⋆ Aspiring Cybersecurity Professional (Self-Taught)
★ Focus Areas: Ethical Hacking ⤷ Digital Forensics ⤷ OSINT ⤷ Threat Intelligence
ˎˊ˗ Currently learning cybersecurity fundamentals from scratch
✦ Career Goal: Entry-level Cybersecurity Analyst / Penetration Tester
.ᐟ.ᐟ Documenting my learning journey through projects and labs- Networking fundamentals (TCP/IP, DNS, HTTP/S)
- Linux administration (Kali Linux / Ubuntu)
- Cybersecurity principles (CIA triad, threat models)
- Ethical hacking fundamentals
- Web application security basics (OWASP Top 10)
- OSINT methodologies and tools
- Digital forensics fundamentals- Recon / OSINT:
- theHarvester
- Sherlock
- Maltego (learning)
- Pentesting:
- Nmap
- Burp Suite
- Metasploit Framework
- Network Analysis:
- Wireshark
- Forensics:
- Autopsy
- FTK Imager (learning)
- Systems:
- MacOS
- Linux (Kali, Ubuntu)
- Windows Security Concepts(Optional tracking section)
- Home Cybersecurity Lab (VirtualBox / VMware)
- TryHackMe beginner rooms walkthroughs
- Hack The Box starting machines
- OSINT investigations on public datasets
- Packet analysis using Wireshark- Build strong networking + Linux foundations
- Learn vulnerability assessment techniques
- Practice ethical hacking legally and safely
- Build real OSINT case studies
- Develop incident response skills
- Earn first cybersecurity certification (Security+ or equivalent)- Google Cybersecurity Certificate (beginner path)
- CompTIA Security+ (industry baseline)
- eJPT (Junior Penetration Tester)
- OSCP (long-term goal)LinkedIn: [N/A]
TryHackMe: https://tryhackme.com/p/boristhecool
Hack The Box: https://app.hackthebox.com/profile/boristhecool
GitHub: https://github.com/boristhecool
