SC400: Hacking & Pentesting Basics

Training: Security

Participants learn how hackers think and conduct attacks. In the hacking lab, they practically apply common techniques, receive tools, and practice their use. The course teaches how to plan, execute, and evaluate penetration tests in a professional manner to systematically uncover vulnerabilities and effectively improve the security of their own systems.

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Start: 2025-11-24 | 10:00 am

End: 2025-11-28 | 01:30 pm

Location: Nürnberg

Price: 2.950,00 € plus VAT.

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Start: 2026-02-02 | 10:00 am

End: 2026-02-06 | 01:30 pm

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Start: 2026-06-15 | 10:00 am

End: 2026-06-19 | 01:30 pm

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Start: 2026-08-31 | 10:00 am

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Start: 2026-11-23 | 10:00 am

End: 2026-11-27 | 01:30 pm

Location: Nürnberg

Price: 2.950,00 € plus VAT.

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Agenda:

  • Chapter 1
    • Live hacking demo
    • Fundamentals (the hackers view)
      • from MIT hacker on the roof to Emotet
      • World map of hacker groups
      • How not to get caught
      • Cyber Kill Chain /Attack Matrix
      • legal fundamentals
      • Ethical Hacking Rules
      • proper documentation
      • How Bug Bounties work
    • Open Source Intelligence
      • Darknet, Google™ Dorking, Shodan, Robtex, Ripe
      • TheHarvester, Maltego

  • Chapter 2
    • Strategy and tactics
    • Phishing /Email Attacking
      • Fundamentals of email attacks
      • Email protection (Spam/Junk/DMARC/SPF/BlackList)
      • legal and ethical aspects
      • We build a malicious macro
      • Phishing -- Vishing -- Smishing
      • Phishing as awareness module
      • Setup of own GoPhish server
      • Creating campaigns
      • Working with templates
    • WLAN Hacking
    • Man-in-the-Middle attacks

  • Chapter 3
    • USB Hacking
      • USB Ninja, BashBunny, Keylogger
      • RubberDucky /Digispark
    • Data theft by insider threats
    • Network sniffing and scanning general
      • Basics: ARP Poisoning, Routing, IP Tables, Firewalls
      • Tools: NMAP, Wireshark, SharkJack
    • Tunneling (ICMP, DNS)
    • Infection Persistence
      • Schedule Tasks, Backdoors, covering tracks

  • Chapter 4
    • Lateral Movement + Privilege Escalation
    • Password complexity and attacks
    • Introduction to Metasploit
    • Password cracking and Rainbow Tables
    • Web Hacking Introduction
      • OWASP Top Ten, BurpSuite, Cross Site, SQL Injection

  • Chapter 5
    • Vulnerabilities in applications: Buffer Overflows
    • Pentesting vs. vulnerability scans
    • Cryptography: Certificates /Encryption
    • Final test

  • Following give-aways you receive additionally:
    • Security Trophies
    • SharkJack with payloads
    • Digispark with payloads
    • Kali Linux VM, cheat sheets and scripts
    • Certificate

Objectives:

You understand the mindset and fundamental techniques of hackers and can apply these in simple penetration tests with various tools. You will subsequently be able to use Kali Linux, the DigiSpark and the SharkJack in hacking demos. Simultaneously, you will also learn the legal fundamentals and the work of a professional pentester.

Target audience:

Hacking & Penetration Testing - Basics targets IT professionals and specialists who want to learn and understand approaches, methods and techniques of hackers in order to verify the security of their own systems and to better assess the effectiveness of their own countermeasures. For IT forensics specialists it provides the perspective through the lens of the perpetrator and thus the knowledge to conduct investigations more precisely and efficiently.

Prerequisites:

This is a basic course. You need knowledge of IP networks, the WWW and common operating systems, but you don't have to be a Linux or Windows expert. You know what an antivirus scanner is and have an IT security background. Above all, however, you need passion and curiosity for hacking.

Description:

Learn from experienced WhiteHats how to think like a hacker. You will gain insight into the world of hacking and understand attackers' intentions and methodologies. You will learn through hands-on application in the hacking lab which techniques hackers use. You will receive tools from us and learn how to handle them. Use the acquired knowledge to verify the security of your own systems. You will learn what matters in a pentest, how it is conducted professionally, and how to efficiently utilize the results.
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Price:

2.950,00 € plus VAT.

(including lunch & drinks)

Exam (Optional):

100,00 € plus VAT.

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