No matter, either you are offensive or defensive, we highly recommend CTFs to kick-start your career to cyber security
You must have heard of the online programming contests on various online platforms. A CTF (Capture The Flag), in the same way, is an online contest challenging participants to solve some tasks for hacking their way into servers, Machines, Websites, APIs, IoT devices, Routers and everything else you can think of in the digital world. These tasks may include a scavenger hunt on Wikipedia or some basic programming exercises to get a desired flag (a string/code decoded or hacked).
# Zeal and enthusiasm
# Linux is must
# Basic programming understanding
# Computer Networking
# Operating system basic understanding
# Database basic understanding
# BONUS - You should know How to search and What to search on Internet
1. Jeopardy based
2. Attack & Defense
Jeopardy! is a type of classic game where you have different challenges on screen and you have to find the desired solution (Flag) using the hints given in the challenges. There is also a real time leaderboard where the score of participants is visible adjacent to their name. After the completion of CTF, the top scorers are awarded and considered as winners.
This gives your a real feel of live hacking ! Under this category you have a team with both offensive and defensive skills. There are several servers in a virtual network connected to a central server and your team has access to one of them. All individual teams are supposed to defend their server from any attack and attacking to other's server side by side. Teams won points for getting access to other's server and for defending own server.
1. Web Exploitation
2. Cryptography
3. OSINT
4. Forensics
5. Steganography
6. Reverse Engineering
7. Binary Exploitation