Ethical Hacking Home Lab: Capture the Flag Cyber Security 1.0

This course provides a hands-on approach to ethical hacking, focusing on Capture the Flag (CTF) challenges designed to sharpen penetration testing skills. You'll learn to build a virtual lab using a Kali Linux virtual machine and VirtualBox, then systematically attack vulnerable machines. The walkthroughs cover reconnaissance, vulnerability analysis, exploitation, and privilege escalation, teaching you how real-world penetration testers approach cybersecurity challenges.

Through detailed video demonstrations and write ups, you'll work through multiple CTF challenges, including Basic Pentest, Stapler, DeRPnStiNK, and Mr. Robot. Each challenge presents different scenarios, requiring you to apply a hacker's mindset, use powerful tools, and exploit system weaknesses.

• Virtual machine lab setup and configuration
• Network scanning and enumeration
• Web and system exploitation techniques
• Privilege escalation and post-exploitation
• Scripting for penetration testing (Python, PHP)
• Hands-on experience with CTF-style hacking challenges
• Improved cybersecurity methodology and critical thinking

By the end of the course, you'll have the confidence and skills to tackle more advanced security assessments and competitions and the confidence to build your own homelab.