Python for Cybersecurity

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📂 The break-in that went unnoticed was sitting in a log file the whole time

Servers write everything down. The skill is reading a thousand lines and catching the one that matters. Wrap that logic in a function, point it at a log, and you have a reusable detector you will run for years. ⚡

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