How to Use VirusTotal: A Beginner’s Guide to Checking Files & Links
You’ve just received a strange email with an attachment you weren’t expecting. You know from our guide to spotting phishing…
The 5 Best Cybersecurity Books for Beginners (2025 Reading List)
Online courses and hands-on labs are essential for learning practical skills, but some of the best foundational knowledge still comes…
How to Start a Career in Cybersecurity (A Beginner’s Roadmap)
Cybersecurity is one of the fastest-growing and most exciting fields in technology. But for a beginner, it can seem intimidating.…
Nmap for Beginners: A Simple Guide to Your First Network Scan
Congratulations on setting up your first hacking lab! You now have a powerful environment, but a lab is useless without…
How to Set Up Your First Hacking Lab: A Beginner’s Guide
So far on CyberTerminal, we’ve covered the essential concepts of cybersecurity—from understanding malware to using a VPN. Now, it’s time…
What Does a Firewall Protect Against? (A Simple Guide)
You’ve probably heard that you need a firewall to be safe online, but what does a firewall actually do? Think…
What is Google Cloud Platform (GCP)? A Beginner’s Guide
Do you use Google Search, watch YouTube videos, or send emails with Gmail? If so, you’re using one of the…
What is Microsoft Azure? A Beginner’s Guide
In our last guide, we explored the dominant leader of the cloud market, Amazon Web Services (AWS). But the world…
What is AWS? A Beginner’s Guide to Amazon Web Services
When you stream a movie on Netflix, browse photos on Reddit, or use countless other major websites and apps, you…
How to Create Strong Passwords (and Actually Remember Them)
In our digital lives, we are protected by a series of secret keys: our passwords. They guard everything from our…