Ethical Hacking & Penetration Testing
Penetration, Malware, Trojan, Hardware exploitation (Completed 12-week course)
Focus on practical labs, CTFs, and Offensive Security tools like Metasploit, Wireshark, and OpenVAS.
🏆 Deep Dive Courses & Certifications
Advanced learning to move toward professional certification standards.
- Cisco Ethical Hacker Course Covers scoping, executing, and reporting on vulnerability assessments.
- IBM Ethical Hacking with Open Source Tools Professional Certificate Hands-on training with Kali Linux, Wireshark, Metasploit, and OpenVAS.
- Practical Ethical Hacking (TCM Security) Highly-regarded practical course often aligned with industry-standard methodology.
🧪 Practice Labs & CTF Platforms
The best way to deepen knowledge is through hands-on practice in controlled environments.
Hack The Box (HTB)
Online platform to test and advance pentesting skills using virtual machines.
TryHackMe (THM)
Beginner-friendly gamified labs with guided learning paths (e.g., Pentester Pathway).
VulnHub
Collection of downloadable, purposely vulnerable VMs for offline practice.
Portswigger Web Security Labs (Burp Suite)
Essential practice for Web Application Hacking (OWASP Top 10 focus).
🛠️ Tool & Methodology Guides
- OWASP Top 10 Project The definitive guide for understanding and mitigating the most critical web application security risks.
- Metasploit Framework Documentation For learning exploitation and post-exploitation techniques (Meterpreter, MSFVENOM).
- Ethical Hacking Resources GitHub (Dummy) Dummy link to a real-world resource list for scripts, tools, and write-ups.