{First Step To Cyber Security == TryHackMe Pre Security == Cyber Security Basics 101} walkthrough

Madhusudan Patidar
6 min readJul 7, 2021

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Hello readers

welcome to this blog first let me intoduce you to myself ,

i am Madhusudan Patidar a cyber security enthuasiast guy i am well expreinced in CTF’s and security and i love to hack i think thats enough about me you can follow me on social media with the handle “@0xfuds”

so i am not good in writing i am writing 2nd blog of my life so if you found some mistakes forgive me !

This is the Complete Walkthrough of TryHackMe Pre Security learning path.

TryHackMe is cyber security learning platform by means of CTF’s and walkthroughs which is best i personally recommended “tryhackme is the best ever security learning and practice platform in the whole internet for beginners especially ”

so if you are not from cyber security background or related and want to learn cyber security from scratch this is for you

Basic Introduction of Pre Security learning path

like if we learn any language for example English , from where we start what was our first step it is learning of alphabet and then we can form words with this alphabets and then vocabulary then we can form sentences with the help of words similarly “tryhackme pre security learning path” is like alphabet is like our first step in the world of cyber security if you learn it well you have your basics clear so in future you can do things easily that’s it , so basically

Pre Security learning path is Vocabulary for Cyber Security

this path covers basics like how network works how web works how technology works it has 40 hours of content within 15 tryhackme rooms

after completing this path you can get your certificate also by tryhackme

learning path preview in tryhackme

and one more news if you complete this path before 15 july you can get $1500 worth of rewards

you can get more info here https://tryhackme.com/room/tickets1

Now lets enter in the path click enroll in path to see which rooms are in the path

rooms in pre security learning path

so first we have one room “Cyber Security Introduction”

in this room you have introduction to cyber security not much in the room but yeah it contains basics of web hacking and network security

here is link to the room https://tryhackme.com/room/beginnerpathintro

next we have Network fundamentals it contains 5 basic rooms by completing them you lean about how network works what are the basic component of network how they can be vulnerable

first we have ‘what is networking’ in this you learn https://tryhackme.com/jr/whatisnetworking

  1. what is internet
  2. identifying devices on internet
  3. how ping works

then we have ‘intro to LAN ’ in this room you learn about https://tryhackme.com/room/introtolan

  1. lan topologies
  2. subnetting
  3. ARP
  4. DHCP

then we have ‘OSI model ’ in this room you learn about https://tryhackme.com/room/osimodelzi

  1. what is osi model
  2. different layers of osi model 1–7
  3. practically how it works

then we have ‘packets and frames ’ in this room you learn about https://tryhackme.com/room/packetsframes

  1. what is packets and frames
  2. tcp/ip
  3. practical handshake
  4. udp/ip
  5. ports 101

then we have our final room ‘extending your network’ in this we have https://tryhackme.com/room/extendingyournetwork

this is the conclusion of networking model after completing this room you got a badge of “networking nerd”

  1. port forwarding
  2. firewalls 101
  3. practical firewall
  4. vpn basics
  5. lan networking devices
  6. simulating a network practical

Now our next module is How The Web Works

it has 4 rooms by completing this module you get how web works how a browser fetches a website from the server what is the internal processes means how dns works and HTTP

how web works module in preview

firstly you have ‘DNS in Detail ’ in this room we learn about what is DNS types of DNS and more

  1. what is DNS
  2. record types i.e.MX,AA,TXT,AAAA …
  3. domain hierarchy
  4. making a request to dns
  5. and practically we do fetch

next we have ‘HTTP in Detail’ in this room we learn about how http works in practical

  1. what is http and https
  2. requests and responses
  3. http methods
  4. http status codes
  5. headers , cookies
  6. and practically how to make a request

next we have ‘how websites works’ in this room we learn about

  1. how website works
  2. html
  3. javascript
  4. sensitive data exposure
  5. html injection

now we have ‘putting it all together’ in this room we combine the knowledge of previous task to understand it more clearly

after completing this room you now understand how web works and you earned a badge “world wide web” in tryhackme

our Next module is Linux Fundamentals

in this module we learn to use linux basic file handling and networking and more things in linux and its very important from security purpose of view

linux fundamentals module preview

in this module we learn to use linux in a practical way , i like this most about tryhackme that it teaches things practically

we have 3 rooms in this

in part 1 we learn about

  1. some background of linux
  2. interacting with your linux machine
  3. running your few commands
  4. interacting with file system
  5. searching for files
  6. introduction to shell operators

in part 2 we learn about

  1. accessing you machine using SSH
  2. introduction to flags and switches
  3. file system interaction continued
  4. permissions 101
  5. common directories

in part 3 we learn about

  1. terminal text editor
  2. general useful utilities
  3. processes 101
  4. maintaining your system automation
  5. package management
  6. logs

our Next module is Windows fundamentals

this modules introduce you to windows , basic functions of windows how that works we learn with the help of two rooms

windows fundamentals path preview

in this part 1 we learn about

  1. windows editions
  2. the desktop(GUI)
  3. the file system
  4. the windows\system32 folder
  5. user accounts , profiles and permissions
  6. user account control
  7. settings and control panel
  8. task manager

In Part 2 we learn about

  1. system configurations
  2. change UAC settings
  3. computer management
  4. system information
  5. resource monitor
  6. command prompt
  7. registry editor

and after completing this you earn your certification

welcome to the world of cyber security now yours basics are clear you can proceed further

thanks for reading my blog post i just want to make it shorts that’s why i just wrote the points else if i explain it more the blog would be of 30 minutes read at least that’s why

Once again thank You

thank you tryhackme.com for providing such rooms for beginner .

Whats Next

sign up on tryhackme you can use my link https://tryhackme.com/signup?referrer=1ad011ae954dc7d5ed8eae2a3c6102a1ea5574d3

and try solving more complex rooms

trust me with tryhackme you will become a cyber Warrior

follow me on

https://linkedin.com/in/0xfuds

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Madhusudan Patidar
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