Transform your IT skills into cyber defense expertise! This hands-on course in Ethical Hacking & Vulnerability Assessment and Penetration Testing (VAPT) is designed for IT professionals aiming to specialize in cybersecurity. Learn to identify vulnerabilities, perform penetration testing, and defend systems against real-world cyber threats.
Project & Practical-Based Training
Online and Offline Mentoring Support
Tools, Templates, and Book Suggestions
Assessment, Project & Certification
CV & Portfolio Development
Internship Opportunities
Job Placement and Freelancing Support
Total Hours: 70 & Duration: 2.5 Months
28 Classes with Recorded Videos
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Ethical Hacking & VAPT for Professionals: IT Pro to Cyber Defender course is professionally designed with detailed discussions on web design and development, on-hand practice and income guidelines.
• Objective: To understand lab environment and gain lab setup capabilities.
• Key Topics:
➢ Virtualization platform concepts.
➢ Installation of VMware Workstation and VirtualBox.
➢ Installation of Kali Linux and basic configuration.
➢ Network settings for virtual machines.
• Objective: To understand Linux fundamentals and basic operations.
• Key Topics:
➢ Introduction to Linux fundamentals.
➢ User creation and management.
• Objective: To understand Linux fundamentals and basic operations.
• Key Topics:
➢ File operations (creating, deleting, moving, permissions).
➢ Basic Linux networking commands and concepts.
• Objective: To understand Linux fundamentals and basic operations.
• Key Topics:
➢ Package management (apt, yum, dnf).
➢ Other essential Linux commands (grep, find, ssh, scp, etc.).
• Objective: Understand information security, processes, frameworks, and concepts.
• Key Topics:
➢ Cybersecurity fundamentals.
➢ CIA Triad (Confidentiality, Integrity, Availability).
• Objective: Understand information security, processes, frameworks, and concepts.
• Key Topics:
➢ Attacks, threats, and vulnerabilities.
➢ Attack approaches.
• Objective: Understand information security, processes, frameworks, and concepts.
• Key Topics:
➢ Cyber Kill Chain.
➢ MITRE ATT&CK Framework.
➢ Cybersecurity Frameworks & Compliances (e.g., NIST, ISO 27001 - overview
• Objective: Understand what penetration testing is, standards, methodology, and
techniques.
• Key Topics:
➢ Penetration Testing Concept.
➢ Penetration Testing Methods (Black-box, White-box, Grey-box).
• Objective: Understand what penetration testing is, standards, methodology, and
techniques.
• Key Topics:
➢ Rules of Engagement.
➢ Scoping of penetration tests.
➢ Communication during penetration tests.
• Objective: To gain capabilities for Open Source Intelligence (OSINT) gathering and
correlation.
• Key Topics:
➢ OSINT Frameworks and details (e.g., Maltego, Shodan, Google Dorking).
• Objective: To gain capabilities for Open Source Intelligence (OSINT) gathering and
correlation.
• Key Topics:
➢ Information Gathering Techniques from the Internet (e.g., Whois, DNS records,
public archives).
• Objective: Understand network scanning techniques and tactics.
• Key Topics:
➢ Network Scanning Concepts.
➢ Different Scanning Techniques (e.g., Ping Scan, Port Scan, Stealth Scan).
• Objective: Understand network scanning techniques and tactics.
• Key Topics:
➢ Network Scan Using Nmap.
➢ TCP, UDP, and Reverse Scanning with Nmap.
• Objective: Understand network scanning techniques and tactics.
• Key Topics:
➢ Scanning Hosts behind a Firewall with Nmap.
➢ Nmap Scripts (NSE) and arguments.
• Objective: Understand various protocols, services, and better enumeration to
gather more close information.
• Key Topics:
➢ Enumeration Concepts.
➢ Enumeration Methods.
➢ DNS Enumeration.
➢ SMTP Enumeration.
• Objective: Understand various protocols, services, and better enumeration to
gather more close information.
• Key Topics:
➢ FTP Enumeration.
➢ SMB Enumeration.
