Just subscribed to TryHackMe 2 weeks ago.

I'm currently learning like 2hrs a day. This really cured my depression ngl. I didn't know I still had this spark that was buried for too long.

I have no academic background in IT or any related to cybersecurity. i just know that I'm kinda techy. I tried to learn straight to hacking when I was in uni just for curiosity but I never went to the rabbit hole cause I graduated and found a job that was so stressful and I forgot I have something I really like.

I am no genius. I still struggle with basics but learning something I really like makes me look forward to it everyday. My goal isn't even to have a job in cybersec. I just wanna learn and understand the system. But if I find a job in the end it's a bonus. But maybe AI will take over.

That's all xoxo

Hi everyone, I was introduced Cybersecurity in August and finished pre-security in approximately 19hrs and and like after a month i finished the pre-security path I started the Cybersecurity 101 path and I am in the Logs Fundamental room.

About the Leagues I wished it was optional it might be motivating some people but everyone sees the league differently, Some see it as a competition while others see it as a motivation.

Like me whenever the league is about to end I always don't want to get demoted and its crazy to see people's points triple overnight.

Hello, I want to learn cybersecurity but I'm not sure what the free tier of tryhackme really teaches and if i should instead pay for premium. i wanna learn at least the basics

Completed another one! This might be better than I thought. The format of TryHackMe's website-- the design of the website reminds me of Duolingo which I've been learning French on.

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I'm in senior year and I'm looking for sites to practice for majoring in cyber security. I'll probably post my achievements here since TryHackMe is urging me to...maybe give myself some credit

Yay!

Does tryhackme subscription worth it
till now i was solving only free labs but now i'm solving a module where their are many paid labs and walkthrough

and to complete the module i need to buy pro subscription
so is it worth it or free labs are enought for practice for Offensive labs

if you wanna join drop your user

OH MY GOSH....this was hard for me. I'm more into coding, I'm horrible at assembling things.

but hey, I did it!

Hi everyone! I started learning cybersecurity a few weeks ago using TryHackMe, and I've completed all the free rooms in Pre Security and Cyber Security 101.

However, I can't access the Premium rooms without a subscription. Is there any way to access or learn the content from those rooms for free?

I have exams coming up in a few months, so I'm worried that I won't have enough time to make the most of a Premium subscription right now.

My current plan is to wait until after my exams to subscribe to Premium, then go back and complete the rooms I've already studied before moving on to more advanced topics.

Do you think this is a good approach, or would you recommend doing something different in the meantime?

I'd really appreciate any advice or suggestions. Thanks in advance!

Hi all

So, I'm very early in the THM paths and I've noticed quite a few discrepancies between what the lesson tells me I should be seeing and what I'm actually seeing.

This is the latest:

By using "ls -1", the lesson says I should see important info about the files and directories, but I don't.

Am I doing something wrong?

Are errors like this normal in THM?

i submited a writeup to a room how long is it til it gets aproved or declined ?

Yay! Pretty easy but i think it is pretty fun.

Got to look at how DNS translates domain names to IP addresses, domain hierarchy, dns record types and so much more. On to the next.

The title might seem out of place in the TryHackMe community, but it’s just meant to be catchy, nothing more.

It all started when I was watching a TV series about hacking, and I got fascinated by this world. Back then, I was learning web development and spent a lot of time in tutorial hell. It went on for a very long time, guys. I wouldn’t be lying if I said it lasted three years.

When I finally decided to learn cybersecurity, I started with educational videos. And you know how they can be a double-edged sword. Passive consumption doesn’t make you a hacker, a swimmer, or even a programmer.

Then, by chance, I stumbled upon TryHackMe. I thought I’d give this free room a try, but I quickly fell in love with the content, the structure, and the fact that they were building something specifically for beginners at a very affordable price.

After about two months, I had completed paths like Pre Security and Cyber Security 101, and made it through around 40% of Jr Penetration Tester.

Around that time, I became comfortable sitting in front of a machine that gave me no guidance, with nothing but an empty black terminal in front of me.

They do amazing work, and they’ve succeeded at what they set out to do.

They managed to turn someone who passively consumed content into a beginner who could sit down, tackle a machine, experiment, and fail, all within a relatively short time. And they did that despite my long history of passive learning.

They truly accomplished their goal. They openly acknowledge that their content is designed for beginners, and here I am, a beginner who has been given the tools to start his journey.

I genuinely appreciate that and everything they’ve done. They gave me so much, and I’m grateful for it.

But eventually, you reach a point where you feel the need to develop a deeper understanding of what you’re doing. So I decided to move forward with my journey, one in which this platform has been an incredible starting point.

I haven’t become the hacker who changed the world, nor am I capable of solving the hardest challenges out there. But they gave me the foundation I needed to keep moving forward.

I’m not exceptional, and I’m far from being highly skilled. But they gave someone like me the initial push he needed to get started.

And in the end, I felt it was only right to write this thank-you letter as a small way of giving something back.

tryhackme was very fast with this room

Like many others I was curious to learn about the new BIG vulnerability affecting php . So i went to read tryhackme's room on it . It took me 2 paragraphs to feel something is a bit off , I've read and written(mainly for linkedin posts) a lot of LLM-generated text . And sure enough it was 100% AI generated !!!!!! WHAT A DISAPPOINTMENT

#security #chill #reddit

#Start from begining #cybersecurity #cyber crime

Hi everyone,

With Black Friday coming up next month, I’m planning my training budget for next year and wanted to ask two things: one about pricing, and another about whether THM actually fits the direction I’m taking in my career.

1. Black Friday Annual Pricing:

How much does the Annual Premium subscription usually cost during the Black Friday sale? I’ve seen posts mentioning a 40% discount in past years (bringing it down to around $75–$80 USD for the year). Is that the price range I should expect this November?

1. Is THM a good fit for my path? (A bit of context):

I’m currently on Year 3 of a 10-year career plan aiming for a CISO role or a senior InfoSec Governance (GRC) leadership position in the public sector. Right now, my profile looks like this:

Current role: For the past year, I’ve been working in Information Security within the government sector.

Education & Current Study: I hold a Master’s in Cybersecurity and a postgraduate specialization in InfoSec. I spend most of my time working with NIST guidelines and our national government security frameworks, and I’m sitting for the CISSP exam in 5 months.

Future direction: I’m still deciding whether to aim for an executive CISO track or become a high-level subject matter expert (SME) in Government InfoSec, Risk, and Data Privacy. Either way, my main goal is to master Information Security first while gradually building strong expertise in Data Protection/Privacy.

Why I’m asking:

About 8 months ago, I bought an annual subscription to a generalist tech platform here in Latin America (Platzi), and the ROI was terrible—the content was way too basic for what I needed.

I don't want to make another bad purchase this Black Friday. Since my day-to-day is heavily focused on InfoSec standards, NIST, risk, and government compliance—rather than being a full-time pentester—does getting a TryHackMe annual subscription for next year make sense for me?

Would the Blue Team / SOC / defensive paths help me build a stronger technical foundation for my Gov/InfoSec career, or would they just distract me from my CISSP and Privacy goals? If THM isn't the right fit for this path, what platforms or resources should I be aiming for instead?

Thanks a lot for reading and for any advice!