About this course
Every successful cyberattack begins with reconnaissance. Ethical hackers and penetration testers use reconnaissance and footprinting techniques to gather critical information about targets before attempting exploitation. Understanding these methods is essential for anyone entering the field of cybersecurity, as it builds the foundation for vulnerability assessment and defensive strategies.
Recon and Footprinting is a beginner-friendly, hands-on course designed to teach you the tools and techniques professionals use to map out networks, discover open ports, and identify system vulnerabilities. You’ll explore real-world reconnaissance methods such as website and email footprinting, port inspection with Netstat, and scanning with Nmap and Metasploit. Tools like Maltego, Shodan, and NSLookup will be introduced to show you how attackers and defenders alike uncover valuable intelligence about systems and organizations.
This course also covers enumeration techniques for critical services such as NTP, SNMP, SMTP, and SMB—helping you understand how attackers probe for weaknesses and how organizations can defend against them. By mastering commonly used ports and protocols, you’ll develop the knowledge to spot unusual activity, anticipate attack vectors, and secure network environments.
Each chapter includes practical exercises that allow you to immediately apply what you’ve learned in a safe, ethical way. By the end of the course, you’ll have built the foundational skills needed to pursue cybersecurity certifications, participate in penetration testing, and contribute to protecting organizations from cyber threats.
With over a million cybersecurity job openings worldwide and demand continuing to grow, this course provides you with an entry point into one of the most in-demand and rewarding career fields today.
Learning Objectives
By the end of this course, learners will be able to:
• Define reconnaissance and footprinting in the context of cybersecurity.
• Perform website and email footprinting to gather target information.
• Use Netstat for port inspection and analysis.
• Conduct network scans with Nmap and integrate findings with Metasploit.
• Leverage Maltego for advanced information gathering and visualization.
• Perform WHOIS and NSLookup queries for domain intelligence.
• Explore Shodan for IoT device enumeration.
• Enumerate services such as NTP, SNMP, SMTP, and SMB.
• Identify commonly used network ports and protocols and their vulnerabilities.
Target Audience
• Beginners looking to enter cybersecurity with practical, hands-on skills.
• IT professionals expanding into ethical hacking and penetration testing.
• Students preparing for certifications such as CEH, Security+, or PenTest+.
• Anyone interested in understanding how reconnaissance shapes cyberattacks.
Prerequisites
• Basic knowledge of computers and networking.
• No prior cybersecurity experience required.
• A computer with internet access (Linux knowledge helpful but optional).
Recon and Footprinting is a beginner-friendly, hands-on course designed to teach you the tools and techniques professionals use to map out networks, discover open ports, and identify system vulnerabilities. You’ll explore real-world reconnaissance methods such as website and email footprinting, port inspection with Netstat, and scanning with Nmap and Metasploit. Tools like Maltego, Shodan, and NSLookup will be introduced to show you how attackers and defenders alike uncover valuable intelligence about systems and organizations.
This course also covers enumeration techniques for critical services such as NTP, SNMP, SMTP, and SMB—helping you understand how attackers probe for weaknesses and how organizations can defend against them. By mastering commonly used ports and protocols, you’ll develop the knowledge to spot unusual activity, anticipate attack vectors, and secure network environments.
Each chapter includes practical exercises that allow you to immediately apply what you’ve learned in a safe, ethical way. By the end of the course, you’ll have built the foundational skills needed to pursue cybersecurity certifications, participate in penetration testing, and contribute to protecting organizations from cyber threats.
With over a million cybersecurity job openings worldwide and demand continuing to grow, this course provides you with an entry point into one of the most in-demand and rewarding career fields today.
Learning Objectives
By the end of this course, learners will be able to:
• Define reconnaissance and footprinting in the context of cybersecurity.
• Perform website and email footprinting to gather target information.
• Use Netstat for port inspection and analysis.
• Conduct network scans with Nmap and integrate findings with Metasploit.
• Leverage Maltego for advanced information gathering and visualization.
• Perform WHOIS and NSLookup queries for domain intelligence.
• Explore Shodan for IoT device enumeration.
• Enumerate services such as NTP, SNMP, SMTP, and SMB.
• Identify commonly used network ports and protocols and their vulnerabilities.
Target Audience
• Beginners looking to enter cybersecurity with practical, hands-on skills.
• IT professionals expanding into ethical hacking and penetration testing.
• Students preparing for certifications such as CEH, Security+, or PenTest+.
• Anyone interested in understanding how reconnaissance shapes cyberattacks.
Prerequisites
• Basic knowledge of computers and networking.
• No prior cybersecurity experience required.
• A computer with internet access (Linux knowledge helpful but optional).
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