What you will learn

• Understand hacking fundamentals, hacker types, attack stages, core security terms, and the essential building blocks of ethical penetration testing

• Master reconnaissance and footprinting methods, including email footprinting, network discovery, and structured attack information gathering

• Conduct network scanning, vulnerability analysis, enumeration, and counter port-scanning techniques with practical experience using NMAP

• Detect phishing and social engineering attacks while learning web penetration testing basics, server layers, and defensive security strategies