Course Description

This comprehensive 6-month program, held once a week for 3 to 4 hours live, equips students with essential skills in ethical hacking and cybersecurity. You’ll learn virtualization, Linux, command line, reconnaissance, scanning, vulnerability analysis, exploitation, post-exploitation techniques, and basic Python programming. No prior experience is needed to start. Throughout the course, you will gain hands-on experience setting up hacking labs, using Linux operating systems, and performing real-world hacking simulations in a controlled and ethical environment. Upon successful completion of the course, you will receive a Completion of Ethical Hacking Certification — a valuable credential to help launch your career in cybersecurity.

Course Outline:

Module 1: Introduction to Virtualization

• What is Virtualization?
• Benefits in Cybersecurity and Ethical Hacking
• Virtual Machine Types: Hyper-V, VirtualBox, VMware
• Understanding Snapshots and Isolated Environments

Module 2: Hacking Lab Setup

• Installing Virtual Machines for Attacker & Victim Systems
• Network Configurations for Labs
• Safe and Legal Practice Guidelines
• Tools Setup: Kali Linux, Metasploitable, OWASP Broken Web Apps

Module 3: Linux Operating System

• Introduction to Linux Distributions
• File System Hierarchy
• User and Permission Management
• File and Process Handling

Module 4: Command Line

• Navigating the Terminal
• Basic to Intermediate Shell Commands
• Bash Scripting Fundamentals
• Redirection, Pipes, and Chaining Commands

Module 5: Reconnaissance

• Types of Reconnaissance: Passive vs Active
• Tools for Information Gathering: WHOIS, NSLookup, Shodan
• Social Engineering Basics
• DNS Enumeration and Metadata Extraction

Module 6: Scanning

• Network Scanning with Nmap
• Port and Service Discovery
• Banner Grabbing Techniques
• Identifying Operating Systems and Running Services

Module 7: Vulnerability Analysis

• Understanding Vulnerabilities and CVEs
• Vulnerability Scanners: OpenVAS, Nessus (Intro)
• Manual vs Automated Scanning
• Interpreting Scan Reports

Module 8: Exploitation & Gaining Access

• Basics of Exploiting System Vulnerabilities
• Exploiting Common Services (e.g., SMB, FTP, HTTP)
• Using Metasploit for Payload Delivery
• Remote Code Execution (RCE) Concepts

Module 9: Gaining Access (Advanced)

• Privilege Escalation Techniques
• Maintaining Access: Backdoors and Persistence
• Exploiting Misconfigurations
• Cracking Passwords and Hashes

Module 10: Post Exploitation

• Extracting and Exfiltrating Data
• Covering Tracks: Clearing Logs
• Lateral Movement and Pivoting
• Writing Ethical Hacking Reports

Module 11: Python Basics for Cybersecurity

• Why Learn Python for Ethical Hacking?
• Variables, Conditions, and Loops
• Writing Simple Security Tools
• Automating Scanning and Enumeration Tasks