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Cyber Roadmap

The document outlines a 12-week Cybersecurity and Ethical Hacking roadmap, detailing essential tools and weekly goals. Each week focuses on different topics such as networking, Linux mastery, Windows basics, and various hacking techniques, with practice exercises and questions for reinforcement. The latter weeks cover advanced topics including vulnerability analysis, exploitation, web app hacking, and bug bounty introduction.

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Cyber Roadmap

The document outlines a 12-week Cybersecurity and Ethical Hacking roadmap, detailing essential tools and weekly goals. Each week focuses on different topics such as networking, Linux mastery, Windows basics, and various hacking techniques, with practice exercises and questions for reinforcement. The latter weeks cover advanced topics including vulnerability analysis, exploitation, web app hacking, and bug bounty introduction.

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Cybersecurity & Ethical Hacking Roadmap (12 Weeks Plan)

Tools You’ll Need from Day 1:

• VirtualBox or VMware

• Kali Linux (or Parrot OS)

• Windows OS in VM

• Notion or Obsidian for notes

• GitHub account for keeping projects

• Terminal & Networking mindset

Week 1: Cyber Basics + Networking

Goal: Strong foundation in how the internet & systems communicate.

• Topics:

o What is Cybersecurity?

o CIA Triad (Confidentiality, Integrity, Availability)

o Types of Cyber Attacks

o OSI Model (7 Layers) & TCP/IP Model

o IP, MAC, Ports, Protocols (TCP, UDP, HTTP/S, DNS, FTP)

o What is DNS Spoofing, ARP Poisoning?

• Practice:

o Use ping, tracert, ipconfig, netstat, nslookup

o Draw OSI & TCP/IP layers from memory

• Questions:

o Explain how a request goes from browser to server.

o What is the difference between IP and MAC?

Week 2: Linux Mastery (for Hackers)


Goal: Get comfy with Linux commands & Kali Linux

• Topics:

o File system structure: /bin, /etc, /home

o Important commands: ls, cd, chmod, grep, awk, find, cat

o Bash scripting basics

o User permissions, sudo, root access

• Practice:

o Install Kali Linux in VM

o Navigate directories, create users

o Bash script: automate file creation

• Questions:

o How to give executable permission to a file?

o How to find all .txt files in a folder?

Week 3: Windows Basics + System Internals

Goal: Learn Windows OS structure, registry, PowerShell

• Topics:

o CMD vs PowerShell

o Windows file paths, hidden files

o Windows Services, Registry basics

o Commonly exploited Windows features

• Practice:

o Create & hide folders using CMD

o PowerShell: List processes, services

o Explore Task Manager deeply

• Questions:
o What’s the Windows Registry and why is it important?

o How to find running services?

Week 4: Virtualization + Kali Tools Intro

Goal: Learn how to set up attack & victim machines.

• Topics:

o How to use VirtualBox/VMWare

o Installing Kali, Windows, Metasploitable

o Snapshot, NAT, Host-only adapter

o Kali tools overview: Nmap, Nikto, whois

• Practice:

o Ping between Kali & Windows

o Scan using Nmap

o Basic vulnerability scan with Nikto

• Questions:

o What’s the difference between NAT & Bridged?

o What are open ports?

Week 5: Reconnaissance (Information Gathering)

Goal: Learn how hackers gather public data

• Topics:

o Passive Recon: Google Dorking, WHOIS, NSlookup

o Active Recon: Nmap (Types of scan), Netcat

o Shodan, the hacker search engine

• Practice:

o Google Dorks to find login pages


o Whois lookups for popular domains

o Use Nmap to scan local network

• Questions:

o How can you find subdomains?

o What is an OS scan in Nmap?

Week 6-12 include:

• Week 6: Vulnerability Analysis

• Week 7: Exploitation Basics (Metasploit)

• Week 8: Gaining Access + Privilege Escalation

• Week 9: Web App Hacking (OWASP Top 10)

• Week 10: SQLi, XSS, CSRF, File Uploads

• Week 11: Password Attacks, Hashes, Cracking

• Week 12: Bug Bounty Intro + Final Projects

Would you like me to send you Weeks 6–12 now, or weekly one-by-one so you stay focused?

Also, should I create a Notion template or PDF version for this roadmap with daily tasks?

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