Cybersecurity from Scratch: free course

Passwords, 2FA, phishing, fake support and wallets: how to protect yourself after the Binance hack. What happened and who hunts you · Accounts · Devices · Scams · Crypto · Networks and the plan

1. What happened and who hunts you

The $6.3B Binance hack by the facts, the three doors attackers use on ordinary people and what they want from you.

• How one laptop cost $6.3 billion
• Who hunts you and why

2. Accounts

Passwords nobody can guess, a password manager, 2FA from SMS to passkeys, and protecting your email and phone number from SIM swaps.

• Passwords nobody can guess
• A password manager: remember just one
• 2FA: from SMS to passkeys
• Email and phone number: the master keys

3. Devices

Updates as the most boring superpower, phone settings against theft, and a computer that won’t share the fate of the Binance engineer’s laptop.

• Updates: the boring superpower
• Your phone: lock, theft and apps
• Your computer: don’t repeat Binance’s mistake

4. Scams

How to spot phishing by the address and by the pressure, fake support and “compensation” after big hacks, and dream jobs with a malicious test task.

• Phishing: how not to take the bait
• Fake support
• Fake jobs and test tasks

5. Crypto

Exchange or your own wallet, where to keep a seed phrase, exchange security settings, signatures and approvals that drain wallets, and address poisoning.

• Exchange or your own wallet
• Signatures and addresses

6. Networks and the plan

Wi-Fi, VPNs and your router without the myths, then a minute-by-minute plan for when you get hacked and a final security check compared with your first one.

• Wi-Fi, VPN and your router
• Your plan if you get hacked

Is the course free?

Yes. All lessons are free, and the first one opens without signing up. A free account only saves your progress.