Start Ethical Hacking with Parrot Security OS (Alt. to Kali)

Crash course in practical ethical hacking, penetration testing & red-teaming using Parrot OS, substitute for Kali Linux

What you’ll learn

Start Ethical Hacking with Parrot Security OS (Alt. to Kali)

Beginner crash course to start in Ethical Hacking and Penetration Testing using Parrot Security OS
Reconnaissance & vulnerability scanning with NMAP | Rapid7 Nexpose | Nessus | OpenVAS |
Exploitation: Metasploit | searchsploit or GitHub
Red-Teaming concepts and tools: Empire3 | Cobalt Strike
Linux command line and terminal productivity

Requirements

No prior Linux, programming, or hacking knowledge required
A Computer with an Internet connection
Passionate curiosity for learning (is a must)
Basic IT Skills (is a plus to have)

Description

This is a crash course to give you a firm understanding of the whole Ethical Hacking world, what technics and tools are used, and what kind of work awaits you if you shift your career to the cybersecurity field.

This is an abstract of our +40 hours masterclass called “Applied Ethical Hacking and Rules of Engagement”.

You can do the whole tutorial using another flavor of Linux, preferably a security-enhanced Linux such as Kali Linux or BlackArch.

Here is a breakdown of this crash course:

Introduction
Setup Virtualization Tech
Terminal productivity
Install Attacker OS: Parrot Security OS | Kali Linux
Install Victim OS: Metasploitable3 | Windows Server | Ubuntu Linux | HackTheBox
Reconnaissance: targets, names | IP address scopes | technologies, etc.
Service Scanning using NMAP
Vulnerability Scanning: Rapid7 Nexpose | Nessus | OpenVAS
Exploitation: Metasploit | searchsploit or GitHub
Red-Teaming concepts and tools: Empire3 | Cobalt Strike

The outcome of this crash course is to understand clearly what ethical hacking and penetration testing are and if you would like to shift to this field. This course is 100% practical and hands-on. All you require to finish it is a computer and internet connection.

All the software used in the course is free to use for educational purposes or 100 percent open source.

Who this course is for:

Anyone who would like to start his career in ethical hacking, penetration testing and cyber security
Anyone who would like to have a basic understanding of ethical hacking world
Linux lovers, especially security enhanced distros