ISC2 Ho Chi Minh City Chapter

A safe and secure cyber world

Category: Hybrid Hands on

  • LetsDefend

    Name & Direct Link: LetsDefend

    Platform: LetsDefend

    Cost: Free – $40/month

    Good For Beginners: Yes

    Hands-On Component: Yes

    Community: They have a Discord server

    Proof of Completion: Each learning path has a proof of completion

    Student Discount: They have Special Pricing for Students (50% off)

    Learning Paths:

    • Malware Analysis
    • Incident Responder
    • SOC Analyst
    • Detection Engineering
    • Cybersecurity for Students

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    In addition to learning paths, they offer several courses. Some of them are free.

  • TryhackMe

    Name & Direct Link: TryHackMe

    For Beginners: Yes – Has Easy, Medium and Hard Challenges as well as learning paths for beginners.

    Cost: Free – $126/year

    Student Discount: They offer a 20% discount for students.

    DFIR & Blue Team Challenges Include: Investigating Windows, Windows Forensics, Linux Forensics, Redline, Disk Analysis & Autopsy, Reverse Engineering, Volatility, OSINT, Malware Analysis, Splunk, Linux, Ghidra, & Radare2, Suricata, Graylog, OpenEDR, Linux Fundamentals, Windows Fundamentals, MITRE, YARA, MISP, Threat Intelligence, Memory Forensics, TShark, Linux Server Forensics,

    OSINT Challenges Include: Sakura Room, Grep, KaffeeSec – SoMESINT, Google Dorking, Searchlight – IMINT, Shodan.io, webOSINT, Geolocating Images

    Premium Includes: The following Learning Paths:

    • Pre-Security (Learn the Basics)
    • Introduction to Cybersecurity
    • Cyber Defense (Detection, Identification, Response, Intelligence Gathering)
    • SOC Level 1 (Detection & Analysis, SIEM Tools, Endpoint Monitoring, Analyzing Forensic Artifacts)
    • SOC Level 3 (Log Analysis, ELK, Splunk, Threat Hunting, Detection Engineering, Malware Analysis, Incident Response)

    Community: There is a TryHackMe Discord Server

    Proof of Completion: Certificate of Completion for Completing Learning Paths.

  • Hack the Box

    Name & Affiliate Link*: HTB Academy

    Platform: Hack the Box

    Hands-On Component: Yes

    Cost:

    Free (Unable to go straight to Easy. Medium or Hard modules)

    Subscription (Student, Silver, Gold, Platinum): Ranges from $8/month to $490/year

    This contains both offensive and defensive courses.

    Topics Include:

    Defensive: YARA & Sigma for SOC Analysts, Detecting Windows Attacks with Splunk, Security Monitoring & SIEM Fundamentals, Introduction to Threat Hunting & Hunting with Elastic, Windows Event Logs and Finding Evil, Intermediate Network Traffic Analysis, Introduction to Malware Analysis, Understanding Log Sources & Investigating with Splunk, Windows Attacks & Defense

    Offensive: Modern Web Exploitation Techniques, NTLM Relay Attacks, Network Enumeration with NMAP, Cracking Passwords with Hashcat, File Inclusion, File Transfers, OSINT: Corporate Recon, SQL Injection Fundamentals, Using the Metasploit Framework, Buffer Overflows, Privilege Escalation

    General: Security Incident Reporting, Incident Handling Process, Documentation and Reporting, Linux Fundamentals, Introduction to Bash Scripting, Introduction to Networking, Windows Fundamentals, Intro to Network Traffic Analysis, Introduction to Active Directory, Intro to Assembly Language, Introduction to Python 3, Introduction to Windows Command Line

    Community: There is a Hack The Box Discord Server