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Cybersecurity & Ethical Hacking · 🏫 Carnegie Mellon University (optional platform for continued practice)

Cyber Summer Camp - "So You Wanna Be a Hacker?"

Students gain hands-on cybersecurity skills by solving real capture the flag challenges in a safe, beginner-friendly online environment, taught by a CompTIA CySA+ certified analyst and Ivy League expert instructor.

🔥 Middle/High School 🕒 2-week Virtual Camp Online Beginner-friendly 💰 $88/session
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About this camp

This 4-session online course offers a hands-on, high-energy exploration into cybersecurity and ethical hacking. Students will learn Linux basics using Google Cloud Shell, a real-world tool, and build and host their own simple web page to understand website functionality and vulnerabilities. The curriculum then progresses to ethical hacking techniques using an educational vulnerable website, allowing students to identify and understand real security flaws. The camp culminates in several cyber challenges where participants apply their skills, solve puzzles, and develop a hacker's mindset. The course emphasizes interactive learning with live demos, real-time coding, group discussions, and team-based challenges.

What a typical day looks like

A typical day involves interactive sessions with live demos, real-time coding, group discussions, and team-based challenges to solve capture the flag exercises.

Best suited for

This camp is ideal for teens interested in AI, video game design, and Python coding, who are curious about how websites work and how to identify security flaws.

What you'll learn

Linux basics Web page building and hosting Ethical hacking techniques Identifying security flaws Capture the Flag (CTF) challenges Cryptography Web exploitation

Location

Virtual Camp

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