This is the table of contents for a 17 part series on teaching cybersecurity to middle and high school students. Introduction to the shell Introduction, The challenge and introduction to the mission. Part

This is the 17th post of a series for teaching cyber-security in a coding-club. Read [part 16] Putting it all together Combining it all In this unit we'll use what we have learnt in the previous units

This is the 16th post of a series for teaching cyber-security in a coding-club. Read [part 15] Bash scripts The Shell By now you should be familiar with the operation of the shell (and the programs which

This is the 15th post of a series for teaching cyber-security in a coding-club. Read [part 14]. Host & whois Information gathering When hackers want to attack a target they will have an initial phase

This is the 14th post of a series for teaching cyber-security in a coding-club. Read [part 13]. Ping Pong on the World Wide Web Connecting to the internet In the first module you learnt many commands to

This is the 13th post of a series for teaching cyber-security in a coding-club. Read [part 12] Overview Cowsay Let's install a new program called cowsay. Remember you can do that with: sudo apt install

This is the 12th post of a series for teaching cyber-security in a coding-club. Read [part 11] Copying files I need the same file in different directories As we have learned, bash commands allow us to

This is the 11th post of a series for teaching cyber-security in a coding-club. Read [part 10]. Pipes and security Pipes and dictionaries How would you guess a password? A lot of people use common words,

This is the 10th post of a series for teaching cyber-security in a coding-club. Read [part 9]. Pipe and count Disk Usage In our mission we may have to inspect large files. For example creating a file full

This is the 9th post of a series for teaching cyber-security in a coding-club. Read [part 8] Create directories and move files Creating directories We have a lot of files and folders on our home directory,

This is the 8th post of a series for teaching cyber-security in a coding-club. Read [part 7] Seeing processes View all processes in a machine You should have done the following: sudo apt install htop which

This is the 7th post of a series for teaching cyber-security in a coding-club. Read [part 6]. Hacking and protecting the secret server Our mission is to get inside this server and fix the security: In

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Hacking and protecting the secret server Our mission is to get inside this server and fix the security: In the previous unit, we learnt to interact with the shell, to send commands to the core of the computer.

This is the 6th post of a series for teaching cyber-security in a coding-club. Read [part 5]. If you are teaching this course you can clone the files and directories to follow along. The files can be found

This is the 5th post of a series for teaching cyber-security in a coding-club. Read [part 4] Listing hidden files The ls command ommited directories and files with a dot Aha! You are becoming a sharp-eyed

This is the 4th post of a series for teaching cyber-security in a coding-club. Read [part 3] Where we are currently? Remember that we said our server in Holland won't have a mouse, a keyboard or a screen.

This is the 3rd post of a series for teaching cyber-security in a coding-club. Read [part 2] Introduction The shell is sometimes called terminal, command line interface or CLI. It's the place where you

This is the 2nd post of a series for teaching cyber-security in a coding-club. Read [part 1] Where is he typing? and what do those commands mean? 1.1.2 The layers in a computer Most of the time you interact

Intro I teach Physics in an all-girls school and run a coding club once a week. My students are free to join, and are between the ages of 10 and 17. My first surprise came with the absolute top favorite