Ethical Hacking

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Practice ethical hacking concepts using real-world tools, guided labs, and simulated attack scenarios designed for beginners. This Ethical Hacking Specialization is suitable for those who want to become ethical hackers. It features simulations of real-world attacks, demonstrations from industry pros, and easy-to-understand definitions that mirror real-life scenarios. The specialization is hands-on specific and covers 40+ demos using multiple tools like Burp Suite, NMAP, Shodan, ShellGPT, Advanced IP Scanner Tool , Snort, Snow and many more. The specilization also covers how ethical hacking is done in this era of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and you will work with AI-enabled ethical hacking tools. Tools and Environments You’ll Explore Network scanning and enumeration tools Vulnerability assessment utilities Web application testing tools Password and authentication testing tools Traffic analysis and packet inspection tools Linux-based security testing environments Ethical Hacking Domains Covered in the specilization: Footprinting and reconnaissance Scanning networks and enumeration Vulnerability analysis System hacking techniques Malware and persistence concepts Sniffing and traffic analysis Social engineering fundamentals Denial-of-service Web application attacks Wireless attack techniques Cloud, IoT, and mobile attack surfaces Cryptography and secure communications

Syllabus

Course 1: Ethical Hacking Fundamentals
Course 2: System & Network Security Essentials
Course 3: Advanced Ethical Hacking & Cybersecurity
Course 4: Ethical Hacking Practice Project & Questions

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10 hours 30 minutes
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Step into advanced ethical hacking with a practical, career-focused course built around real attack techniques and modern defense strategies. You’ll discover how security professionals evaluate and protect cloud, mobile, and application environments with industry tools and hands-on demos. Start with cloud and virtualization security, which includes real threat paths, cloud misconfigurations, and container and Kubernetes risks. Learn cloud assessment by watching demos like EC2/GCP enumeration and S3 exposure testing. Then dive into mobile hacking across both Android and iOS, including rooting, jailbreaking, OTP abuse, reverse engineering, and mobile pentesting workflows. Advance your skills with core offensive techniques: • Cryptography, hashing, PKI, SSL/TLS • Steganography with OpenStego • DoS/DDoS and botnet behavior • SQL injection and defense methods Build job-ready skills to identify vulnerabilities and strengthen real systems. Disclaimer: CEH is a trademark of EC-Council. This course is not affiliated with or endorsed by EC-Council.
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7 hours 45 minutes
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Modern cyberattacks target systems, networks, cloud infrastructure, and connected devices — and organizations need professionals who understand how these attacks really work. This course lays the groundwork for system and network security by examining real-world threat-attack techniques, malware behavior, and other network evasion tactics common to most modern breaches. You will learn about the mechanics of password attacks, authentication vulnerabilities, privilege escalation principles, malware propagation patterns, as well as static and dynamic analysis details. The course also covers network sniffing, ARP poisoning, IDS/IPS detection logic, firewall evasion concepts, and Endpoint bypass techniques. Then, you will be exposed to the latest threat trends such as AI-based malware, ransomware-as-a-service ecosystem, cloud privilege escalation risk, and IoT/OT attack surface. Designed for security-focused learners, this course strengthens attacker methodology understanding while reinforcing defensive monitoring and detection perspectives used in real enterprise security operations. Disclaimer: CEH is a trademark of EC-Council. This course is not affiliated with or endorsed by EC-Council.
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8 hours 14 minutes
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Trusted by 17,000+ learners exploring ethical hacking fundamentals worldwide. Ethical Hacking Fundamentals is a hands-on beginner course that teaches how real-world attacks happen and how security professionals defend systems. You’ll begin with the basics of hacking, types of hackers, and the difference between ethical and illegal hacking. Next, you will understand cybersecurity terminologies, hacking stages, fundamentals of security, and penetration testing types. You will also see hands-on, real-world demos installing Kali Linux and configuring Burp Suite. Then, you’ll practice reconnaissance and footprinting using Shodan, WHOIS, website footprinting, Google Dorks, and web archive discovery. After that, you’ll move into network scanning and enumeration: host discovery, OS detection, vulnerability scanning, and Nmap-based port scanning with countermeasures. Finally, you will address social engineering and phishing defense, as well as web application and server security fundamentals, including authentication testing and API exploitation. Start learning how ethical hacking really works. Disclaimer: CEH and Certified Ethical Hacker are trademarks of EC-Council. This course is not affiliated with or endorsed by EC-Council.