Ethical Hacking Basics: A Beginner’s Cybersecurity Guide
Ethical Hacking Basics: A Beginner’s Cybersecurity Guide, Step-by-Step Guide to Ethical Hacking and Cybersecurity for Absolute Beginners.
Course Description
Discover the world of Ethical Hacking and explore the core concepts of Cybersecurity with this beginner-friendly course. Designed for those who want to protect systems from cyber threats, this comprehensive course covers everything from networking basics to cryptography techniques. Through hands-on exercises and practical demonstrations, you’ll gain the skills needed to identify vulnerabilities and implement defensive strategies to safeguard networks, systems, and applications.
What You’ll Learn:
- Introduction to Ethical Hacking
- Understand ethical hacking concepts and its importance in cybersecurity
- Learn about the different types of hackers and legal considerations
- Set up your own ethical hacking lab with basic Linux commands
- Explore common hacking techniques and their prevention
- Networking Fundamentals for Ethical Hackers
- Dive into the OSI model and TCP/IP protocol suite
- Learn IP addressing, subnetting, and Wi-Fi security essentials
- Use network scanning tools like Nmap and Wireshark to discover vulnerabilities
- Web Application Security
- Discover web application architecture and security best practices
- Identify and exploit common web vulnerabilities such as SQL Injection and Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)
- Implement secure coding practices and defend against attacks with Web Application Firewalls (WAF)
- System Hacking and Security
- Strengthen security in both Windows and Linux environments
- Master password cracking, privilege escalation, and rootkit detection
- Apply system hardening strategies and use tools like John the Ripper to protect your systems
- Cryptography in Ethical Hacking
- Learn the fundamentals of cryptography, encryption, and decryption
- Implement cryptographic tools and explore cryptanalysis techniques
- Crack weak encryption and enhance data protection with digital signatures and certificates
With expert-led guidance, hands-on demonstrations, and industry-standard tools, this course empowers you to understand and apply ethical hacking techniques in real-world scenarios. Start your journey to becoming a skilled cybersecurity professional and protect against modern cyber threats.