Masterclass: Ethical Hacking & Cyber Security Engineering

Master offensive penetration testing, network reconnaissance, Metasploit, Burp Suite, and Active Directory security.

16 Weeks
Classroom Lab & Hybrid
English & Tamil
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Course Overview

Ethical Hacking and Cyber Security Engineering is the vanguard of digital defense. This masterclass transforms students and developers into elite offensive security engineers and penetration testers. Training inside isolated, dedicated virtual cyber ranges, you will master the 5 phases of ethical hacking, conduct network reconnaissance using Nmap, intercept traffic with Wireshark and Burp Suite, exploit unpatched services with Metasploit, execute Linux and Windows privilege escalation, compromise Active Directory enterprise environments, and draft industry-standard Vulnerability Assessment & Penetration Testing (VAPT) audit reports.

Skills You Will Master

Kali Linux & Shell Scripting Nmap & Network Enumeration Wireshark Packet Analysis Metasploit & Exploit Frameworks Burp Suite & Web Hacking OWASP Top 10 Exploitation Linux & Windows PrivEsc Active Directory Attacks VAPT Audit Reporting CEH v13 & OSCP Alignment

Course Curriculum

1. Computer Networking Internals & Kali Linux Foundation

  • TCP/IP and OSI reference models: Packet encapsulation, Ethernet frames, IP headers, and TCP/UDP flags
  • Deep packet inspection with Wireshark: Analyzing 3-way handshakes, ARP cache poisoning, and DNS rebinding
  • Kali Linux command-line mastery: File system hierarchy, process management, permissions, and SSH tunneling
  • Bash scripting for penetration testers: Writing automated network scanners and log parsers
  • Setting up virtualized offensive laboratories: Host-only networking, target sandboxes, and snapshot rollbacks

2. Advanced Network Reconnaissance & Port Scanning with Nmap

  • The 5 phases of ethical hacking: Passive and active intelligence gathering workflows
  • Open-Source Intelligence (OSINT): Shodan, Censys, WHOIS, DNS zone transfers, and Google dorking
  • Nmap deep dive: TCP SYN stealth (-sS), UDP scanning (-sU), OS fingerprinting (-O), and aggressive scans (-A)
  • Nmap Scripting Engine (NSE): Discovering vulnerabilities and brute-forcing credentials using Lua scripts
  • Bypassing enterprise firewalls and Intrusion Detection Systems (IDS): Fragmented packets, decoy IPs, and source port manipulation

3. Vulnerability Assessment & The Metasploit Framework

  • Vulnerability scanning with Nessus and OpenVAS: Scanning policies, credentialed vs non-credentialed scans, and false positive reduction
  • Metasploit Framework architecture: MSFConsole, auxiliary modules, exploits, payloads (staged vs non-staged), and encoders
  • Meterpreter fundamentals: Post-exploitation commands, process migration, screen capturing, and keystroke logging
  • Weaponizing CVE public exploits: Compiling raw C exploits, modifying shellcode, and launching targeted attacks against vulnerable daemons
  • Antivirus and EDR evasion basics: Payload obfuscation, Veil framework, and custom encoded reverse shells

4. Web Application Penetration Testing & OWASP Top 10

  • Web security architecture: HTTP request/response headers, cookies, sessions, and same-origin policy (SOP)
  • Burp Suite Professional setup: Proxy interception, Target sitemap, Intruder brute-forcing, and Repeater workflows
  • SQL Injection (SQLi): Error-based, Union-based, and Blind SQL injection with manual verification and SQLMap automation
  • Cross-Site Scripting (XSS): Reflected, Stored, and DOM-based XSS attacks; cookie hijacking and session token theft
  • Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF), Insecure Direct Object References (IDOR/BOLA), and Broken Access Controls
  • Automated API security testing: Intercepting REST/GraphQL endpoints with Postman and Burp Suite extensions

5. System Hacking & Privilege Escalation (Linux & Windows)

  • Initial access strategies: Reverse TCP shells, bind shells, and Netcat / Socat listener configurations
  • Linux Privilege Escalation: Exploiting SUID/SGID binaries, misconfigured sudo rules, writable /etc/passwd, and cron job hijacking
  • Linux kernel exploitation: Identifying vulnerable kernel versions and executing local privilege escalation (LPE) exploits
  • Windows Privilege Escalation: Unquoted service paths, weak service permissions, Registry autoruns, and AlwaysInstallElevated
  • Token Impersonation & Potato exploits: Elevating from service accounts to NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM using RottenPotato / JuicyPotato

6. Enterprise Active Directory (AD) Penetration Testing

  • Active Directory fundamentals: Domain Controllers, Kerberos authentication protocol, LDAP, and Trust relationships
  • AD enumeration with BloodHound and SharpHound: Mapping attack paths to Domain Admin status
  • Kerberos attacks: Kerberoasting service accounts (SPNs) and cracking ticket hashes offline with Hashcat
  • AS-REP Roasting: Targeting user accounts without Kerberos pre-authentication enabled
  • Credential dumping: Extracting plaintext passwords and NTLM hashes from LSASS memory using Mimikatz
  • Lateral movement techniques: Pass-the-Hash (PtH), WMI execution, and PsExec remote commands

7. Wireless Security, Password Cracking & Cryptography

  • Wireless 802.11 standards: WEP, WPA2-PSK, and WPA3 security architectures and 4-way handshake analysis
  • Wireless attacks with Aircrack-ng suite: Monitor mode, deauthentication frames, packet capture, and wordlist attacks
  • Password cracking science: Hash types (MD5, SHA-256, NTLM, bcrypt), dictionary attacks, rule-based attacks with Hashcat and John the Ripper
  • Cryptography in practice: Symmetric (AES) vs Asymmetric (RSA/ECC) encryption, Public Key Infrastructure (PKI), and TLS certificate validation
  • Social Engineering fundamentals: Spear phishing vectors, credential harvesting with GoPhish, and OSINT profiling

8. Enterprise VAPT Reporting, CTF Challenges & Capstone Defense

  • Drafting professional VAPT reports: Executive summaries, methodology, CVSS v3.1 severity metrics, and remediation roadmaps
  • ISO 27001, CERT-In, and NIST Cybersecurity Framework compliance mapping
  • Competitive internal Capture-The-Flag (CTF) tournament: Rooting Easy, Medium, and Hard vulnerable enterprise machines
  • Ethical disclosures and Bug Bounty platforms (HackerOne, Bugcrowd) guidelines and rules of engagement
  • Capstone Defense: End-to-End Enterprise Network Security Assessment with Live Exploitation and Executive Debrief

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Classroom & hybrid batches in Coimbatore & Chennai

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