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The Ultimate Kali Linux
Want to become a cybersecurity expert? This Kali Linux course is your gateway to mastering ethical hacking, advanced security techniques, and more.
- Practice in 58 Hands-On Labs — nothing to install
- 20 Interactive Lessons and 120 topics mapped to the official exam objectives
Expert Self-paced · 1 year access
58 Hands-On LiveLabs
Practice real IT tasks in guided environments.
- Real environments
- Auto-graded
- No installation
20Interactive Lessons
120Topics
58LiveLab
2Videos
180Flashcards
180Glossary of terms
01 / Skills you'll get
What you will be able to do
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Learn Kali Linux from scratch, get hands-on with industry tools, and build skills that employers are looking for.
Whether you’re an IT professional or a beginner, master penetration testing, network security, and digital forensics to stand out in job interviews and qualify for roles like ethical hacker or security analyst.
By the end, you’ll acquire the expertise to run security tests and protect systems. So, gear up to become a valuable hire in a high-paying field.
- Step-by-step Kali Linux setup: Get up and running like a professional, even if you’re a complete beginner.
- Ethical Hacking: Learn by doing, with real-world attack simulations.
- Penetration Testing: Identify vulnerabilities, exploit weaknesses, and secure systems.
- Hacking Tools: Work with Metasploit, Nmap, Wireshark, and more.
- Security Defenses: Understand how hackers think so you can stop them.
- Digital Forensics & Threat Analysis: Investigate breaches and track cyber threats.
- Career-focused Learning: Build the exact skills needed for roles like Penetration Tester and Security Analyst.
Course Highlights
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20 Structured Lessons Comprehensive coverage of core course objectives
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58 Hands-On LiveLabs Interactive guided scenarios with instant evaluation
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1 Year Full Access Self-paced learning accessible anytime on all devices
02 / Lessons & labs
See exactly what you will learn and practice
Lessons
20 Interactive Lessons · 120 topics01 Preface 3 topics +
- Who this course is for
- What this course covers
- To get the most out of this course
02 Introduction to Ethical Hacking 11 topics +
- Understanding the need for cybersecurity
- Exploring cybersecurity terminology
- Identifying threat actors and their intent
- Understanding what matters to threat actors
- Exploring the importance of penetration testing
- Penetration testing methodologies
- Discovering penetration testing approaches
- Types of penetration testing
- Exploring the phases of penetration testing
- Understanding the Cyber Kill Chain framework
- Summary
03 Building a Penetration Testing Lab 7 topics · 1 LiveLab +
- An overview of the lab setup and technologies used
- Setting up a hypervisor and virtual networks
- Setting up and working with Kali Linux
- Setting up a vulnerable web application
- Deploying Metasploitable 2 as a vulnerable machine
- Building and deploying Metasploitable 3
- Summary
1 LiveLab in this lesson — see the labs panel →
04 Setting Up for Advanced Penetration Testing Techniques 3 topics +
- Building an Active Directory red team lab
- Setting up a wireless penetration testing lab
- Summary
05 Passive Reconnaissance 5 topics · 2 LiveLab +
- The importance of reconnaissance
- Exploring passive reconnaissance
- Creating a sock puppet
- Anonymizing internet-based traffic
- Summary
2 LiveLab in this lesson — see the labs panel →
06 Exploring Open-Source Intelligence 7 topics · 11 LiveLab +
- Google hacking techniques
- Domain reconnaissance
- Sub-domain harvesting
- Identifying organizational infrastructure
- Harvesting employees’ data using Hunter
- Automating social media reconnaissance with Sherlock
- Summary
11 LiveLab in this lesson — see the labs panel →
07 Active Reconnaissance 7 topics · 9 LiveLab +
