Learning Crux

Course Description

New! Now with Capture the Flag Exercises! Course Overview This course provides learners with a basic level of competency using a hands-on approach to gaining practical experience as a penetration tester or an ethical hacker (white, grey or black). This course provides a fundamental look at offensive security concepts and techniques using a virtual install of Kali Linux and three different target victims, Windows XP, Server 2008 and Linux (Metesploitable2). This course provides videos, labs, and links for downloading the free and open source software used throughout this course. You will able to build a virtual install of Kali Linux and Windows XP for virtual lab environment.

You should complete the first lab of this course before enrolling. Starting with lab 2, we will begin scanning and attacking an Windows XP victim. If the first lab cannot be completed, there is no need to enrol in the course since all labs that follow are dependent on the first lab being completed. Installation of VMWare Player (free edition) for Windows and Linux users. (Links provided in lab). Installation of Virtualbox for MAC. (Links provided in lab). Installation of 7zip (Links provided in lab). Copy of Kali ISO or Kali VMWare or Virtualbox image. (Links provided in lab). Copy of Windows XP SP2 (Links provided in lab). Copy of Server 2008 SPI 32 bit (Links provided in lab). Copy of Metesploitable2 (Links provided in lab). Who is the target audience? Anyone a wanting pure 100% hands-on learning experinece. Anyone wanting to learn the basics network penetration. Anyone wanting to how to hack concepts.

What You Will Learn

Use virtualization as it applies to penetration testing. Discover, scan and exploit network vulnerabilities. Demonstrate the ability to perform an entry level penetration test.