I Got scammed at 18. Now i am learning cybersecurity SOC analyst in public.

I was 18, clueless the a fake bank called emptied my account. I didn't know what phishing was. Now I am studying to become a SOC analyst, and writing what i wish someone had explained to me

When I was 18, a man called me claiming to be my bank. He knew my name. He sounded calm, professional, like someone who did this a hundred times a day. He asked for a verification code without hesitation. I sent it to him. 10 — 15 (ten to fifteen) minutes later, I got an SMS message. I opened my phone, and it was a debit alert. My account was empty. To cut a long story short for another time, I was compromised by a cyber attack called "vishing", which is a type of (CYBER ATTACK) voice phishing using calls to deceive victims into revealing sensitive information. During the incident, I didn't know anything about phishing; I didn't know that no BANK ever asks for your OTP code over the phone. I just felt stupid at that point. That was the day I started paying attention.

When I started studying for my cybersecurity SOC analyst career, I realized most Cybersecurity content isn't written in an illuminating way for people like me, by not directly teaching the part that most people need to know, they teach the flashy part that non-technical personnel would not understand. They skip how to keep daily activities hack-free and how to spot malicious activities, in their daily routine. To the point where most people think, "why should I care? It is just a random link, ads, pdf file, settings notification, spam Emails etc, that they don't respond too or just click on it depends on the kind of urgency it creates. Because at first I didn't,until I began to learn and research for these answers. Now I am writing what I wish had existed and what i had known back then.

I'm Friday. I learn cybersecurity in public. For every concept I study, I break it down until my 18-year-old non-technical self would understand it. Then publish it.

Here is what you will find in my articles: how most cyber attacks actually work, a deep dive into every topic I learn (not just the definition), and how to verify suspicious messages in your daily activities. You might think they are just some random things, app behaviors, phone behavior, or ads interrupting you. Most of them could be social engineering targeting you. I will also cover why smart people still fall for old obvious cybercrime tricks, all because it has been lost to time. And what a SOC analyst really does for securing systems and industries, which often goes unrecognized.

This isn't just some blog. It's a log. If you are tired of feeling helpless against the next urgent phone call, follow along. I'm figuring this out so you don't have to learn it the hard way. Let's build together.

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