Free Hacking Tools for Penetration Testing & Ethical Hacking (Udemy.com)
Learn hackers`Web Hacking, Network Scanning and Password Cracking tools such as Wireshark, Nmap, Metasploit, Maltego
Created by: Muharrem AYDIN
Last updated September 2026
What you will learn
- Ethical hacking involves a hacker agreeing with an organization or individual who authorizes the hacker to levy cyber attacks on a system or network.
- In addition to proficiency in basic computer skills and use of the command line, ethical hackers must also develop technical skills related to programming.
- Ethical hacking is a good career because it is one of the best ways to test a network. An ethical hacker tries to locate vulnerabilities in the network.
- Many hackers use the Linux operating system (OS) because Linux is a free and open-source OS that anyone can modify it. It’s easy to access and customize .
- Ethical hacking is legal because the hacker has full, expressed permission to test the vulnerabilities of a system. An ethical hacker operates.
- The different types of hackers include white hat hackers who are ethical hackers and are authorized to hack systems.
How it compares
Against the other 523 rated Udemy courses in Hacking on CourseDuck:
- Rating4.5 out of 5higher than 51% of them
- Reviews398#316 of 524 by number of reviews
- Length8.6 hourslonger than 66% of them
- Last updatedSeptember 2026more recently than 87% of them
Course Description
Hello,
Welcome to my "Free Hacking Tools for Penetration Testing & Ethical Hacking" course
Learn hackers`Web Hacking, Network Scanning and Password Cracking tools such as Wireshark, Nmap, Metasploit, Maltego
My name is Muharrem Aydin ( white-hat Hacker ), creator of the three best-selling Ethical Hacking and Penetration Testing courses on Udemy
Whether you want to get your first job in IT security, become a white hat hacker, or prepare to check the security of your own home network, Oak Academy offers practical and accessible ethical hacking courses to help keep your networks safe from cybercriminals
Penetration testing skills make you a more marketable IT tech Understanding how to exploit servers, networks, and applications means that you will also be able to better prevent malicious exploitation From website and network hacking, to pen testing in Python and Metasploit, Oak Academy has a course for you
Ethical Hacking is in demand Learn Ethical Hacking penetration testing, web hacking, Metasploit & become an ethical hacker
Whether you want to get your first job in IT security, become a white hat hacker, or prepare to check the security of your own home network, Oak Academy offers practical and accessible ethical hacking courses to help keep your networks safe from cybercriminals
This time I’ve designed my "Ethical Hacking and Penetration Testing with Free Tools" course, for YOU! This course is for everyone! If you don’t have any previous experience, not a problem! This course is expertly designed to teach everyone from complete beginners, right through to pro hackers You'll go from beginner to extremely high-level and I will take you through each step with hands-on examples
In this course, I have listed the web’s favorite ethical hacking / pentesting hacker tools as used by hackers, geeks, ethical hackers and security engineers (as well as black hat hackers)
★★★★★ All tools are free So you don’t need to buy any tool or application ★★★★★
You will learn the theory, background and trendy free tools used to leverage the most updated attacks in the hacking world with real-world examples and demos
In this course, you will first learn how to set up a lab ( Kali Linux ) and install needed software on your machine Then you will learn;
Network Scan Tools
Wireshark, Hping, Nmap, Zenmap
Vulnerability Scan Tool
Nessus
Exploitation Tool
Metasploit Framework
Password Cracking Tools
Hydra, Cain and Abel, John The Ribber
Information Gathering Over the Internet Tools
SearchDiggity, Shodan, Maltego,
Web Hacking Tools
Burp Suite, ZAP, Beef, SQLMap
Social Engineering and Phishing Tools
Veil, Fatrat, Empire Project
&
Network Layer & Layer-2 Attacks Tools
Yersinia for DHCP Starvation
Here is the list of what you’ll learn by the end of course,
Setting Up The Laboratory
Set Up Kali Linux from VM Image
Set Up Kali Linux from ISO File
Set Up a Victim: Metasploitable Linux
Set Up a Victim: OWASP Broken Web Applications
Set Up a Victim: Windows System
Network Scan Tools
Wireshark: Sniffing the Network Traffic
Wireshark: Following a Stream
Wireshark: Summarise the Network
TCPDump in Action
Hping for Active Scan and DDoS Attacks
Network Scan Tools - NMAP
Ping Scan to Enumerate Network Hosts
Introduction to Port Scan
SYN Scan
Port Scan Details
TCP Scan
UDP Scan
Version Detection
Operating System Detection
Input & Output Management in Nmap
Introduction to Nmap Scripting Engine (NSE)
Nmap Scripting Engine: First Example
Nmap Scripting Engine: Second Example
Some Other Types of Scans: XMAS, ACK, etc
Idle (Stealth) Scan
Vulnerability Scan Tool: Nessus
Nessus: Introduction
Download & Install Nessus
Creating a Custom Policy
Scanning
Reporting
Exploitation Tool: Metasploit Framework (MSF)
MSF Console: Search Function & Ranking of the Exploits
MSF Console: Configure & Run an Exploit
Meeting with Meterpreter
Meterpreter Basics on Linux
