Ethical Hacking - Basics (Kali 2021) (Udemy.com)
Learning on Kali 2021
Created by: Arthur Salmon
Last updated April 2021
What you will learn
- An introduction to attacking networks and breaking passwords.
- A clear understanding of what ethical hacking and penetration testing is.
- Setting up Kali Linux
- Overview of tools in Kali
How it compares
Against the other 523 rated Udemy courses in Hacking on CourseDuck:
- Rating4.4 out of 5higher than 33% of them
- Reviews1,358#152 of 524 by number of reviews
- Length2 hoursshorter than 81% of them
- Last updatedApril 2021earlier than 79% of them
Course Description
Kali is a penetration testing Linux distribution created by Offensive Security. It holds a repository of multiple tools for security-related engineers including hacking wireless networks, web applications, databases, Reverse engineering, password crackers, and much more! As you can see, Kali is a versatile and powerful tool for anyone looking to do any cybersecurity-related work.
Keep in mind this is a basics course, which means this course is a beginner’s guide to getting started in Kali…to get your feet wet. The course is broken down into several sections focusing on certain aspects of the ethical hacking process. Starting off with an overview of Kali and its use cases then offer a step-by-step walkthrough of installing Kali using VMware. Next, we teach you some important configuration settings in the distribution including configuring your network and managing services in Kali. Knowing these procedures will help you set up the proper environments when using Kali and its tools.
We will cover the five phases and the tools used in each phase, again this is an introduction so we may not go super in-depth but you will leave with a basic understanding of how to do things and why they are done in each phase. Because of issues with Udemy free courses being less than two hours I am not able to add additional content. However, I will be publishing more free courses. I will be publishing a more focused Course on each of the phases.
The goal is to provide you with basic knowledge to get you started so you can take it from there. Remember this is not a field that you have can walkthrough. You will have to grow and adapt as the environment changes.
Instructor Details
- 4.4 Rating
1,358 Reviews
Arthur Salmon
Hello, my name is Arthur Salmon, currently I hold an Applied Doctorate in Information Assurance & Cybersecurity. I hold a Master’s degree in network and Communication Management focusing on IT Security. I have worked in IT for 20 years, with 10 of them being in an IT Security role. I have spent 6 years doing red-team work for private organizations, and just over 5 doing blue-team work for medium businesses. While my primary job role is in education, I spend allot of time working in the field and moving cybersecurity industry forward as a whole. I hold advanced certifications such as CISSP, CEH, and several Cisco CCNPs. I have also worked internally working to update Cybersecurity programs, courses and training facilities to aid in their modernization. Currently, I am working on coordinating western regional colleges into a more competition focus pathway as well as aiding in the development of competency-based assessments in Cybersecurity curriculum. When I am not working on aiding in education development, I own and operate a MSP in the greater Las Vegas area aiding small/medium business in meeting compliance and regulatory requirements.
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Reviews
By Karabo Lesetedi on 5/11/2025
Unfortunately, it's outdated so I had to look for alternatives to what he taught. However, everything is clearly explained, all steps are excellently shown and his voice is clear throughout. The only problem is that he does not explain what the tools he is using are for. That way of teaching assumes that someone knows about these tools and technologies already. That makes this a refresher course instead of a teaching course
By Wayne Jones on 12/5/2024
It has been Hard to find a course that makes sense as you can get an information overload in Ethical hacking and not know where to start Enjoyed the course and the fact mistakes were made but identified and corrected - hope to find more courses like this :)
By Nelson Semedo on 4/23/2024
It was amazing, on my end I launched the same reverse_tcp payload in the steps told and tried accessing the payload from the host machine which is windows in this case ( as a victim`s machine) but I couldn`t access the executable file >>error include run network diagnosis ,check firewall
By Brandon Koch on 5/5/2023
So far from the first three lessons I believe that I like the guys teaching style. I wish that we could hear everything more clearly and I do wish that he would’ve made a separate video for training on how to set up Matas play double three just because if we’re gonna be ethical hackers we should understand this stuff thoroughly
By Vince Anderson on 8/24/2022
Great content. I love that we actually did the assignments, opposed to the multiple choice stuff in most of the Udemy courses that I’ve done. Thanks! I learned a lot.
By Paulo Sergio Ortiz Díaz on 7/5/2022
The course is basic, but gives you an overview, Hashcat didn't work becuase of the VM reosurces, but you can use John the Ripper instead.
By Jesus Arambula on 3/25/2022
I already knew a little bit about VMs, so setting this up myself on VirtualBox wasn't that complicated. Although, I believe that other students out there who (truly) are beginners at this and don't know much about computer might find this walkthrough a little complicated. Might wanna walk them more step by step.
By Infotec Guy on 1/31/2022
Quite engaging content, well explained with step by step instructions on setting up the working environment. I think this tutorial will work out well for me.
By Muhammad Hassaan Subhi on 10/16/2021
Basic Level Course can be improved .. Firewall bypassing must be included while attacking the win10 target and also elaborate how to do port forwarding to perform this in real life. And also how to generate undetectable payloads like using magic numbers or encryption methods etc etc..
By Waldemar Schweizer on 8/23/2021
Excellent course. Very interesting and informative. Topics are explained in detail and shown using examples. I am really enthusiastic and can only recommend this course for those interested. Thank you very much
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Overall Score : 88 / 100






