Complete Ethical Hacking & Cybersecurity Course with Python

Install python and set up a Linux-based ethical hacking environment. Learn to choose and use an IDE (Visual Studio Code or PyCharm), and configure VirtualBox with Kali Linux.

Install and configure Windows and Kali Linux as VirtualBox VMs, create dynamic 50 GB disks, mount ISO images, and log into Kali with the default username Kali and password Kali.

Set up Visual Studio Code in Kali Linux via VirtualBox, using shared folders and NAT networking. Install Python extension and Code Runner to develop and run Python projects.

Master Kali Linux basics by learning essential commands, switching to the superuser with sudo, and navigating with pwd, ls, and cd while using man and apt for installation.

Learn Python basics and run your first program by printing 'hello world' in a practical, step-by-step setup using VSCode, folders, and terminal commands.

Learn how variables in Python store data values, including integers and strings, and how to name them safely using letters, underscores, and case sensitivity.

Explore Python data types by examining text types (strings), numeric types (integers, floats, complexes), sequences (lists, tuples, ranges), mappings (dictionaries), and booleans, with practical type checks using print and type.

Master Python casting by converting values between int, float, and str with practical examples. Learn when to convert numbers to strings and why strings cannot be directly cast to integers.

Learn to create Python lists with square brackets, print values, access by index, and slice from start, while introducing tuples and dictionaries.

Learn how to use tuples in Python by creating a tuple, indexing elements, and printing the whole tuple versus its individual items using a for loop.

Learn how Python sets function as unordered collections created with curly brackets, iterate with a for loop, and print elements, and perform add, remove, update, and length operations.

Learn how to create Python dictionaries with keys and values, access and print items, iterate with for and items, and handle string and integer concatenation using str().

Learn conditional logic in Python with if statements and operators such as equals, less than or equal, greater than or equal, with indentation and else.

Learn to use while loops in Python, guard execution with a condition, increment a counter, and control flow with break and continue.

Demystify for loops by showing how to iterate over lists, tuples, dictionaries, sets, and strings, using if checks, break, and else to implement a simple search engine.

Learn how to create and use functions in Python by defining with def, passing parameters, returning values, and calling built-in and user-defined functions with examples.

Explore Python built-in functions with ChatGPT, practicing print, input, len, int, float, string, type, min, max, and abs while building a simple calculator. Learn to use def for user-defined functions.

Learn to install and use Python packages with pip, import libraries, and apply camel case formatting to text, including installing, checking pip version, and uninstalling packages.

Define the physical mac address and its role in transferring packets, then show how changing it with Kali Linux tools and a Python program boosts anonymity.

Learn how to build a Python program that automatically changes a MAC address by executing system commands with the subprocess library, using ifconfig in a mac changer project.

Learn to build a simple mac changer: modify a Kali Linux interface’s mac address with ifconfig, using eth0 and a new 12-character address, and verify the change.

Learn how to use variables to build a mac changer script in Python, handling interface names and mac addresses, print status, and verify changes.

Add user input for interface and new mac address in a mac changer script, address hijacking risks, and fix by using a list to safely execute commands.

Learn to harden a script by running commands as list elements with subprocess.run, manage interface changes and mac address updates using ifconfig, and handle errors to prevent hijacking.

Learn to make a Python script accept command line arguments for an interface and mac address using the optparse module, with -i/--interface and a help text parsed from the terminal.

Learn to initialize variables dynamically by parsing cli options for interface and mac address, store them in an options tuple, and access via option.interface and option.newMac.

Refactor the program by extracting argument parsing and mac address changing into dedicated functions, then call them via options and return values to improve modularity and reuse.

Apply conditional logic in a mac changer script using if, else, and elif to validate interface and mac address, with argparse error handling and clear help prompts.

Design an algorithm to change a Mac address by executing ifconfig, reading the Mac from output, and verifying it matches the user's requested value, then printing an appropriate confirmation message.

Learn to extract the mac address from ifconfig output using regular expressions in Python, with hands-on examples of dot matching, alphanumeric patterns, and cross-language applicability to Java and JavaScript.

Extract mac addresses from ifconfig output using python regex, install and import re, and use re.search with groups to handle multiple results and interface specificity.

refactor a mac address tool in python by creating a get_current_mac_address function, returning results, handling interfaces, and improving error messages for ifconfig output.

Verify mac address changes by reading the current address, applying the new one with a mac changer, and reporting success or failure for an interface such as eth0.