- Understanding active information
- Profiling websites using EyeWitness
- Exploring active scanning techniques
- Using scanning evasion techniques
- Enumerating network services
- Discovering data leaks in the cloud
- Summary
9 LiveLab in this lesson — see the labs panel →
08 Performing Vulnerability Assessments 5 topics · 4 LiveLab +
- Getting started with Nessus
- Vulnerability identification using Nmap
- Working with Greenbone Vulnerability Manager
- Using web application scanners
- Summary
4 LiveLab in this lesson — see the labs panel →
09 Understanding Network Penetration Testing 6 topics · 3 LiveLab +
- Introduction to network penetration testing
- Working with bind and reverse shells
- Antimalware evasion techniques
- Working with wireless adapters
- Managing and Monitoring wireless modes
- Summary
3 LiveLab in this lesson — see the labs panel →
10 Performing Network Penetration Testing 4 topics · 7 LiveLab +
- Exploring password-based attacks
- Performing host discovery
- Identifying and exploiting vulnerable services
- Summary
7 LiveLab in this lesson — see the labs panel →
11 Post-Exploitation Techniques 4 topics · 6 LiveLab +
- Pass-the-hash techniques
- Post exploitation using Meterpreter
- Data encoding and exfiltration
- Summary
6 LiveLab in this lesson — see the labs panel →
12 Delving into Command and Control Tactics 5 topics · 1 LiveLab +
- Understanding C2
- Setting up C2 operations
- Post-exploitation using Empire
- Working with Starkiller
- Summary
1 LiveLab in this lesson — see the labs panel →
13 Working with Active Directory Attacks 4 topics · 3 LiveLab +
- Understanding Active Directory
- Enumerating Active Directory
- Leveraging network-based trust
- Summary
3 LiveLab in this lesson — see the labs panel →
14 Advanced Active Directory Attacks 5 topics · 2 LiveLab +
- Understanding Kerberos
- Abusing trust on IPv6 with Active Directory
- Attacking Active Directory
- Domain dominance and persistence
- Summary
2 LiveLab in this lesson — see the labs panel →
15 Advanced Wireless Penetration Testing 8 topics · 1 LiveLab +
- Introduction to Wireless Networking
- Performing Wireless Reconnaissance
- Compromising WPA/WPA2 Networks
- Performing AP-less Attacks
- Exploiting Enterprise Networks
- Setting Up a Wi-Fi Honeypot
- Exploiting WPA3 Attacks
- Summary
1 LiveLab in this lesson — see the labs panel →
16 Social Engineering Attacks 6 topics · 1 LiveLab +
- Fundamentals of social engineering
- Types of social engineering
- Planning for each type of social engineering attack
- Defending against social engineering
- Exploring social engineering tools and techniques
- Summary
1 LiveLab in this lesson — see the labs panel →
17 Understanding Website Application Security 9 topics · 4 LiveLab +
- Understanding web applications
- Exploring the OWASP Top 10: 2021
- Getting started with FoxyProxy and Burp Suite
- Understanding injection-based attacks
- Exploring broken access control attacks
- Discovering cryptographic failures
- Understanding insecure design
- Exploring security misconfiguration
- Summary
4 LiveLab in this lesson — see the labs panel →
18 Advanced Website Penetration Testing 9 topics · 3 LiveLab +
- Identifying vulnerable and outdated components
- Exploiting identification and authentication failures
- Understanding software and data integrity failures
- Exploring server-side request forgery
- Understanding security logging and monitoring failures
- Understanding cross-site scripting
- Automating SQL injection attacks
- Performing client-side attacks
- Summary
3 LiveLab in this lesson — see the labs panel →
19 Best Practices for the Real World 6 topics +
- Guidelines for penetration testers
- Penetration testing checklist
- Creating a hacker’s toolkit
- Setting up remote access
- Next steps ahead
- Summary
20 Appendix 6 topics +
- Setting Up a Penetration Testing Lab on Ubuntu Desktop
- An overview of the lab setup and technologies used
- Setting up a hypervisor and virtual networks
- Setting up Kali Linux on Ubuntu
- Setting up Metasploitable 3 on Ubuntu
- Summary
Hands-On Labs Our edge
58 LiveLabs- Setting Up a Vulnerable Web Application
- Setting Up TOR Services and TOR Browser on Kali Linux
- Setting Up Proxychains
- Using DNSRecon for DNS Enumeration
- Performing Automation using SpiderFoot
- Exploiting DNS Zone Transfer
- Performing Sub-domain Enumeration with Knockpy
- Performing Enumeration with DNSMap
- Performing DNS Enumeration
- Using Netcraft to Profile a Targeted Organization/Domain
- Using theHarvester for Data Collection
- Footprinting a Website
- Using Recon-ng for Data Harvesting
- Using Sherlock for Social Media Reconnaissance
- Using EyeWitness for Web Reconnaissance
- Changing MAC Address using MAC Changer
- Performing Live Host Discovery
- Fingerprinting Using Nmap
- Using Stealth Scanning Techniques
- Using MAC and IP Spoofing Techniques with Nmap
- Enumerating SMTP Services
- Enumerating SNMP Services
- Enumerating SMB Services on a Targeted System
- Conducting Vulnerability Scanning Using Nessus
- Using NSE to Identify Security Vulnerabilities
- Performing Vulnerability Scanning Using OpenVAS
- Using Web Application Scanners
- Setting Up Bind and Reverse Shells
- Working with Remote Shells Using Netcat
- Enabling a Payload on a Target Machine Using Metasploit
- Using the Metasploit RDP Post-Exploitation Module
- Gaining Access by Exploiting SSH
- Performing Host Discovery on a Targeted Network
- Profiling a Targeted System
- Exploiting Remote Hosts with the WinRM Protocol Using Metasploit
- Exploiting Elasticsearch for RCE
- Exploiting SNMP for Information Enumeration
- Working with Impacket for Pass-the-Hash Attack
- Performing a PTH Attack Using Mimikatz
- Using PTH Exploitation Techniques
- Performing Post-Exploitation Using Meterpreter
- Understanding Local Privilege Escalation
- Intercepting Traffic with MitM Attacks Using Ettercap
- Performing Penetration Testing with the Empire Server and Starkiller
- Enumerating AD Using PowerView
- Exploiting SMB
- Exploiting SAM Database
- Installing Docker
- Creating Golden and Silver Tickets for Domain Persistence
- Setting Up a Honeypot on Kali Linux
- Performing Social Engineering Attack
- Setting Up FoxyProxy for Proxy Configuration
- Setting Up Burp Suite for Exploring Broken Access Control in Web Applications
- Exploiting a Website Using SQL Injection
- Exploiting Cryptographic Failures in Web Applications
- Identifying Vulnerable and Outdated Components
- Attacking a Website Using XSS Injection
- Performing a Client-Side Attack Using BeEF
Labs run in your browser — nothing to install.
03 / FAQs
Questions before you start
Who can take up The Ultimate Kali Linux Course?+
This is a beginner friendly course that takes you all the way from basics to advanced job-ready level. If you are an IT professional, ethical hacker, penetration tester, or someone willing to step into cybersecurity, uCertify’s Ultimate Kali Linux training is perfect for you.
What tools will I learn in The Ultimate Kali Linux Course?+
You’ll master essential cybersecurity tools, including:
- Metasploit (exploitation framework)
- Nmap (network scanning)
- Wireshark (packet analysis)
- Burp Suite (web application security)
- Aircrack-ng (Wi-Fi penetration testing)
How to learn Kali Linux from scratch?+
The best way to learn Kali Linux is through hands-on practice. Start with the basics—installation, commands, and essential tools—then apply your skills in real-world scenarios. With uCertify’s The Ultimate Kali Linux Course, you get interactive labs that provide a structured way to practice ethical hacking techniques, making learning faster and more effective.
How does Kali Linux help in cybersecurity jobs?+
Kali Linux is essential for penetration testers, SOC analysts, and security professionals. It equips you with powerful hacking and forensics tools to identify and fix security vulnerabilities, making you job-ready in the cybersecurity field.
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- 58 LiveLab included
- Certificate of completion
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