The first cybersecurity cohort
The first Rushd cybersecurity cohort has wrapped up. Here is what it covered.
Every session is taught by people who hold industry certifications, work in government or at tech companies, or both.
Meet the mentors
The people who taught the cohort. All of them work in offensive security day to day.
Rushd ran its first cybersecurity cohort
The first Rushd cybersecurity cohort has wrapped up. Here is what it covered.
Only the students who solved the flag in the mini-CTF moved on to the next round.
Live offensive security sessions for students at Aleppo University and Homs University, with more than 1,000 people joining live.
A course CTF built around web exploitation (SQL injection) and network penetration testing, so students could practice on realistic targets.
Cybersecurity fundamentals roadmap
A light, clean roadmap for anyone interested in offensive security. We update it regularly to match where the current Rushd cohort is.
If you run into anything paid, skip it and stick to the free version.
On HTB Academy, set the filter to Tier 0 and study everything free on the site. It offers translations into several languages, but right now they are all machine generated, so you are better off studying in English.
OpenThis one needs an account and a login. It drops you into the Hack The Box Starting Point machines, Tier 0, 1, 2 and so on. Get through the free ones.
OpenOnce your level is higher and you have finished a fair few rooms and boxes, start on these machines, ordered by difficulty.
OpenTop students
The students who stood out in cohort 1.
Badge Awards
The unofficial awards from cohort 1, straight out of the group chat.
Purple Double Agent
Rahaf
Cats Spammer
Rezan
Full Stop Police
Marwan
Idlib Spy
Mohammad
Most Passionate Person
Afraa
Future BMW Owner
Moneer
Most Mispronounced Name
Sana
Personal Issue with Al-Altareef
Albatool
Out of Context Message Sender
Abd Alrhman
Wrongfully Vote-Kicked
Moneer No. 2
Better Late Than Never
Cindy
Search and Destroy
Ali
No Screenshots Please
Ayman
Read Receipts Only
Abdullah
Vitamin و
Eagle
LinkedIn Premium
Majd
Knows a Guy Who Knows a Guy
Abdulrhman
Chicken & Za'atar Guy
Abed