Ethical Hacking and Penetration Testing
This course introduces the basic terminologies used in ethical hacking and useful tools in
Vatsa, S. (2024). Ethical Hacking and Penetration Testion Syllabus. Old Dominion University Canvas.
relation to penetration testing on Kali Linux. Students will learn to explore the
vulnerabilities in various systems and operate the industry-leading tools and framework to
perform the penetration testing on different target systems.
Upon completion of this course, the student should be able to (Vatsa, 2024):
• Complete system hacking
• Know the basics of ethical hacking
• Understand the laws that govern ethical hacking
• Complete scanning and enumeration
• Test and breach web applications and data servers
• Write scripts using Bash and Python
• Complete a penetration test and report
Course Material
Reconnaissance and Footprinting Lab:
Vulnerability Scan Lab:
Packet Sniffing Lab: