC settings, Computer Management, System Information, Resource Monitor, CMD, Registry |
| 03 | Windows Fundamentals 3 | Windows Update, Defender AV, Firewall profiles, SmartScreen, TPM, BitLocker, VSS, LotL |
| 04 | Active Directory Basics | Domains, AD DS, OUs, GPOs, SYSVOL, Kerberos, NetNTLM, trees, forests, trust relationships |
✅ Windows and AD Fundamentals — 4/4 rooms documented.
| # | Room | Key Topics |
|---|---|---|
| 01 | Windows Command Line | ver, systeminfo, ipconfig, netstat -abon, ping, tracert, nslookup, dir, type, tasklist, taskkill |
| 02 | Windows PowerShell | Cmdlets, object pipeline, Get-ChildItem, Where-Object, Sort-Object, Select-String, Get-Process, Get-Service, scripting, execution policy, modules |
| 03 | Linux Shells | Shell types, Bash, Fish, Zsh, /etc/shells, history, chsh, scripting, shebang, variables, loops, conditionals |
✅ Command Line — 3/3 rooms documented.
| # | Room | Key Topics |
|---|---|---|
| 01 | Networking Concepts | OSI model, TCP/IP model, IP addressing, subnets, TCP vs UDP, encapsulation, Telnet |
| 02 | Networking Essentials | DHCP, ARP, ICMP, routing, NAT |
| 03 | Networking Core Protocols | DNS, WHOIS, HTTP, FTP, SMTP, POP3, IMAP |
| 04 | Networking Secure Protocols | TLS, HTTPS, SMTPS, POP3S, IMAPS, SSH, SFTP, FTPS, VPN |
| 05 | Wireshark: The Basics | Tool overview, packet dissection, packet navigation, display filters, Export Objects |
| 06 | Tcpdump: The Basics | Basic capture, BPF filters, reading pcap files, advanced filtering, output control |
| 07 | Nmap: The Basics | Host discovery, port scanning, service detection, OS fingerprinting, timing, output |
✅ Networking — 7/7 rooms documented.
| # | Room | Key Topics |
|---|---|---|
| 01 | Cryptography Basics | Plaintext, ciphertext, cipher, key, Caesar Cipher, symmetric encryption, DES, AES, XOR, modulo |
| 02 | Public Key Cryptography Basics | RSA, Diffie-Hellman, SSH key auth, digital signatures, certificates, chain of trust, GPG |
| 03 | Hashing Basics | Hash functions, MD5, SHA-256, rainbow tables, salting, bcrypt, hashcat, HMAC, file integrity, encoding vs encryption |
| 04 | John the Ripper: The Basics | Basic cracking, NTLM, unshadow, single crack mode, custom rules, zip2john, ssh2john, *2john utilities |
✅ Cryptography — 4/4 rooms documented.
| # | Room | Key Topics |
|---|---|---|
| 01 | Moniker Link | CVE-2024-21413, Outlook Protected View bypass, file:// Moniker Link, Responder, netNTLMv2, YARA detection |
| 02 | Metasploit: Introduction | Metasploit modules, msfconsole, search, use, show options, set, payloads, auxiliary, encoders, NOPs, msfdb |
| 03 | Metasploit: Exploitation | db_nmap, hosts, services, auxiliary scanners, MS17-010, EternalBlue, sessions, shell_to_meterpreter |
| 04 | Metasploit: Meterpreter | Meterpreter commands, migrate, getsystem, hashdump, search, cat, load kiwi, post modules, fileless execution |
| 05 | Blue | Nmap vuln scan, MS17-010, EternalBlue, shell upgrade, getsystem, migrate, hashdump, password cracking, flags |
✅ Exploitation Basics — 5/5 rooms documented.
| # | Room | Key Topics |
|---|---|---|
| 01 | Web Application Basics | URLs, HTTP methods, status codes, request/response headers, cookies, Secure, HttpOnly, CSP, HSTS |
| 02 | JavaScript Essentials | Variables, functions, loops, DOM, internal vs external JS, dialogue functions, obfuscation, best practices |
| 03 | SQL Fundamentals | Relational vs NoSQL, DBMS, CREATE/DROP, SELECT, INSERT, UPDATE, DELETE, WHERE, JOIN, aggregate functions |
| 04 | Burp Suite: The Basics | Proxy, Repeater, Intruder, Decoder, Comparer, FoxyProxy, CA certificate, scope, HTTP History |
✅ Web Hacking — 4/4 rooms documented.
| # | Room | Key Topics |
|---|---|---|
| 01 | Hydra | Brute-force, SSH attack, http-post-form, -l, -P, -t, failure string, rockyou.txt |
| 02 | Gobuster: The Basics | dir mode, dns mode, vhost mode, -u, -w, -x, --no-tls-validation, --exclude-length, subdomain enumeration |
| 03 | Shells Overview | Reverse shell, bind shell, web shell, Netcat, rlwrap, ncat, socat, PHP payloads, unrestricted file upload |
| 04 | SQLMap: The Basics | SQL injection, --dbs, --tables, --columns, --dump, --data, --batch, --tamper, POST injection, hash cracking |
✅ Offensive Security Tooling — 4/4 rooms documented.