➢ NFS Enumeration.
➢ HTTP Enumeration and so on (e.g., SNMP, SSH).
• Objective: Understand industry standard vulnerability assessment process and
achieve hands-on skill.
• Key Topics:
➢ Vulnerability Assessment Concepts.
➢ Vulnerability Assessment tools (e.g., Nessus, OpenVAS - introduction).
• Objective: Understand industry standard vulnerability assessment process and
achieve hands-on skill.
• Key Topics:
➢ Automated Scanning.
➢ Manual Scanning techniques.
➢ Reporting (basic overview for VA).
• Objective: To gain exploitation knowledge and understand deeply on exploitation
and bypass security control.
• Key Topics:
➢ Exploitation Concepts.
➢ Reverse Shell & Bind Shell.
• Objective: To gain exploitation knowledge and understand deeply on exploitation
and bypass security control.
• Key Topics:
➢ Exploitation Methods and Techniques.
➢ Exploitation Demonstration (4-5 boxes)
• Objective: Transfer files to the target system.
• Key Topics:
➢ Transfer files in Windows systems (e.g., PowerShell, SMB).
➢ Transfer files in Linux systems (e.g., scp, wget, netcat).
• Objective: Escalate low-level user privilege to root user.
• Key Topics:
➢ Linux privilege Enumeration techniques.
➢ Kernel Exploits for privilege escalation.
• Objective: Escalate low-level user privilege to root user.
• Key Topics:
➢ File permission Exploits.
➢ Application Version Exploits.
• Objective: Escalate low-level user privilege to root user.
• Key Topics:
➢ LD_Preload Escalation.
➢ Cron Job Escalation and so on (e.g., SUID/SGID, sudo misconfigurations).
• Objective: Escalate low-level user to administrator user.
• Key Topics:
➢ Windows Privilege Enumeration.
➢ Service Exploits.
➢ Unquoted Service Path.
• Objective: Escalate low-level user to administrator user.
• Key Topics:
➢ DLL Hijacking.
➢ Startup App Escalation.
➢ Schedule Task Escalation.
• Objective: Escalate low-level user to administrator user and attack one machine
from another.
• Key Topics:
➢ SeImpersonate Escalation.
➢ Network Pivoting via Metasploit (basic concepts).
• Objective: Understand web pentest concepts and gain capabilities to gather useful
information on target sites.
• Key Topics:
➢ Concept of Web Pentesting.
➢ Scoping for web pentesting.
➢ Banner Grabbing.
➢ Subdomain Enumeration.
• Objective: Discover web servers and file structures and understand web hacking
methodologies.
• Key Topics:
➢ Directory Busting.
➢ Crawling/Spidering.
➢ Web pentesting techniques and methodology.
• Objective: Gain hands-on skill to operate the well-known tool Burp Suite.
• Key Topics:
➢ Burp Suite introduction.
➢ Proxy configuration and usage.
➢ Intruder functionality.
➢ Repeater functionality.
➢ BappStore (extensions).
➢ Burp Collaborator (basic concept).
• Objective: Understand SQL injection and exploitation.
• Key Topics:
➢ SQL injection concept.
➢ Error-Based SQL injection.
➢ Blind SQL Injection.
➢ Automated SQL injection (e.g., SQLMap).
➢ Authentication Bypass via SQL injection.
• Objective: Gain knowledge of different web vulnerabilities and exploitation
techniques.
• Key Topics:
➢ Introduction to OWASP Top 10.
➢ IDOR (Insecure Direct Object References).
➢ Broken Access Control (general concept).
• Objective: Gain knowledge of different web vulnerabilities and exploitation
techniques.
• Key Topics:
➢ Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) - reflected, stored, DOM.
➢ Shell via XSS (e.g., BeEF framework).
➢ Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF).
• Objective: Gain knowledge of different web vulnerabilities and exploitation
techniques.
• Key Topics:
➢ File Upload Bypass techniques.
➢ Reverse Shells via web vulnerabilities.
➢ Web Shells (creating and using).
• Objective: Perform automated web assessment.
