Self initiated 12-week intensive cybersecurity challenge, one
project per week, publicly documented on LinkedIn and GitHub.
Demonstrates initiative, consistency, and practical
problem-solving.
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Week 1: Build a Basic Vulnerability Scanner:
Identify open ports and common system weaknesses.
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Week 2: Set Up a Virtual Lab with VMs:
Configure isolated environments for safe testing.
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Week 3: Network Packet Sniffer: Capture and
analyze network traffic.
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Week 4: Password Strength Analyzer: Evaluate
and enforce strong password policies.
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Week 5: Simple Intrusion Detection System:
Monitor and detect suspicious activities.
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Week 6: Firewall Setup: Configure rules to
control incoming and outgoing traffic.
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Week 7: Security Log Analyzer: Parsing
Ubuntu auth.log and ufw.log, JSON reports + matplotlib/seaborn
visualizations.
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Week 8: Malware Sandbox Analysis Framework:
VirtualBox VMs (Ubuntu 22.04 + Kali Linux observer, host-only
network).
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Week 9: Threat Feed Aggregator: Collect and
unify threat intelligence from multiple sources.
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Week 10: SIEM Dashboard: Visualize and
monitor security events in real-time.
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Week 11: Incident Response Automation:
Automate detection and response to security incidents.
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Week 12: Final Security Audit: Conduct a
full system security review and report findings.
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Tools: Nmap, Wireshark, Burp Suite, Metasploit, OpenVAS,
Python, Kali Linux and many more.
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8+ weeks completed with public documentation on LinkedIn and
GitHub.
PythonNmap
Kali LinuxUbuntuScapyVirtualBox
UFW
IPtables
Regex
Pandas
OpenVAS
Kali Linux
