ASecurityAcademy

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What you'll learn, start to finish.

A guided journey of 40+ hands-on rooms across 13 learning paths — from your very first flag to specialised, in-demand skills.

Every domain we cover

Web 7 rooms Start Here 6 rooms Blue Team 5 rooms AI Security 4 rooms Network 3 rooms Reverse Engineering 3 rooms Windows 3 rooms AppSec 2 rooms Cloud 2 rooms Forensics 2 rooms Linux 2 rooms OSINT 2 rooms Crypto 1 room Cryptography 1 room CTF 1 room Mobile 1 room Passwords 1 room Stego 1 room Wireless 1 room

Learning paths

Each path orders rooms so you always know what to learn next.

Start Here — Absolute Beginner

Never touched security before? Start here. Zero experience needed — every term and every step is explained.

6 rooms
  1. Welcome: How This Platform Works Easy Free
  2. Staying Legal & Safe Easy Free
  3. Setting Up Your Free Practice Lab Easy Free
  4. The Linux Terminal, From Zero Easy Free
  5. Your Essential Toolkit Easy Free
  6. Your First Hack: A Guided Walkthrough Easy Free
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Cyber Security 101

The complete beginner starting point. No experience needed.

6 rooms
  1. Intro to Web Security Easy Free
  2. Network Fundamentals Easy Free
  3. Linux Fundamentals Easy Free
  4. Windows Fundamentals Easy Free
  5. OSINT Fundamentals Easy Free
  6. CTF: First Blood Medium Free
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Web Hacking Fundamentals

Find and exploit the bugs that plague real web apps.

4 rooms
  1. Intro to Web Security Easy Free
  2. Web Exploitation Basics Medium Pro
  3. SQL Injection Hard Pro
  4. Cryptography 101 Medium Pro
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Offensive Pentesting

From reconnaissance to a root shell.

6 rooms
  1. Network Fundamentals Easy Free
  2. Nmap Deep Dive Medium Pro
  3. Password Cracking Medium Pro
  4. Web Exploitation Basics Medium Pro
  5. SQL Injection Hard Pro
  6. Linux Privilege Escalation Hard Pro
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Cyber Defense

Blue-team skills: detect, respond, and defend.

5 rooms
  1. Windows Fundamentals Easy Free
  2. Digital Forensics Intro Medium Pro
  3. SOC Analyst Simulation Hard Pro
  4. Incident Response Playbook Medium Pro
  5. Secure Coding for Teams Medium Pro
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Crypto and CTF Prep

Sharpen the skills that win capture-the-flag events.

5 rooms
  1. Cryptography 101 Medium Pro
  2. Steganography Medium Pro
  3. Password Cracking Medium Pro
  4. OSINT Fundamentals Easy Free
  5. CTF: First Blood Medium Free
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Fundamentals In Depth

Go deeper on the core building blocks — networking, the web, crypto, defence and the two most common web attacks.

6 rooms
  1. Networking Essentials Easy Free
  2. How the Web Works Easy Free
  3. Cryptography Foundations Easy Free
  4. The Cyber Kill Chain Easy Free
  5. SQL Injection In Depth Medium Pro
  6. Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) Medium Pro
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AI & LLM Security

Attack and defend machine-learning systems and large language models — the fastest-growing security field.

3 rooms
  1. Introduction to AI Security Easy Free
  2. Prompt Injection & Jailbreaks Medium Pro
  3. Attacking the ML Pipeline Medium Pro
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Game Hacking & Reverse Engineering

Learn memory, assembly and reverse engineering the fun way — ethically, on games you own.

3 rooms
  1. Game Hacking Fundamentals Easy Free
  2. Memory Scanning & Editing Medium Pro
  3. Reverse Engineering & Anti-Cheat Hard Pro
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Modern Offensive Security

Job-ready red-team skills: Windows privilege escalation, Active Directory, and API/SSRF exploitation.

3 rooms
  1. Windows Privilege Escalation Medium Pro
  2. Active Directory Attacks Hard Pro
  3. API Hacking & SSRF Medium Pro
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Cloud & DevSecOps

Secure what runs the modern internet: cloud accounts, identity, containers and Kubernetes.

2 rooms
  1. Cloud Security Fundamentals Easy Free
  2. Container & Kubernetes Security Medium Pro
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Advanced Blue Team

Go beyond alerts: hunt with MITRE ATT&CK and analyse malware safely.

2 rooms
  1. Threat Hunting with MITRE ATT&CK Medium Pro
  2. Malware Analysis Fundamentals Medium Pro
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Specialist Field Skills

High-value specialisms that make a CV stand out: mobile, wireless, OSINT, memory forensics, secure code review and AI red-teaming.

6 rooms
  1. Mobile Application Hacking Medium Pro
  2. OSINT Deep Dive Medium Pro
  3. Wi-Fi & Wireless Attacks Medium Pro
  4. Memory Forensics Hard Pro
  5. Secure Code Review Medium Pro
  6. AI Red Teaming Hard Pro
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Pick where to begin.

Follow a path from the start, or dive into any room that catches your eye.

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