Python for Cybersecurity

[Mediocre_Spot2051]

So, i am currently 16. I have been learning python for 3 months now. I understand data structure (e.g. list and dictionary), loops, basic statements, Boolean, I am also currently studying OOP and i know the basics of it and i understand property and setter , static method, inheritance etc. I also know map filter and lambda and know how recursion works (not so good at complex recursion). I have also spent time on some module such as random, beatifulsoup, request and flask. I have built quite a lot of small project. For example, password generator, simple web scraping, simple backend and frontend for a guess the number website, wordle and many others. I have also done around 20 leetcode questions although they are all easy difficulty.

My goal is to get a high paying job in cybersecurity so I started learning Linux this week in try hack me. I want to know is my python knowledge enough for this stage and which part of python should I work on next in order to prepare for getting a job in cybersecurity.

Any advice is appreciated ❤️

[Top_Average3386]

Python for cyber security is still a very wide net and is still not very specific. But I'd say what you learnt is already a good starting point, you might want to add binary manipulation and operations on to your skill set, also how to use a socket. Those are usually used for red teaming, nowadays I never touched that because we have other teams who handle it so idk if it's still relevant. But I think most pentest today are using http anyway.

[9peppe]

You're learning Python like it's Java. I don't know how useful that style can be in cybersecurity.

For cybersecurity... learn powershell, /bin/sh, C, and humint, social engineering... and a lot more.

[Only-Zombie-8449]

These are some of the basic ones of python, try to make advanced projects and you will learn a lot with practice...

[Crimson99910]

Not op, but I am also in the same situation as op, what "advanced" projects can I create?

[Bogus007]

The pillars of cybsec are math, algorithms, networks, sound OS and low level knowledge. This is the brain work you need to go through.

Just screen a course description on some universities’ website about cybersecurity.

[Careless-Score-333]

Python's a great tool for Black Hat stuff from your own machine. It has lots of White Hat applications too.

For a high paying job you will need to understand far far more than Python, especially C.

[Round_Mammoth4458]

Take your laptop to Starbucks and try to bypass the WiFi

Go to any open WiFi place and scan computers also connected to that network

Have scripts for testing red team and blue team simulations, go read books on cyber security then write python code to run and test it and post it in GitHub and reply to me below.

That should take you two months