### Course Overview
- **Course Title:** Complete Website Ethical Hacking and Penetration Testing
- **Instructor:** Debayan Dey
- **Target Audience:**
- Beginners with no prior hacking or Linux experience
- IT professionals interested in **web application security**
- **Ethical hackers** and **penetration testers**
- Developers aiming to secure web applications
- Cybersecurity enthusiasts
- **Prerequisites:**
- **4 GB RAM** (8 GB recommended)
- **20 GB+ disk space**
- Operating System: **Windows/OS X/Linux**
- **Virtualization enabled** in BIOS (e.g., Intel-VTx)
- **No prior Linux, programming, or hacking knowledge required**
- Strong desire to learn **hacker tools and techniques**
### Curriculum Highlights
- **Key Topics Covered:**
- **Virtualization & Virtual Machines**
- **Kali Linux 2020** setup and configuration
- **Linux commands** (system, network, user management)
- **DVWA (Damn Vulnerable Web App)**:
- **Command Injection** (Low/Medium/High security)
- **File Inclusion & Upload Attacks**
- **XSS Attacks** (DOM-Based, Reflected, Stored)
- **OWASP Mutillidae II**:
- **SQL Injection & SQLMAP**
- **Web server scanning with NIKTO**
- **BEEF Framework**
- **OWASP Juice Shop**:
- **Score Board & Zero-Star Feedback Challenges**
- **Confidential Document Access**
- **DOM/Reflected/Stored XSS**
- **Error Handling & Missing Encoding**
- **Burp Suite** for web vulnerability testing
- **Security challenges & countermeasures**
- **Key Skills Learned:**
- Setting up a **penetration testing lab** in **Kali Linux**
- Executing **command injection, file inclusion, and XSS attacks**
- Using **SQLMAP** for automated SQL injection
- Scanning web servers with **NIKTO**
- Exploiting vulnerabilities in **OWASP Top 10** frameworks
- **Burp Suite** for intercepting and modifying web traffic
- **BEEF Framework** for browser exploitation
- Securing web applications against **real-world attacks**
### Course Format
- **Duration:**
- **8.5 hours** on-demand video
- **35 articles**
- **Assignments & quizzes**
- **Format:**
- **Self-paced online course**
- **Role-play scenarios**
- **Mobile & TV access**
- **Resources:**
- **Downloadable materials** (reading resources)
- **Practical exercises & security challenges**
- **Certificate of completion**
- **Regularly updated content** (new sections added monthly)
### Additional Information
- **Certification Alignment:**
- Covers techniques relevant to **CEH (Certified Ethical Hacker)**
- Practical skills for **OWASP Top 10 vulnerabilities**
- **Hands-On Labs:**
- **DVWA, OWASP Mutillidae II, OWASP Juice Shop**
- **Legal, ethical hacking environment**
- **Instructor Credentials:**
- **Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH V10)** – EC-Council
- **Certified Secure Computer User (CSCU v2)** – EC-Council
- **Google IT Support Professional Certificate**
- **Micromasters in Cybersecurity** – Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT)
- Additional certifications from **NYU, University of Colorado, Palo Alto Networks**
