Hackrowd

security engineer

[Hackrowd @hackrowd]

You don't need a $15,000 bootcamp to break into cybersecurity.
I'll say it louder for the people in the LinkedIn ads: you don't.

I've interviewed people with shiny certificates who couldn't explain what happens when you type a URL into a browser. And I've seen self-taught folks run circles around them, built entirely on free tools.

Here's where I'd start if I had zero budget today:
→ TryHackMe — guided beginner rooms, you learn by doing
→ PortSwigger Web Security Academy — the best web security training on the internet, and it's 100% free
→ OverTheWire (Bandit) — learn the Linux command line by actually hacking
→ Professor Messer on YouTube — free Security+ course, start to finish
→ picoCTF — capture-the-flag challenges that teach you to think like an attacker

Total cost: $0. Total excuses left: also $0.
Save this. Then go open one of them tonight.
What's stopping you from starting? Drop it below.

[Hackrowd @hackrowd]

I had multiple SIM cards before I had any certification.

Not for what you're thinking. For midnight data.

There was a boy in Iyesi, Sango Otta, who couldn't afford to be online during the day. So I stacked MTN SIMs and waited for midnight bundles. While most people slept, I was downloading courses, watching tutorials, breaking things and fixing them, teaching myself cybersecurity one cheap-data night at a time. By morning the bundle was gone, and I'd be counting down to the next midnight.

Nobody handed me a roadmap. No mentor, no paid bootcamp, no budget for certifications. Just curiosity, a laptop, and a stubborn belief that where I was from didn't have to decide where I was going.

Fast forward, I now work in cybersecurity, and I founded @CyberProwess: a community built for the exact person I used to be.

And now we're opening the doors.
🚀 The @CyberProwess July Cohort is here.

This is for the ones learning on borrowed Wi-Fi and midnight bundles. The ones with the mind for this field but not the money for courses that cost more than their family earns in months. No fancy budget required, just bring the curiosity and the stubbornness. We'll handle the roadmap I never had.

What you get:
✅ Structured cybersecurity training from the ground up
✅ Mentorship and a community that actually answers your questions
✅ Hands-on practice, not just theory
✅ Certificate of Completion

The boy who waited for midnight grew up. Now he's making sure the next one doesn't have to wait alone.

📅 Cohort starts July 2026
🔗 Join the waitlist here 👉 https://t.co/oE5BlQLCkJ
⏳ Spots are limited — 100 seats only.

Tag someone who needs to see this. 👇

#Cybersecurity #CyberProwess #TechInNigeria #SangoOtta #CyberSecurityTraining

[HackerOne @Hacker0x01]

Big welcome to our newest HackerOne Brand Ambassadors 🌍

🇺🇸 United States
🇦🇺 Australia
🇲🇽 Mexico
🇮🇱 Israel
🇹🇷 Turkey

Plus new HackerOne clubs launching in 🇦🇩 Andorra, 🇦🇹 Austria, and 🇦🇪 UAE.

The global security researcher community keeps growing. #TogetherWeHitHarder

[AWS Student Builder Group FUTA @AWSFUTA]

🚀 One Day to Go and AWS for Cybersecurity is LIVE

One session.
New insights.
Real conversations around technology and security

📅 Friday, May 29, 2026
⏰ 7:00 PM WAT
📍 Google Meet

See you tomorrow, builders 🔥

🔗 https://t.co/RQlWEdl5Fr

[Mololuwa | Cybersecurity - (The God Complex) @cyber_rekk]

Change your IP every 10 secs automatically

[Abdulkadir | Cybersecurity @cyber_razz]

10 platforms to sharpen your cybersecurity skills:

1. Hack The Box

2. OverTheWire

3. TryHackMe

4. TCM Security

5. PentesterLab

6. CyberSecLabs

7. Offensive Security (PWK)

8. HackThisSite

9. VulnHub

10. Immersive Labs

Hands-on practice is where real skills are built.
Level up

[Hackrowd @hackrowd]

https://t.co/2VmahJopVj

[AWS Student Builder Group FUTA @AWSFUTA]

EXCITING News, Builders

AWS for Cybersecurity just got bigger!

