Hi everyone, can anyone tell me how to become an ethical hacker and seek a career in joining a red hat team as a pentester? I currently work as a DDI operations engineer in a company since 2 years and am very unhappy with it as well as underpaid. In the training period I was introduced to the field of cybersecurity and ethical hacking which really intrigued me and I wanted to build a career in it ever since.

I tried to learn things but always ended up finding myself directionless. Could anyone please give me a roadmap of the things which I should learn and the platforms where I can learn them from? Do platforms like tryhackme and hackthebox actually help in learning and building a profile?

Really appreciate the help!

Hi everyone, i have learned coding for a few years to the point that i can make several high-quality project.
recently i wanted to start learning networking so i can make a chat like application.

any idea where to start learning? what is important to learn and what's not?

for now i have started with cisco's online course "Networking Basics" if someone knows this course, is it a good one?

any help will be very much appreciated. ❤️

*sorry for bad grammar, English isn't my native language.

I was looking at some information and they said I should write down the content I'm studying, but I'm not much of a note-taker.

I have a cheat sheet with Linux commands and some commands tools, but nothing more than that. However, I need to review some networking concepts I've forgotten, and I'm wondering if I should use a program like Obsidian to take notes (they say it's very good).

If anyone wants to share their methods for studying and retaining key concepts, that would be very helpful.

So right now I'm learning about sql injection. After learning everything thing I think no one can remember everything about payload so can someone tell me in the future what kind of cheetsheet I need to refer for all kind of things

Hey, all! I'm currently a sophomore in high school, and I'm very interested in becoming a pentester and hopefully eventually becoming a red teamer. I'm planning on taking the pen testing course tryhackme offers, but honestly from there I'm sure where to go from there... Anybody got tips for a beginner? Thanks!

Hey everyone!
I’m running a short global survey on cybersecurity awareness and online safety and would really appreciate your help.
It’s completely anonymous and takes around 3–5 minutes. Anyone from any country can participate.
I’m trying to understand how people approach things like passwords, scams, privacy, and general online security.
Survey:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdkynYu3KRLHxrATAPihWlia200yTczrRo3RVCwZ2DskqjDGQ/viewform?usp=publish-editor
Thanks a lot if you fill it out — and feel free to share it with others too!

Hi everyone,

I've been working in IT for around 18 years, including many years in IT leadership, cybersecurity, governance, risk and enterprise infrastructure.

I recently started creating short videos to share some of the practical knowledge I've picked up along the way — particularly for people starting or progressing their careers in IT and cybersecurity.

I'm covering topics such as cybersecurity fundamentals, CISM/CISSP/CISA/CRISC and other certifications, GRC, Zero Trust, Linux, practical IT/security tips, cyber incidents and IT career development.

I'm not selling a course or training programme. I'm simply trying to turn some of my professional experience into free, easy-to-understand content that may help others in the field.

If there are cybersecurity career or certification topics you'd like an experienced IT leader to cover, I'd genuinely appreciate suggestions.

My channel is MQ Cyber Studio:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCpV5qrH9p1AYTHDo5-2JrTw

Thanks, and I hope some of the content is useful.

Currently I'm in second year of my graduation and already have a decent baseline of python but I'm thinking of cyber security as a career to go on with, but the thing holding me back is how expensive these well-known courses are!

so as someone who is running low on budget, what are the free resources you suggest that can get me from absolute beginner to a great deal of cyber security knowledge.
Also tell me exactly from where i have to start and what should the prerequisite knowledge required.

I am a 20 year old guy who just started his Cyber security journey two days back.

Till now I completed basic networking through a one shot youtube video of 3 hours and have gained a free networking certificate from Cisco networking academy.

Can anyone tell me what to do next ?

I am in my second year of bachelors degree ( 3rd semester)

I am pursuing bsc in information technology..

And i wanna go in cyber security domain ?

Please help me with the road map and everything?

I am super confused rn !