Ethical Hacking & Penetration Testing Bootcamp
Think like an attacker — reconnaissance to exploitation to reporting, done legally
What you'll learn
- Build a safe, legal lab and understand the rules of engagement for ethical hacking
- Perform reconnaissance and scanning to map a target the way attackers do
- Identify and validate vulnerabilities with industry-standard tooling
- Exploit common weaknesses in a controlled lab, then escalate privileges
- Attack and defend web applications against the most common real-world flaws
- Write a clear, professional penetration-test report clients can act on
Skills you'll gain
About this course
Real security skill comes from understanding how attacks actually work — and this course teaches offensive techniques the right way: legally, in a lab you build, with a strong ethics-and-scope foundation from lesson one. It's for aspiring penetration testers and defenders who want to stop guessing and start understanding. You'll set up Kali Linux and a safe practice environment, then follow the real methodology: reconnaissance and scanning with tools like Nmap, identifying and validating vulnerabilities, and exploiting them in a controlled lab with Metasploit and manual techniques. You'll go deep on web-application attacks — the flaws behind most real breaches — and learn post-exploitation and privilege escalation. Crucially, you'll finish where real engagements finish: writing a professional report that turns findings into fixes, because a pentest that can't be acted on is worthless. Basic networking and Linux familiarity help. Everything here is for authorised, ethical testing only. By the end you'll have hands-on offensive skills and understand how to use them responsibly.
Curriculum
Foundations & Ethics
- What ethical hacking is — and isn't video · 11:00 ▶ Free preview
- Scope, authorisation, and staying legal video · 12:00 ▶ Free preview
- Building your Kali Linux lab video · 14:00
Reconnaissance & Scanning
- Passive information gathering video · 13:00
- Network scanning with Nmap video · 16:00
- Enumeration techniques video · 14:00
Finding Vulnerabilities
- Vulnerability scanning video · 13:00
- Validating findings by hand video · 14:00
- Reading CVEs and advisories video · 11:00
Exploitation
- The Metasploit framework video · 15:00
- Exploiting a target in the lab video · 16:00
- Post-exploitation basics video · 13:00
- Privilege escalation video · 15:00
Web Application Hacking
- How web attacks work video · 13:00
- Injection and authentication flaws video · 16:00
- Using Burp Suite video · 14:00
Reporting & Next Steps
- Writing a professional pentest report video · 15:00
- Turning findings into fixes video · 12:00
- Building a career in offensive security video · 09:00