- Welcome to module four,
Fundamentals of Ethical Hacking and Penetration Testing.
This module starts with an overview of ethical hacking
and penetration testing.
I always say that hacking is not about cool tools.
It is about thinking like an attacker
and having a good methodology.
In this module,
you will learn the different methodologies
that real-world attackers use to penetrate networks
and underlying systems.
You will learn how attackers perform information gathering,
passive reconnaissance, active reconnaissance,
scanning and enumeration.
You will learn how to hack web servers and web applications,
how to exploit SQL injection vulnerabilities
and fundamentals of wireless hacking.
I will also go over best practices
on how you can build your own hacking lab.
And you will learn about many different tools
including Aircrack-ng
and how to create your own tools
to take advantage of flaws
like buffer overflow vulnerabilities
and perform different post-exploitation techniques.
You will also learn how to hack user credentials
and how to create penetration testing reports.