Kali Linux Essential Training

Course details

For ethical hackers, from beginners through to the most experienced professionals, Kali Linux provides the most effective platform from which to run penetration tests. In this course, cybersecurity expert Malcolm Shore introduces you to the set of tools necessary for efficient and effective ethical hacking: Kali Linux running in the VirtualBox environment, the Metasploitable system and an OWASP Juice Shop website to use as a target for testing. Explore the key tools in the Kali Linux toolset and find out how they can be used to carry out ethical hacking tests. Plus, learn about Vulnhub, hashcat for password cracking, the GVM (OpenVAS) vulnerability scanner, using hydra for password spraying, and more. This course helps you to become competent in the basic tools used for ethical hacking.

Concepts

0. Introduction

01 - Using Kali Linux to succeed in ethical hacking
02 - What you should know
03 - Disclaimer

1. Building a VirtualBox Test Lab

04 - Introduction to virtualization
05 - Setting up a virtual lab
06 - A first look at VirtualBox
07 - Installing Kali as an appliance
08 - Installing Metasploitable from a virtual disk
09 - Installing Linux from an ISO file
10 - Installing the Juice Shop
11 - Installing Windows 11
12 - Using VirtualBox's advanced VM options

2. Kali

13 - Starting with Kali
14 - Customizing the terminal window
15 - Using the application menu
16 - Setting up favorites
17 - Updating Kali
18 - Browsing with Kali
19 - Taking notes

3. Information Gathering

20 - Information gathering with Kali
21 - Using deep magic for reconnaissance
22 - Using DNS for passive reconnaissance
23 - Using Shodan to enumerate the internet
24 - Active target reconnaissance
25 - Taking a quick peek at a web server

4. Vulnerability Scanning

26 - Vulnerability scanning with Kali
27 - Using Nikto to scan a web server
28 - Zapping a website
29 - Using Burp Suite to scan a website
30 - Busting open a website

5. Password Cracking

31 - Introducing password recovery
32 - Using command line tools for dictionaries
33 - Having a ripping good time
34 - Cracking Windows passwords

6. Exploiting Targets

35 - Overview of exploitation tools
36 - Shortlisting exploits
37 - Exploiting Linux with Metasploit
38 - Spraying passwords with Hydra
39 - Exploiting Windows with Venom

7. Building a Cyber Range

40 - Using Kali Purple to build cyber range tools
41 - Building a cyber range attack script
42 - Running our first cyber range attack
43 - Using VulnHub servers in a cyber range

Conclusion

44 - Next steps