Finding and Exploiting Hidden Vulnerabilities

When learning about penetration testing, vulnerability assessments play an important role, followed by exploiting the vulnerabilities identified. Finally, everything needs to be documented properly to present to the client. This course focuses on all these elements of the VAPT activity.

Courses focused on teaching Vulnerability Assessment and Penetration Testing sometimes miss out on essential elements such as documentation. Keeping this in mind, the course module has been developed to help you understand the process of VAPT step by step. So here you’ll learn how to perform vulnerability assessments using well-known softwares such as Nessus and OpenVas.

After finding the vulnerabilities, the next step for a pentester is to try to exploit those vulnerabilities to show the consequences, and nothing is better for this than Metasploit Framework. This being said you’ll also learn about many key features of Metasploit Framework and use it to exploit the vulnerabilities on the target device/machine.

Finally, you’ll understand why you need to document everything done during the activity. By the end of this course, you’ll have a good understanding of the approach to follow when doing VAPT for any client.

About the Author :

Tajinder Kalsi

With more than 9 years of working experience in the field of IT, Tajinder has conducted Seminars in Engineering Colleges all across India, on topics such as Information Security and Android Application Development at more than 120 colleges and teaching 10,000+ students. Apart from training, he has also worked on VAPT projects for various clients. When talking about certifications, Tajinder is a certified ISO 27001:2013 Auditor.

Prior to this course, Tajinder has authored Practical Linux Security Cookbook published by Packt Publishing. He was also a Technical Reviewer with Packt, in his spare time and has reviewed the books titled - Web Application Penetration Testing with Kali Linux and Mastering Kali Linux for Advanced Penetration Testing. He is best described as dedicated, devoted, and determined and a person who strongly believes in making his dreams come true. He defines himself as a tireless worker, who loves to laugh and make others laugh.