Cybersecurity Projects
Hands-on projects to strengthen your skills in ethical hacking, network security, and threat analysis.
- Goal: Build a tool that scans websites for common vulnerabilities (XSS, SQLi, CSRF)
- Tools: Python, OWASP ZAP API, Requests, BeautifulSoup
- Outcome: CLI or GUI-based scanner with a vulnerability report
- Learning: Web security basics, OWASP Top 10
- Goal: Capture & analyze packets to identify suspicious traffic
- Tools: Python, Scapy, Wireshark, Tkinter
- Outcome: Real-time traffic analysis, detection of unusual activity
- Learning: Network layers, TCP/IP, packet structures
- Goal: Classify files as malicious or benign based on features
- Tools: Python, Scikit-learn, VirusTotal API, PEfile
- Outcome: Basic malware classifier with GUI or CLI
- Learning: Static analysis, machine learning, file forensics
- Goal: Build secure login system with password hashing & OTP-based second factor
- Tools: Flask/Django, bcrypt, Google Authenticator API, Twilio
- Outcome: Web-based app with secure authentication
- Learning: Web app security, secure password storage, MFA
- Goal: Detect phishing URLs using ML
- Tools: Python, Scikit-learn, Pandas, PhishTank dataset
- Outcome: ML model + interface to classify URLs
- Learning: Feature engineering, phishing detection, cybersecurity ML use cases
- Goal: Parse & analyze system logs to detect attack patterns
- Tools: Python, ELK Stack (Elasticsearch, Logstash, Kibana), Regex
- Outcome: Dashboard for real-time alerts or reports
- Learning: Log monitoring, intrusion detection concepts
- Project Report – Introduction, goals, methods, results, conclusion
- Working Code – GitHub repo or ZIP folder
- Demo App / CLI Tool – Functional prototype
- Dataset (if applicable) – Real or simulated data
- Presentation Slides (PPT) – For explaining to mentors/teachers
- Security Checklist – What vulnerabilities were tested or mitigated
- 🔍 Research-focused project (Phishing detection, Malware analysis)
- 🛠️ Tool-building project (Vulnerability scanner, Packet sniffer)
- 💻 Secure system development project (MFA login system)