If you haven't signed up yet, this is for you.

Whether you are a software dev, pro pen tester, you don't want to miss this

Register Now
Here 👇
https://t.co/RQlWEdl5Fr

[Hackrowd @hackrowd]

Security is often treated as a cost until a breach exposes the real price of neglect.

The strongest companies today don’t see cybersecurity as an expense. They see it as:
• brand protection
• customer trust
• operational stability
• long-term business growth

A single security incident can impact reputation, revenue, and customer confidence far beyond the immediate technical damage.

The cost of prevention will almost always be lower than the cost of recovery.
As businesses continue to scale digitally, security can no longer be an afterthought. It has to become part of the growth strategy from day one.
#CyberSecurity #InformationSecurity #CyberDefense #BusinessSecurity #RiskManagement #CyberAwareness #SecurityLeadership #DigitalTransformation #CyberResilience #TechLeadership

[Hackrowd @hackrowd]

@FinPlanKaluAja1 @BusInsiderSSA I agree ☝️

[Tope Adu, PMP @ADUOLUWATOPE]

@compoundinnaira @MudiTheInvestor This tweet reminded me how the 20,000 units of Nestlé shares my friend’s late dad owned were used to pay his master’s fees in the U.S. Today, he’s a U.S. Marine.

[Kaladin @El_Bethino]

You complain that MTN is making so much money from data. You say GT and Zenith are ripping us of with bank charges. You cry that Dangote cement is skyrocketing. We say oya buy shares in those companies so you can also take a tiny bit of the profit they are making. You say no.

[Hackrowd Technology @hackrowdtech]

🚨 WE'RE HIRING
Cybersecurity Instructors
(Cloud Security & Ethical Hacking)

📍 Remote-First | Contract

🔹 3+ years experience
🔹 Cloud or Pen Testing skills
🔹 Teaching experience is a plus

📩 Apply:
[email protected]

Subject: Cybersecurity Instructor – Your Name

[Hackrowd Technology @hackrowdtech]

Hackrowd Technology is here.
Cybersecurity. Cloud. Software. Education.
Built in Lagos. Built for Africa. Built different.

🌍 https://t.co/R1Axelw1jl

#Cybersecurity #TechInAfrica #HackrowdTechnology #InfoSec #LagosTech

[Hackrowd Technology @hackrowdtech]

Over the weekend, something powerful happened.

Curious minds gathered. Real conversations happened. Connections were made.

Hack The Future 1.0 was a success and this is just the beginning.

More is coming.

#HackTheFuture #CybersecurityNigeria

[Hackrowd @hackrowd]

“We need a Senior Engineer.” budget: ₦250k.

[Hackrowd Technology @hackrowdtech]

Cybersecurity is not hype.
It’s infrastructure.

And ethical hackers (white-hat) are the ones protecting it.

Here’s something happening in Lagos 👇🏽

#LearnCyberByHackrowd #HackTheFutureLagos
#HackrowdTrains #FutureCyberProfessionals
#EthicalHacking #CybersecurityNigeria

[DANDIZZY @iDanDizzy]

Lagos drive
Freestyle episode 1

[Hackrowd @hackrowd]

Good morning and happy Monday 👋

If this week is already trying to stress you out, do yourself a favor.
Check out https://t.co/lVvTyYX8BY and play around with some security tools we’re building.

No pressure. Just explore, learn, and reset your brain a bit.

[Hackrowd @hackrowd]

Good morning and happy Monday 👋

If this week is already trying to stress you out, do yourself a favor.
Check out https://t.co/lVvTyYX8BY and play around with some security tools we’re building.

No pressure. Just explore, learn, and reset your brain a bit.