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Ethical Hacking Specialization

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Ethical Hacking Specialization

Ethical Hacking for Cybersecurity Careers. Learn hands-on ethical hacking techniques using real tools and attack scenarios.

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Get in-depth knowledge of a subject
Beginner level

Recommended experience

4 weeks to complete
at 10 hours a week
Flexible schedule
Learn at your own pace

What you'll learn

  • Perform reconnaissance and footprinting on target environments

  • Identify vulnerabilities using structured analysis techniques

  • Understand how attackers exploit systems, applications, and networks

  • Analyze web, wireless, cloud, and mobile attack vectors

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Specialization - 4 course series

Ethical Hacking Fundamentals

Ethical Hacking Fundamentals

Course 1 8 hours

What you'll learn

  • Understand how attackers perform reconnaissance and scanning

  • Identify common vulnerabilities in systems and applications

  • Learn how authentication and password attacks work

  • Understand how malware and network attacks are carried out

Skills you'll gain

Category: Penetration Testing
Category: Cybersecurity
Category: Network Monitoring
Category: Information Systems Security
Category: Open Web Application Security Project (OWASP)
Category: Cyber Security Assessment
Category: Linux Commands
Category: Cyber Risk
Category: Security Testing
Category: Cyber Attacks
Category: Network Security

What you'll learn

  • Learn system hacking steps, password attack methods, authentication, salting, and basic penetration testing with reporting practice

  • Understand malware, ransomware, rootkits, sniffing, weak protocols, and ARP poisoning with detection and analysis basics

  • Discover firewalls, IDS, Snort, honeypots, and real-world evasion/bypass methods against network defenses

  • Study IoT and OT security, device architecture, common vulnerabilities, attack paths, and practical scanning approaches

Skills you'll gain

Category: Network Security
Category: Internet Of Things
Category: Information Systems Security
Category: Malware Protection
Category: Infrastructure Security
Category: Exploitation techniques
Category: Endpoint Security
Category: Cloud Security
Category: Threat Detection
Category: AI Security
Category: Threat Modeling
Category: Authentications
Category: Cybersecurity
Category: Intrusion Detection and Prevention
Category: Firewall

What you'll learn

  • Master advanced attack techniques in cloud, mobile, crypto, steganography, DoS/DDoS, SQLi, and container security

  • Understand cloud and virtualization risks, AWS/GCP attack paths, Zero Trust, CASB, and container/Kubernetes weaknesses

  • Practice with demos: EC2 & GCP enumeration, S3 testing, mobile exploits, cryptography tools, steganography, and SQL injection

  • Build skills to find vulnerabilities and secure cloud, mobile, web apps, APIs, and modern infrastructure systems

Skills you'll gain

Category: Cryptography
Category: Data Security
Category: Cloud Computing

What you'll learn

  • Learners will engage in practical projects that simulate real-world hacking scenarios.

  • Develop critical thinking and problem-solving skills essential for identifying vulnerabilities, and implementing effective countermeasures.

  • Enhance practical skills and understanding of ethical hacking techniques.

Skills you'll gain

Category: GitLab
Category: Threat Detection
Category: Problem Solving
Category: Git (Version Control System)
Category: Security Testing
Category: GitHub
Category: Exploit development

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