Practice Your First Penetration Test: Kali & Metasploit Lab (Udemy.com)

Learn ethical hacking with Kali in your own lab, scan targets with Nmap and exploit victims with metasploit!

Created by: FeltSecure Labs

Produced in 2017

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What you will learn

  • Install and configure Kali Linux
  • Prepare virtual lab environment with Kali and victim machines
  • Scan networks with Nmap
  • Discover vulnerable applications
  • Exploit Linux and Windows servers with Metasploit

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Overall Score : 90 / 100

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Course Description

Learn the popular securitytools andtechniques that you will need to run penetration tests with the best ethicalhacking distribution Kali, and thetools: Nmap and Metasploit.

Learn the Essential Techniques andBuild a Strong Foundation in Penetration Testing in This Comprehensive Course From Scratch!

Setup ethical hacking environment with KaliPreparevirtualvictim environment to run your tests safelyScan the targetswith easy-to-use and affectivecommandsinNmapDiscover the vulnerabilities to hack into systemsExploit thetargets with MetasploitInteractwith payloads on victim machinesDownload documents, create remote users and take screencaptures from exploited Linux and Windows servers.

Powerful SecuritySkills at Your Fingertips

Learning the fundamentals of ethical hacking puts a powerful and very useful skill at your fingertips. Kali, nmap and metasploit are free andeasy to learn toolsfrombeginner to advancedpenetration testing operations.

Jobs in penetration testing positions are plentiful and companies are constantly looking for cybersecurity professionals who have practical-hands on experience on Kali and Metasploit. Experts from the IT industry arealso looking for simple yet effective solutions to keep their systems secure.

This course is perfect foranyone seeking to provide safe andsecure IT systems withimplementingethical hacking andpenetration testing solutions.

Contents and Overview

Suitable for beginners in cybersecurity, through this course of 45+ lectures and 3hours of video content,you will learn all the details about setting up and using Kali Linux Distribution and establish a strong understanding of the process behind a professional penetration test.

This course starts withintroducingbasic - yet veryimportant aspects of ethical hacking. After this quick summary, you will find yourself already practicing how to setup apenetration testing platform with Kali and victim machines,which you can use in your professional life.

Right afterdeploying the systems, you will immediately start scanning the target environment, which consists of 1 intentionally vulnerable Linux distribution and 1 Windows 7.

Aftercompleting scanning operations, you will learnthe famous hacking framework Metasploit withall important options, by practicing againstvictim machines. And finally, you will be able to exploit and remotely access to Linux and Windows machines, whereyou will practice ethical hacking skills like downloading documents and gaining passwords, with leveraging advanced payloads like meterpreter.

Upon completion, you will learn how to prepare your ethical hacking environment with Kali, scan network segments per your needs, discover vulnerabilities, exploit victims and gain remote access to compromised machines.

What are the requirements?

A willingness to learn and an open mindBasic understanding of how computers workSome linux and network experience is a plus

What am I going to get from this course?

By the end of this course, you will be able to prepare your hacking environment and start usingKaliYou will have the ability to scan networks to detect open ports and servicesYou will discover vulnerabilities by comparing yournmap scan resultsand relatedmetasploit modulesYou will exploit vulnerable application with metasploit modulesYou will access compromised servers and run commandsremotely

What is the target audience?

Collegestudents and professionals from technical domainsITenthusiasts orentrepreneursAnyone interested in exploring a new domain from scratchWho this course is for:
This Penetration Testing course is for newbies who has none or limited experience on ethical hackingThe course is also very useful for professionals in this domain who is looking for a quick refresher

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Instructor Details

FeltSecure Labs

Frontier Education Labs and Technologies on Security,FeltSecure,is a cyber security education institutionwhichfocuses teachingIT security to anyone interested in cyber.
As a team of 10+experienced securityprofessionals, we provide e-learningcourses and practical training services,along with the penetration testing and security auditing assistance for you.
Focusing on purely practical aspects, our mission is to cover security skills you need in your professional life!


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By Zivko Roman on 11/15/2020

So far so good.

By Alexander Lem on 10/17/2020

Quite good - simple step by step with focus on practical. However do expect to do research on the net since there are some areas that do not necessarily tie up exactly with the steps described in the lectures due to evolving enhancements, changes and version updates of the software being used relative to when the course was published.

By Viveka Pauline Philominraj on 9/21/2020

Yes, this course is really helpful

By Clevelon Skerritt on 9/20/2020

Course was easy to follow along with. Would have been even better if the videos could have been updated especially to reflect the version of Kali

By Prantaneel Pegu on 9/6/2020

Good. It taught me very much.

By Odeal van Flemmering on 8/14/2020

This course is helpful in gaining knowledge about pen testing

By Ricardo Larrotta Prieto on 7/20/2020

Excelente

By Marcus da Silva on 7/2/2020

Nice intro to basic concepts of vulnerabilities, pentesting and a few very useful pentesting tools like metasploit and nmap

By Keny Labrador on 5/20/2020

It's a good course for beginners

By James McKee on 4/24/2020

Thanks a ton.

By Chris N. on 4/7/2020

It's not bad so far. Curious to what he teaches.
Update: Getting excited!
Update: It was a good course.

By Christopher Bianchi on 2/24/2020

very well explained but very basic information..