This is the code repository for Learn Ethical Hacking from Scratch, published by Packt.
Your stepping stone to penetration testing
This book starts with the basics of ethical hacking, how to practice hacking safely and legally, and how to install and interact with Kali Linux and the Linux terminal. You will explore network hacking, where you will see how to test the security of wired and wireless networks. You’ll also learn how to crack the password for any Wi-Fi network (whether it uses WEP, WPA, or WPA2) and spy on the connected devices.
This book covers the following exciting features:
- Understand ethical hacking and the different fields and types of hackers
- Set up a penetration testing lab to practice safe and legal hacking
- Explore Linux basics, commands, and how to interact with the terminal
- Access password-protected networks and spy on connected clients
- Use server and client-side attacks to hack and control remote computers
If you feel this book is for you, get your copy today!
All of the code is organized into folders. For example, Chapter02.
The code will look like the following:
For $url In $urlsArray
$sFile = _DownloadFile($url)
shellExecute($sFile)
Following is what you need for this book: Learning Ethical Hacking from Scratch is for anyone interested in learning how to hack and test the security of systems like professional hackers and security experts.
With the following software and hardware list you can run all code files present in the book (Chapter 1-22).
| Chapter | Software required | Hardware required |
|---|---|---|
| 1-22 | VirtualBox, Kali Linux ISO, Metasploitable ISO, Windows 10 ISO | Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux (Any) |
| 4-6 | Kali Linux ISO | Atheros AR9271 2.4 Ghz USB WiFi Wireless Adapter |
Zaid Sabih is an ethical hacker, a computer scientist, and the founder and CTO of zSecurity. He has good experience in ethical hacking; he started working as a pentester with iSecurity. In 2013, he started teaching his first network hacking course; this course received amazing feedback, leading him to publish a number of online ethical hacking courses, each focusing on a specific topic, all of which are dominating the ethical hacking topic on Udemy. Now Zaid has more than 300,000 students on Udemy and other teaching platforms, such as StackSocial, StackSkills, and zSecurity.
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