Ethical Hacker Training for the v13 Exam (Udemy.com)

Course overview

This course is an independent training resource to help students prepare for the CEH® v13 exam. We are not affiliated with EC-Council, and this course is not an official EC-Council training program. CEH® and Certified Ethical Hacker® are registered trademarks of EC-Council.

Embark on a transformative journey with our ethical hacking course, purpose-built to prepare you for EC-council v13 exam. You’ll explore the principles of ethical hacking and learn to think like an ethical hacker, mastering techniques for identifying and exploiting vulnerabilities before malicious actors can.

What you’ll learn

• How to apply ethical hacking methodologies to assess system security

• Tools and tactics used by an ethical hacker for reconnaissance, footprinting, and scanning

• Techniques for system hacking, privilege escalation, and post-exploitation

• Strategies to analyze malware threats and implement effective countermeasures

• Best practices for reporting findings and remediating vulnerabilities

Key topics covered

• Information security fundamentals and the mindset of an ethical hacker

• Footprinting, reconnaissance, and ethical hacking reconnaissance tools

• Network scanning, enumeration, and vulnerability analysis

• System hacking, malware threats, and web application attacks

• Wireless network hacking, cryptography, and evasion techniques

• Challenge labs aligned to v13 objectives, reinforcing your ethical hacking certification readiness
  

Explore and work with common hacking tools when performing activities throughout the course using both Kali Linux and Windows Server.  Some include:

Reconnaissance / OSINT

• Maltego — visual link-analysis and relationship mapping for people, domains, and infrastructure.

• theHarvester — gather e-mail addresses, subdomains and hostnames from public sources.

• Shodan — search engine for internet-connected devices and services.

• Recon-ng — modular framework for automated web reconnaissance.

Scanning / Enumeration

• Nmap — host discovery, port scanning and service fingerprinting.

• Netcat — lightweight network read/write utility often used for banner grabbing and simple connections.

• Masscan — very fast internet-scale port scanner.

Vulnerability assessment

• Nessus — commercial vulnerability scanner (widely used in CEH labs).

• OpenVAS / Greenbone — open-source vulnerability scanning.

• Nikto — web server vulnerability scanner.

Web application testing

• Burp Suite (Community/Professional) — web proxy, request/response inspection, scanner and many web testing utilities.

• OWASP ZAP — open-source web application security scanner and proxy.

• sqlmap — automated SQL injection discovery and exploitation tool (discussed from a testing/defensive perspective).

Exploitation frameworks

• Metasploit Framework — widely used for exploit development, payloads and post-exploitation demos (taught ethically).

• Empire / PowerShell frameworks — post-exploitation and lateral-movement demos (usually in controlled lab contexts).

Password attacks / credential tools

• John the Ripper — password cracking utility for hashes.

• Hashcat — GPU-accelerated password cracking.

• Hydra / Medusa — online password brute-force tools for many protocols.

Network sniffing / traffic analysis

• Wireshark — packet capture and deep protocol analysis.

• tcpdump — command-line packet capture and filtering.

Wireless testing

• Aircrack-ng suite — capture and analyze wireless traffic, recover weak WEP/WPA-PSK keys (for lab learning).

• Kismet — wireless network detector, sniffer and IDS.

Reverse engineering & malware analysis (introductory)

• Ghidra — open-source reverse engineering tool (disassembler/Decompiler).

• Radare2 — reverse engineering framework.

• IDA Pro — commercial disassembler (often referenced).

Digital forensics

• Autopsy / Sleuth Kit — disk and file system forensics analysis tools.

• Volatility — memory forensics framework.

Social engineering / phishing

• Social-Engineer Toolkit (SET) — framework for social-engineering simulations (used in training and awareness exercises).

• King Phisher — phishing campaign simulation tool (used in authorised assessments).

OSINT & mapping misc

• Google Dorks — advanced search queries methodology (covered conceptually).

• SpiderFoot — automated OSINT reconnaissance.
  

This ethical hacking course is ideal for:

• IT professionals aiming to become a certified in ethical hacking

• Security analysts and network administrators seeking ethical hacking certification

• Aspiring ethical hackers preparing for the newest version exam

• Anyone interested in a comprehensive ethical hacking training path

Why choose this course

• Over 68 hours of in-depth video lectures and interactive labs
• Real-world scenarios that mirror actual hacking challenges
• Downloadable resources and toolkits to support continual practice

Exam preparation and career outcomes

Aligned directly with the EC-council v13 exam blueprint, this course equips you for the official V13 exam. On completion, you’ll hold the knowledge and practical experience to pursue roles such as ethical hacker, Penetration Tester, or Security Analyst—and achieve recognized ethical hacking certification.