Ethical Hacker

An Introduction to Your Nanodegree Program

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Welcome to Ethical Hacking

Meet the instructor, get an overview of the course and start learning about why Ethical Hacking is such an exciting field. Let's get started!

Vulnerability Management

Perform a vulnerability scan using automated tools, manage prioritization and response, and score the vulnerabilities you uncover

System Auditing

Use test scopes to understand the context and objectives of an audit, gather information about our target, research vulnerabilities, execute exploits, and write effective reports on our findings

Application Auditing

Use OWASP WTG methodologies, create HTTP requests to access target systems and employ semi-automated and fully-automated tools in applications audits

Social Engineering

Explore the tactics malicious hackers use to manipulate people to take specific actions, conduct a phishing simulation, create and deploy malware and design an effective landing page

OSINT

Employ open-source intelligence techniques to uncover information leakage. Use Exploratory Link Analysis techniques to mine data, establish links between the data and analyze the links

Audit ExampleCorp

Use the skills you have developed in this course to manage a full-fledged security audit of a fictitious company called ExampleCorp

Intro to Penetration Testing & Red Team Operations

Brief introduction and foundational knowledge around penetration testing and red teaming.

Reconnaissance

In this lesson, we will dive into the first step of penetration testing which focusses on gathering information and data about the target, also known as Reconnaissance.

Scanning & Research

In this lesson, we will use the information we obtained in reconnaissance to become informed and plan how to breach the target.

Gaining Access

In this lesson, we will now execute on the information we have from reconnaissance, scanning, and research and will now execute on the plan of how to gain access on the target.

Maintaining Access

In this lesson, we will learn how to maintain the access that we just go on the target.

Covering Tracks & Reporting

In this lesson, we will learn how to stay under the radar of the target and not be noticed. And we will also organize all our thoughts in a final comprehensive report.

Red Teaming Operations

This project will have you go through modern penetration tester and red teamer methodologies. You will create a documentation and testing efforts to generate a report in a timely fashion.

Congratulations!

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