Meterpreter Basics on Windows
Meterpreter for Post-Exploitation
Incognito Extension of Meterpreter
Mimikatz in Meterpreter
Post Modules of Metasploit Framework (MSF)
Managing Post Modules of MSF
Password Cracking Tools
Hydra: Cracking the Password of a Web App
Hydra: Online SSH Password Cracking
Cain and Abel: Install & Run
Cain and Abel: Gathering Hashes
Cain & Abel: A Dictionary Attack
Cain & Abel: A Brute Force Attack
John the Ripper
Information Gathering Over the Internet Tools
SearchDiggity: A Search Engine Tool
Information Gathering Over the Internet Tools
SearchDiggity: A Search Engine Tool
Shodan
FOCA: Fingerprinting Organisations with Collected Archives
The Harvester & Recon-NG
Maltego - Visual Link Analysis Tool
Web App Hacking Tools
Burp Suite: Intercepting the HTTP Traffic
Burp Suite: Intercepting the HTTPS Traffic
Zed Attack Proxy (ZAP): A Web App Vulnerability Scanner
ZAP: Installation & Quick Scan
ZAP: As a Personal Proxy
ZAP: Intercepting the HTTPS Traffic
ZAP: An Advanced Scan - Scanning a Website that Requires to Login
SQLMap: Leveraging an SQL Injection Exploit
Social Engineering and Phishing Tools
Veil: Introduction
Veil: In Action
FatRat: Introduction
FatRat: In Action
Empire Project: Installation
Empire in Action
Social Engineering Toolkit (SET) for Phishing
Instructor Details
- 4.5 Rating
398 Reviews
Muharrem AYDIN
After 20+ years of software engineering experience with titles of software developer, product manager, and integration architect, I have been working in cyber security domain for last 15 years. I am not only a cyber security expert but also the head and kick-starter of a cyber security consultancy unit.
In security field, I have performed dozens of penetration tests for institutes from different sectors: finance, military, state agencies, and telcos.
I have been consulting different companies in security field which includes global banks such as ING Bank, HSBC, CitiBank and more.
In addition, I am an adjunct instructor in a university and teaching cyber security for years.
I involved in technical areas and has taken responsibilities in:
Penetration tests (Pentests) and security audits
Cyber security training & consultancy
Source code analysis & secure software development
Cyber security incident response
Information security management system (ISMS) consultancy
Open source cyber security systems, such as OpenVAS, OSSEC, OSSIM, Snort, Suricata, mod security
I'm creating my courses by using my know-how and 10 years of experience. As a result, our first course "Hacking Web Applications and Penetration Testing: Fast Start!" has gained "Best Seller" reputation in its category.
I have risen a lot of cyber security experts from scratch, and you are the next.
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Reviews
By Volcano on 7/12/2023
I just bought the course 2 weks ago.Very good course and very interesting. I which the same cours but more longer for a perfect training, with a lot of missions or practices, if possible
By Eric on 7/12/2023
I just found and buy like such as quality cource. The course was very informative and had a lot of easy days to understanding the topics covered.It was also very easy to navigate. I really enjoyed it!
By Volkan Karabuga on 5/30/2023
Actually, this subject has always been confusing for me, I needed an expert mentor about how these tools and tests would be. but this course seems like it will help me with that. very understandable , good sound quality and plain narration . thanks
By Nihed TLIBA on 6/6/2022
Very good cours and very interisting. I wich the same cours but more longer for a perfect training, with a lot of missions or practices, if possible. Thank you!!!
By Colin Davis on 12/26/2021
This is one of the best courses on Udemy to learn about Ethical Hacking & Penetration Testing tools. The instructor provides tons of information from the scratch tor students to learn those concepts better!
By Erika C Lane on 9/9/2021
I am very happy with this course, the instructor, and the content. I am looking forward to seeing other courses because I feel like I get exactly what I need to get me on my way.
By Anonymized User on 6/11/2020
it has been very educational taking this course, i have learn alot thanks for the course. i wish to learn more
By Alok Kumar on 7/9/2019
It could be better if, you give more live scenarios, in some tools, even there are no examples...and not given whole information about them, its good for start but we cannot depend completely on it. For getting information about each tool, we need to explore it further. But for those who just want to know about the penetration tools names only, it good for them. Hope you will add some more videos with full explanation about each hacking & penetration tool.
By Mehmet Fatih Gungor on 12/6/2018
This course is very helpful for penetration testing if you have already started to learn like me. The instructor has a clear voice and course is well organized.
By John Van Hoorn on 10/25/2018
Too long talking about a networkconnection that wouldn't work. He could solve this without bothering us. I am interested in ethical hacking and penetration not in connecting a computer to the internet.
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Overall Score : 90 / 100












