Cybersecurity 101: Search Skills (TryHackMe)

TryHackMe has released a new Learning Path challenge i.e. Cybersecurity 101 with over $28,000 worth of prizes for grabs in the form of multiple tickets which can be redeemed as TryHackMe vouchers, DEFCON 2025 tickets, Amazon gifts, and TryHackMe t-shirts, among others. To participate you can Launch Learning Path and get more details on TryWinMe: Think Cyber Monopoly

This article will cover one of the rooms on this challenge which covers the evaluation of Search Skills, Search Engines, Specialized Search Engines, Vulnerabilities and Exploitation, Technical Documentation, and Social Media.

According to THM, a quick Google search for “learn cyber security” returned around 600 million hits, while a search for “learn hacking” returned more than double that number! The number might have grown even further when you go through this room.

1. What do you call a cryptographic method or product considered bogus or fraudulent? snake oil

2. What is the name of the command replacing netstat in Linux systems? ss

3. How would you limit your Google search to PDF files containing the terms cyber warfare report? filetype:pdf cyber warfare report

4. What phrase does the Linux command ss stand for? socket statistics

5. What is the top country with lighttpd servers? United States

6. What does BitDefenderFalx detect the file with the hash 2de70ca737c1f4602517c555ddd54165432cf231ffc0e21fb2e23b9dd14e7fb4 as? Android.Riskware.Agent.LHH

Visit VirusTotal to search for the file with this given hash, and then you’ll see the detection for BitDefenderFalx

7. What does the Linux command cat stand for? concatenate

8. What is the netstat parameter in MS Windows that displays the executable associated with each active connection and listening port? -b

9. You are hired to evaluate the security of a particular company. What is a popular social media website you would use to learn about the technical background of one of their employees? LinkedIn

10. Continuing with the previous scenario, you are trying to find the answer to the secret question, “Which school did you go to as a child?”. What social media website would you consider checking to find the answer to such secret questions? Facebook

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