What you will learn
This learning path builds on your ethical hacking knowledge and skills by teaching you how to write and create exploits. As you progress through six courses, you’ll learn advanced reconnaissance techniques and stealth strategies, manual and automated techniques for discovering vulnerabilities, how to write exploits, how to use Metasploit’s interchangeable payloads and remote commands, and more. Upon completion, you’ll have increased confidence in your penetration testing skills and the knowledge of exploit creation needed to take your cybersecurity career to the next level.
Syllabus
Introduction to Advanced Hacking
Course — 00:07:44
K0003, K0004, K0119, K0177, K0206, K0342
A brief overview of the topics that you need to know about advanced hacking.
Advanced Reconnaissance
Course — 00:26:22
K0004, K0005, K0061, K0119, K0129, K0177, K0179, K0206, K0255, K0318, K0324, K0342, K0486, K0489, K0529, K0536, S0051, S0081
Discover some of the techniques pentesters can use in complex environments.
Finding Vulnerabilities in Software
Course — 00:57:48
K0004, K0005, K0013, K0119, K0177, K0186, K0188, K0206, K0342, K0529, K0536, S0051, S0081, S0137, S0167, S0242
Learn both manual and automated techniques for discovering vulnerabilities in apps.
Exploit Writing
Course — 00:47:04
K0005, K0016, K0068, K0070, K0119, K0177, K0186, K0188, K0206, K0234, K0342, K0372, K0536, S0019, S0051, S0130
Explore various exploits and how to choose the right Metasploit payload.
Advanced Exploitation
Course — 00:34:49
K0004, K0069, K0070, K0115, K0119, K0129, K0162, K0177, K0206, K0342, K0447, K0452, K0529, K0536, K0624, S0051, S0167, S0267
Learn concepts of advanced threats and how to use them in pentesting.
AEH Wrap Up
Course — 00:03:16
K0119, K0206, K0342
The key takeaways you need for becoming an ethical hacker.
Purple Team Privilege Escalation Project
Project — 02:31:50
This project contains three labs focused on understanding, exploiting, and mitigating vulnerabilities that allow a user to escalate their privileges.
CEPT Skill Assessment
Assessment — 75 questions — 00:37:30
CEPT Practice Exam
Assessment — 75 questions — 00:37:30
The details
Learning path insights
How to claim CPEs
Should you complete this learning path, you’ll be able to download a certificate of completion. Use this to claim your CPEs or CPUs.
Associated NICE Work Roles
All Infosec training maps directly to the NICE Workforce Framework for Cybersecurity to guide you from beginner to expert across 52 Work Roles.
- All-Source Analyst
- Mission Assessment Specialist
- Exploitation Analyst
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