Cybersecurity course options for beginners, students, business professionals and experienced security personnel have been listed by various IT security professionals. Paid recommendations include courses from MIT, the University of Maryland, Western Governors University and Cybrary. Free courses include ones listed by government agencies including the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency and the National Security Agency, which may require payment for certificates.

Researchers use jailbreak to build functional malware via DeepSeek
Tenable researchers have demonstrated how generative AI could be used to develop malware, such as keyloggers and ransomware, using the DeepSeek R1 tool. The researchers