Learn core penetration testing concepts through two guided engagements and the frameworks that shape every real-world test.

This module drops you straight into the action with two guided engagements: one against a web application and one against a vulnerable machine. You’ll walk through each attack from reconnaissance to exploitation, see how the cyber kill chain structures attacker thinking, and meet the industry-standard frameworks that shape professional engagements. By the end, you’ll have the working mental model every penetration test relies on.

Guided Pentest: Web

Learn web app pentesting by chaining vulnerabilities from recon to full server compromise.

Guided Pentest: Infrastructure

Understand the steps involved in a real-life pentest and follow them to compromise your target.

Dive Into Pentesting

Learn the basics of penetration testing, from methodology to responsible practice.

Cyber Kill Chain

Explore the Cyber Kill Chain by Lockheed Martin.

Penetration Testing Frameworks

Explore the landscape of penetration testing frameworks.

Lock in what you learned with a recap. Earn points and keep your streak.

Need to know

Networking

Learn about the OSI model and TCP/IP networking layers. Explore the different plaintext and secure networking protocols that we use every day.

Next steps

Network Reconnaissance

Gather intelligence on a target through passive and active reconnaissance, then probe the network services that keep modern infrastructure running.

What are modules?

A learning pathway is made up of modules, and a module is made of bite-sized rooms (think of a room like a mini security lab).

Hierarchical diagram showing how learning pathways contain modules, which contain individual rooms.

Penetration Testing Foundations

Guided Pentest: Web

Guided Pentest: Infrastructure

Dive Into Pentesting

Cyber Kill Chain

Penetration Testing Frameworks

Topic Rewind Recap