Pentesting Fundamentals for Beginners
Instructor: Packt - Course Instructors
What you'll learn
Skills you'll gain
There are 13 modules in this course
This course covers these fundamentals, teaching cybersecurity tools, reverse shells, scripting basics, and command outputs. You'll learn to identify security tools, ethical hacking techniques, exploit web application vulnerabilities, and proper pentesting documentation and reporting. By the course end, you'll master pentesting basics, boosting your cybersecurity career. Designed for aspiring ethical hackers or pentesters, and those seeking Pentest+, CySA+, OSCP, or CeH certifications. This course is also ideal for those needing a refresher on ethical hacking fundamentals. Requirements include a PC or laptop, stable internet, virtualization-capable hardware, and a strong desire to learn.
Virtual Lab Build
Documentation
Penetration Testing Frameworks
Nmap - Network Discovery
OpenVAS - Vulnerability Scanning
Information Gathering
Reverse Shells and Persistent Connections
Privilege Escalation
OWASP Top 10 Mitigations
Web Applications Testing
Compiling Exploit Code
Scripting
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