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Ethical hacking and pentesting

Learn to carry out penetration tests as a responsible professional, always within a legal framework and with written authorization. This course covers the full methodology of a pentest (PTES/OSSTMM): reconnaissance and OSINT, scanning with nmap, enumeration, vulnerability analysis, controlled exploitation with Metasploit in a lab, post-exploitation, privilege escalation and writing the final report. It is the third course of the Professional Certificate in Cybersecurity and assumes your own or authorized environments with a defensive purpose.

10 lessons 14 hours 1000 XP

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Syllabus

Module 1 · Legal and ethical framework and methodology

  1. 1Legal and ethical framework of hacking: authorization, scope and responsible disclosure50 min
  2. 2Pentesting methodologies: PTES and OSSTMM45 min

Module 2 · Reconnaissance and OSINT

  1. 3Passive reconnaissance and OSINT55 min
  2. 4The pentesting lab with Kali Linux45 min

Module 3 · Scanning, enumeration and vulnerability analysis

  1. 5Active port and service scanning with nmap60 min
  2. 6Service enumeration: SMB, DNS, SNMP and web55 min
  3. 7Vulnerability analysis: identification and prioritization50 min

Module 4 · Exploitation, post-exploitation and reporting

  1. 8Controlled exploitation with Metasploit (authorized lab only)60 min
  2. 9Post-exploitation and privilege escalation55 min
  3. 10Writing the pentest report50 min

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