LEARNING PATH

Pentest Tool Field Guide

Get hands-on with the staple penetration-testing tools — start from the Kali Linux distro, then recon with Nmap, exploit with Metasploit, and reverse-engineer with Ghidra.

4 lessons
  1. Kali Linux — The Pentest Distribution: Its Tools and How to Use Them Kali Linux is the Debian-based 'attacker-optimised' Linux distribution maintained by Offen...
  2. Nmap Explained — Port Scanning, Service Detection, and OS Fingerprinting Nmap (Network Mapper) is an open-source scanner for discovering hosts and services on a ne...
  3. Metasploit Framework — How to Use It for Penetration Testing Metasploit Framework is the open-source offensive-testing framework launched by HD Moore i...
  4. Ghidra — How NSA's Open-Source Reverse Engineering Suite Works Ghidra is the reverse-engineering suite the NSA used internally and then released as OSS u...