• Key Topics:
➢ Automated Assessment with Burp Suite Scanner.
➢ Automated Assessment with Acunetix (introduction).
• Objective: Demonstrate A to Z walkthrough of intentionally vulnerable machines.
• Key Topics:
➢ Introduction to vulnerable machine walkthroughs.
➢ Methodology for approaching vulnerable machines (e.g., enumeration,
exploitation, post-exploitation).
• Objective: Hands-on experience with intentionally vulnerable machines.
• Key Topics:
➢ Walkthrough of a vulnerable machine.
• Objective: Hands-on experience with intentionally vulnerable machines.
• Key Topics:
➢ Walkthrough of a vulnerable machine.
• Objective: Hands-on experience with intentionally vulnerable machines.
• Key Topics:
➢ Walkthrough of a vulnerable machine.
• Objective: Understand briefly about mobile app pentesting.
• Key Topics:
➢ High-Level concepts about mobile application pentesting (iOS/Android
differences).
➢ OWASP Mobile Top 10 (overview).
• Objective: Understand briefly about mobile app pentesting.
• Key Topics:
➢ Automated tools like MobSF (Mobile Security Framework) walkthrough.
➢ Dynamic testing concepts for mobile apps.
• Objective: Understand briefly about mobile app pentesting.
• Key Topics:
➢ Mobile App network traffic analysis (e.g., Burp Suite for mobile).
➢ Proxying mobile traffic.
• Objective: Understand briefly about API and API pentesting.
• Key Topics:
➢ API penetration testing concept brief (REST, SOAP).
➢ Tools introduction for API testing (e.g., Postman, OpenAPI/Swagger).
• Objective: Understand briefly about API and API pentesting.
• Key Topics:
➢ Sample API test cases and common API vulnerabilities (e.g., broken
authentication, mass assignment).
• Objective: Understand briefly Wireless hacking and techniques.
• Key Topics:
➢ Wireless Penetration Test Concepts and threats (e.g., WEP, WPA/2/3).
➢ Common wireless attacks (e.g., deauthentication attacks).
• Objective: Understand briefly Wireless hacking and techniques.
• Key Topics:
➢ WiFi Password Cracking techniques (e.g., Aircrack-ng, Hashcat).
➢ Evil Twin Attack concept and demonstration.
• Objective: Understanding report writing concepts, report types, and report
management.
• Key Topics:
➢ Penetration Testing Reporting best practices.
➢ Executive Summary Report structure.
➢ Technical Report structure.
• Objective: Understanding report writing concepts, report types, and report
management.
• Key Topics:
➢ Reporting Generation Tools (e.g., Dradis, customized templates).
➢ Report Management and remediation tracking.
• Objective: Penetration Testing Project handling in real life, challenges,
improvement scopes.
• Key Topics:
➢ Project handling process for penetration tests (e.g., planning, execution,
post-engagement).
➢ Real-world challenges in penetration testing projects.
• Objective: Penetration Testing Project handling in real life, challenges,
improvement scopes.
• Key Topics:
➢ Essential documents and guidelines for project handling (e.g., SOW, NDA).
➢ Improvement scope and continuous learning in penetration testing.
This hands-on training empowers IT professionals to become in-demand Cyber Defenders. Dive deep into Ethical Hacking and VAPT (Vulnerability Assessment and Penetration Testing) methodologies, gaining practical expertise in identifying, exploiting, and mitigating real-world cyber threats across networks, systems, and web applications.
Master industry-leading tools and techniques, learn crucial privilege escalation and pivoting strategies, and develop the vital reporting skills needed to secure digital assets and advance your career in the lucrative cybersecurity domain.
Expected Takeaways:
At the end of the course, the participants will:
Prerequisite for Trainees:
This training is designed for professionals who have a basic understanding of computer systems, networking fundamentals, and internet browsing. Participants should also possess a general awareness of core cybersecurity principles, including common threats and vulnerabilities.
Both IT and non-IT professionals are welcome to join this course.
Get Course Completion and Assessment Certificate at the end of the course
