PenTesting Path for Week 1
Easy
96 Sections
96 Sections
Required: 190
Reward: +70
6 Modules included
Fundamental
8 Sections
Reward: +10
Your first stop in Hack The Box Academy to become acquainted with the platform, its features, and its learning process.
8 Sections
Fundamental
15 Sections
Reward: +10
This module teaches the penetration testing process broken down into each stage and discussed in detail. We will cover many aspects of the role of a penetration tester during a penetration test, explained and illustrated with detailed examples. The module also covers pre-engagement steps like the criteria for establishing a contract with a client for a penetration testing engagement.
15 Sections
Easy
8 Sections
Reward: +20
Proper documentation is paramount during any engagement. The end goal of a technical assessment is the report deliverable which will often be presented to a broad audience within the target organization. We must take detailed notes and be very organized in our documentation, which will help us in the event of an incident during the assessment. This will also help ensure that our reports contain enough detail to illustrate the impact of our findings properly.
8 Sections
Fundamental
30 Sections
Reward: +10
This module covers the fundamentals required to work comfortably with the Linux operating system and shell.
30 Sections
Fundamental
14 Sections
Reward: +10
This module covers the fundamentals required to work comfortably with the Windows operating system.
14 Sections
Fundamental
21 Sections
Reward: +10
As an information security professional, a firm grasp of networking fundamentals and the required components is necessary. Without a strong foundation in networking, it will be tough to progress in any area of information security. Understanding how a network is structured and how the communication between the individual hosts and servers takes place using the various protocols allows us to understand the entire network structure and its network traffic in detail and how different communication standards are handled. This knowledge is essential to create our tools and to interact with the protocols.
21 Sections