During my CA journey, I started hearing more about the Cyber world. The Internet was growing rapidly, and the more I learned about what happens in the Cyber world, the more curious I was to know more about it. The curiosity kicked in and I stepped into the Cyber world. Learned Networking basics, spend hours in Kali Linux and finally got certified as "Certified Penetration Tester" by Red Team Hacker Academy.
Those days were fun and exciting, filled with practical experiments! Capturing flags, Cracking hashes, SQL Injections, Hacking the Box and a little bit of deep web surfing. The journey progressed well and I got certified as a "Certified Ethical Hacker" by EC Council, USA.
Another, exciting part of my Cyber security journey was Bug Bounty Hunting. I can never forget the day, I received my first and only bug bounty, from a small start-up for finding a critical OTP Bypass vulnerability in their E-commerce website. Even though the bounty amount was small, it felt like a treasure!
The only regret I have about my Cyber journey so far is that I was unable to spend more time pursuing this. I hope my Professional life will lead me back to this world someday.