
Week 2 — Day 8: AWS Secrets Manager & Parameter Store
A full walkthrough of AWS Secrets Manager and SSM Parameter Store — how to store, rotate, and retrieve secrets securely without hardcoding credentials anywhere.

A full walkthrough of AWS Secrets Manager and SSM Parameter Store — how to store, rotate, and retrieve secrets securely without hardcoding credentials anywhere.

A full walkthrough of AWS WAF for application-layer filtering and AWS Shield for DDoS protection — how they work, how to configure them, and how they fit into your defense stack.
Test your enumeration skills on this boot-to-root machine.

Nmap progression guide starts with stealthy discovery and moves toward aggressive enumeration

A full walkthrough of Amazon Inspector v2 — automated vulnerability scanning for EC2 instances, ECR container images, and Lambda functions.
Take your TShark skills to the next level by implementing Wireshark functionalities in the CLI.

WEEK 4 Locating & Fixing Exploits, Password Attacks
Chapter 2 of Linux Shell Scripting Cookbook — core command-line tools every scripter needs

A full walkthrough of AWS GuardDuty for intelligent threat detection and Security Hub for centralizing and prioritizing security findings across your AWS environment.
Exploit insecure file upload functionality, gain reverse shell access, and escalate privileges via SUID Python binary.