Penetration Testing and Ethical Hacking with Kali Linux

By Gus Khawaja
Learn how to conduct a practical penetration test using Kali Linux.
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Rating
(267)
Level
Advanced
Updated
Sep 2, 2015
Duration
6h 2m
Table of contents
Installing and Configuring Kali Linux
Introduction 1m Kali Linux 2.0 7m Creating a Virtual Machine 8m Installing Kali Linux 8m Updating Kali Linux 6m Installing Additional Tools on Kali 4m Configuring SSH 1m Being Anonymous with Tor 4m Scan Your System for Rootkits 1m Summary 1m
Pre-penetration Testing Checklist
Introduction 1m Pre-penetration Checklist 9m Course Workflow 2m Summary 1m
Information Gathering
Introduction 1m Gathering Information Checklist 4m Write Down Your Findings Using KeepNote 3m Visiting the Client Website 2m Google Hacking Database 5m Using Some Tools on the Web 2m Trying Metagoofile to Gather Documents Information 3m Gather Contacts Information 3m Whois 2m DNS Reconnaissance 2m Deep Magic Information Gathering Tool 2m Discover Scripts 5m Playing Around with Recon-ng 9m Summary 1m
External Pen-testing
Introduction 1m External Penetration Testing Workflow 1m Traceroute 4m Host Discovery 4m Port Scanning 7m Summary 1m
Website Penetration Testing
Introduction 1m Website Penetration Testing Workflow 2m Web Application Firewall Scan 1m Load Balancer Scan 1m Website Crawling 2m Burpsuite Proxy 5m Burpsuite Target 3m Burpsuite Spider 3m Burpsuite Discover Contents 5m Copy a Website 2m SSL Scanning 3m CMS Scanning 2m Scanning for Web Specific Vulnerabilities 10m Sessions Tokens Test 4m Exploiting the SQL Injection 4m Maintaining Access 4m Denial of Service Attack 8m Summary 1m
Internal Network Penetration Testing
Introduction 1m Internal Penetration Testing Workflow 1m Port Scanning the Internal Network 3m Scanning for Vulnerabilities 11m Summary 1m
Network Sniffing
Introduction 1m Network Monitoring 6m Sniffing with Wireshark 5m Detecting MITM 9m Detecting a SYN Scan 8m Understanding Brute Force Attack 5m Discovering a Denial of Service 6m Summary 1m
Exploitation
Introduction 1m Exploiting Using Metasploit 11m Post Exploitation in Metasploit 7m Persistence 4m Using Meterpreter 11m Armitage 9m Summary 1m
Social Engineering
Introduction 1m Social Engineering Toolkit 7m PowerShell Attack 4m Spear Phishing Attack 5m Credential Harvester 4m Summary 1m
Wi-Fi Penetration Testing
Introduction 1m Wireless Reconnaissance 5m WEP Attack 8m WPA/WPA2 Attack 12m Bypassing a Hidden ESSID 3m Summary 1m
Brute Force Attack Testing
Introduction 1m Brute Forcing SSH 3m Brute Forcing RDP 3m Brute Forcing WebForms Authentication 4m Cracking the Hashes 3m Summary 1m
Advanced Penetration Testing
Introduction 0m Bypassing the Anti-virus 6m Metasploit Rc Scripts 3m Finding Exploits 3m Attacking the Domain Controller 7m Summary 1m
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Level
Advanced
Updated
Sep 2, 2015
Duration
6h 2m
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Description

This course introduces ethical hackers and penetration testers to Kali Linux.

This Kali Penetration Testing tutorial will show IT professionals how to use the ethical hacking techniques and how to conduct a professional penetration test workflow using the Swiss Army Knife operating system Kali Linux.

Course FAQ
Course FAQ
What is Kali Linux?

Kali Linux is a Linux distribution that is designed for digital forensics and penetration testing. It is maintained and funded by Offensive Security.

What software is required for this course?

In order the fully utilize this course, you must download Kali Linux.

What is ethical hacking?

Ethical hacking, also known as penetration testing or pen testing, is to legally break into computers or devices to test an organization's defense. This is to ensure that an organization's information systems are secure.

What is a penetration test?

A penetration test is an authorized simulated cyberattack on a computer system. This attack is performed to evaluate the security of the system being attacked.

Who is this Kali Linux course for?

This Kali Linux course is intenfed for IT professionals and structured to teach them how to use ethical hacking techniques.

About the author
Gus Khawaja
About the author

Gus is an IT expert specialized in programming and security. He's a passionate blogger, geek, and loves what he's doing.

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Updated
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Duration
6h 2m
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