Explore how arp maps ip addresses to mac addresses and build a python network scanner using scapy to obtain mac addresses for devices on the network.

Design a network discovery algorithm that sends ARP requests to broadcast MAC, receives responses, analyzes them, and prints discovered clients with IP and MAC addresses across a /24 subnet.

Create an arp request using scapy, set the pdst ip, and print the request summary before broadcasting it to all clients.

Create an arp request and set the destination to a broadcast address using Scapy, then view arp and ethernet details with the show method.

Use scapy's srp to send arp requests as broadcasts and capture answered and unanswered responses with a timeout. Analyze the results to identify devices, routers, and ip and mac addresses.

Analyze packet data to make results readable by filtering to the answer data and printing each ip address and mac address clearly using for loops in Python.

Use escape characters and the verbose option to print a header and align IP and Mac address with tabs, by concatenating strings for formatted network client results.

Create a network scanner that uses nested data structures by building a list of dictionaries with ip and mac keys from packets, and print the results with dedicated functions.

Learn how arp spoofing creates a man-in-the-middle by deceiving ip-to-mac mappings, enabling a Kali machine to capture and analyze traffic between a victim and router.

Learn to perform ARP spoofing using the arpspoof tool in Kali Linux, setting interface, target, and router IPs to become a man-in-the-middle, then enable IPv4 forwarding to route traffic.

Learn to create and send ARP responses with Scapy in Python, configure ARP fields, and simulate ARP spoofing against a Windows 7 host and gateway.

Extract MAC addresses via ARP spoofing by building a get_mac function and using Scapy. Create a spoof function with target IP and spoof IP for ARP updates.

Loop ARP spoofing with a spoof function to continuously send packets between a Windows 7 target and a router, updating MAC addresses and timing via time.sleep.

Implement a running packet counter in a loop to track when two packets are sent, print the count on one static line, and handle keyboard interrupts gracefully.

Master dynamic terminal output in Python by using the end parameter of print and a carriage return to overwrite the current line, enabling real-time display.

Demonstrates graceful handling of keyboard interruptions using try and except, replacing cryptic errors with readable messages like 'detected control c, quitting' for end users.

Develop a restore function to reestablish legitimate ARP mappings after spoofing, using ARP packets, destination IPs, source IPs, and MAC addresses to reset the ARP table.

Use Scapy to build a packet sniffer that captures and prints data flowing through your computer, sniff on a chosen interface, and process packets via a callback.

Filter network traffic to capture only http packets and extract browser urls, including potential usernames and passwords, using scapy's http layer.

Analyze packets with scapy to view ethernet, ip, tcp, and http layers, using the show method and extracting http fields and raw load to reveal username and password.

The lecture demonstrates capturing login data from traffic and extracting credentials by filtering for keywords such as username and password.

Extracts urls from http packets by inspecting host and path fields, building a url, and printing captured links while testing with site visits and login flows.

Explore sniffing data on Windows by running a Python-based arpspoof and packet sniffer that captures URLs and login info, including username and password, on a real Windows 7 setup.

Explore running python on Windows to run ARP spoofing software and detect arp spoofing, including installing Python, using cmd, and validating MAC and IP addresses across Windows and Kali Linux.

Capture and analyze arp responses with a Python-based packet sniffer and arp spoof detector. Use Scapy sniff to inspect arp packets and detect possible arp spoofing attacks on your machine.

Detect arp spoofing by comparing the real mac address retrieved from an ip with the response mac address in arp packets; if they differ, report an attack.

Learn to build a basic keylogger in Python using a keyboard listener, install the pi input module, define an on_press callback, and print captured keys in the terminal.

Learn to build a simple Python keylogger that uses a global log variable to concatenate keystrokes, convert them to strings, and send by email or write to a file.

Explore a Python keystroke logging script that prints keystrokes, handles spaces and special keys with try and except for attribute errors, logs entries, and prepares to email the logs.

Explore how threading and recursion power a reporting component in a keylogger, implementing a recursive report function with a timer to periodically log input.

Explore how object oriented programming refactors log printing into a class with methods and a start function, and how to instantiate a key logger in Python.

Explore implementing a Python constructor with __init__, using self to manage an instance log and append-to-log functionality, including current_key handling; prepare to send the log by email.

Explore implementing a send email function for a key-logging tool, including configuring a self-contained mailer with smtp.gmail.com, start TLS, login, and sending logs as messages at a defined time interval.