Penetration Testing and Ethical Hacking

Course details

This course, designed by industry-leading cybersecurity professional development platform Cybrary, covers the fundamentals of penetration testing and ethical hacking for midcareer cybersecurity professionals. Discover essential skills in network and perimeter hacking—including sniffing, social engineering, denial-of-service, session hijacking, IDS, firewalls, and honeypots—as well as reconnaissance techniques like footprinting, network scanning, and enumeration. Along the way, learn about web application hacking, cryptography, wireless network hacking, and hacking for mobile platforms, the Internet of Things, and operational technology. By the end of this course, you’ll be prepared to leverage powerful attack techniques using vulnerability analysis, system hacking, and malware threats.

Concepts

0. Introduction

01 - Welcome and introduction - Penetration testing and ethical hacking
02 - Penetration testing and ethical hacking course
03 - Cyber kill chain and MITRE ATT&CK matrix
04 - Hacking concepts
05 - Information security

1. Footprinting and Reconnaissance

06 - Footprinting and reconnaissance
07 - Footprinting through different services
08 - Network footprinting

2. Scanning Networks

09 - Scanning networks
10 - Host and port discovery
11 - Scanning beyond IDS and firewall

3. Enumeration

12 - Enumeration concepts
13 - NetBIOS enumeration and SNMP enumeration
14 - Network service enumeration

4. Vulnerability Analysis

15 - Vulnerability analysis
16 - Vulnerability assessment solutions and tools

5. System Hacking Phases and Attack Techniques

17 - System hacking
18 - Vulnerability exploitation and privilege escalation
19 - Maintaining access

6. Malware Threats

20 - Malware threats
21 - APTs and trojans
22 - Virus and worms
23 - Malware analysis and countermeasures

7. Network and Perimeter Hacking

24 - Sniffing
25 - Social engineering
26 - Session hijacking
27 - Session hijacking countermeasures
28 - Evading IDS, firewalls, and honeypots

8. Hacking Web Applications

29 - Hacking web servers
30 - Hacking web applications
31 - SQL injection

9. Mobile Platform, IoT, and OT Hacking

32 - Hacking mobile platforms
33 - IoT hacking
34 - OT hacking

10. Cloud Computing

35 - Cloud computing

11. Cryptography

36 - Cryptography
37 - Encryption and cryptographic attacks