A Beginner's Guide to Cybersecurity & Ethical Hacking using Hack The Box

Are you a beginner that wants to learn Cybersecurity & Ethical Hacking skills?
In this lesson we cover the basics of the Hack The Box platform and discuss how we will use it in this video series. You can expect to learn the following in this video:
- The value of the Security Mindset
- The value of the Hacker Mindset
- The potential for Offensive to Inform Defense
- Navigating the Hack The Box website
- Various features of Hack The Box
- Exposure to the Hack The Box ranking system
- Ideas on how Hack The Box can be used to learn various Cybersecurity & Ethical Hacking Skills
- Ways you can advance your career using Hack The Box
- How to create content for Hack The Box via User Submitted Walkthroughs and hosting your own blog site
This video is the 1st video in the free video course A Beginner's Guide to Cybersecurity & Ethical Hacking on Hack The Box:
• A Beginners Guide to C...
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Creators & Companies Mentioned:
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Course Instructor:
Robert "Bob" Theisen
/ robertfth. .
bob.ltneighbor.net/
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[@destynetheisen5636]

Awesome video thanks for putting the beginners on! 💪🏽

[@ltnlabs]

Thank you for the encouragement as always!

[@michellexcyber]

Awesome. Thanks for this!

[@ltnlabs]

Anytime. More episodes coming soon.

[@tresoutherland7983]

He's describing ME in the beginning of the video hahaha!!

[@ltnlabs]

What part do you mean 😂?

[@airbornemason688]

I just started HTB two days ago. Im almost all the way through tier 0.

[@ltnlabs]

Nice work! Keeping going!!!

[@jayelass3707]

were u completely new to cyber security?

[@airbornemason688]

@jayelass3707 yeah I'd still consider myself new

[@jayelass3707]

@@airbornemason688 how deep is ur prior knowledge in IT

[@bytebasherr]

A well detailed one as always. Good job on this one

[@ltnlabs]

I appreciate that

[@danielwilliams3893]

I'm brand new to HTB and I'm also about to start online college for Cyber Security. Which path should I start with first on the academy?

[@ltnlabs]

That is awesome that you decided to pursue Cybersecurity. On HTB Academy I recommend you start with the Information Security Foundations path

[@nomadicwolf6132]

For sure. Fundamentals first.

[@cyberdevil657]

I agree with everything here :) But what i don't really like is the uncertainty about when you pay a expensive course if it will actually be valuable in the job market. I struggle to get my high school degree but i have been doing I.T my entire childhood as a form of escape & passion. I started at a really young age fully focusing on hacking as a escape that makes me feel happy. Anyway the thing is i can finish every single cert with no problem, BUT i cannot sit in a schoolbank and listen to yapping about Math or politics. It's a really bad flaw in my personality, but it's keeping me from having a job in cybersecurity. A legit question i have is if i pay for a course like the official pentest will it actually be like a degree or will this be completely irrelevant?

[@ltnlabs]

I understand your perspective. The short answer to your question is yes. There are plenty of Cybersecurity professionals that do not have a degree. They did it and so can you. Id recommend getting as much practice as possible on HackTheBox and aiming to obtain practical certifications. I recommend getting ejpt, CPTS and OSCP. Also, attend Cybersecurity conferences to get to know people in the industry.

[@CyberSecJourn]

I agree that beginners are overwhelmed with EVERYTHING. Even all the KZbin channels out there supposedly teaching ethical hacking? Like how you sound on your videos, much better than me "and you look better too LOL" but I have to LOVE anyone that is helping people learn cybersecurity 4SHO. My channel is from a totally different view that "ethical" but still very valuable as the channel is not even a month old and has blown up. But keep up the good work teaching.

[@ltnlabs]

Thank you!

[@ani-zxk]

since when did Boromir have such a passion for cybersecurity

[@ltnlabs]

👌

[@davidegiovannini5803]

ciao!! se non ho esperienza nel campo, e nemmeno tanta conoscenza di questo mondo, con HackTheBox posso imparare?

[@matteoresmini8999]

Ciao, provo a risponderti io. Sto seguendo ora il percorso da pentester per ottenere la certificazione CPTS. HTB parte dalle basi, ma se non hai mai smanettato con sistemi Linux o Windows e non ha esperienza di programmazione o reti e non hai una mente da "troubleshooter", secondo me, diventa complicato. L’hacking non è un argomento per principianti assoluti. Gli argomenti sono tanti e la difficoltà cresce esponenzialmente. Però se stai concentrato e ci metti passione e studio quotidiano, non è impossibile. Comunque devi sapere l’inglese in maniera fluente.

[@davidegiovannini5803]

Grazie mille! Io mi sono buttato su try hack me..è più una passione personale e voglia di imparare nuove cose!! Vedrò fin dove arrivo!! Grazie ancora!

[@detman68]

I am in

[@CLAVERTNGOITA]

I like biging the hacking man I speak no macht english

[@shaneevans978]

Bro, you sound WAY to much like post Malone

[@ltnlabs]

You think so?