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Course Overview

This learning path takes you deep into reconnaissance techniques across web apps, infrastructure, and databases. Learn how attackers gather intelligence, fingerprint systems, uncover vulnerabilities, and prepare exploitation paths, while applying ethical, structured, and defensive methodologies used by professional cybersecurity teams.

What You Will Learn

  • Identify and enumerate web application assets using structured methods
  • Map network infrastructure and discover exposed services safely
  • Analyze server technologies, versions, and configuration weaknesses
  • Perform DNS, WHOIS, and OSINT-driven intelligence gathering
  • Discover database services and assess access exposure risks
  • Correlate reconnaissance findings to attack surfaces and threats
  • Apply ethical boundaries and legal best practices in reconnaissance
  • Document reconnaissance results using professional reporting formats

Program Curriculum

Content
  • Chapter 1. Intro and Setup
  • Chapter 2. Simple but Effective Google Tricks
  • Chapter 3. OSINT via LinkedIn Trawling
  • Chapter 4. DNS Based Reconnaissance, Simple to Extreme
  • Chapter 5. Network Scanning
  • Chapter 6. What is the Website made of ?
  • Chapter 7. Introduction to Server Technologies
  • Chapter 8. Recon from the Inside

Content
  • Chapter 1: Installation and Setup
  • Chapter 2: Introduction to Databases
  • Chapter 3: Difference Between SQL and NoSQL Databases
  • Chapter 4: Pentesting Test Cases for SQL and NoSQL
  • Chapter 5: Exploiting Databases for Fun and Profit
  • Chapter 6: Privilege Escalation and Chaining Attacks
  • Chapter 7: Database Vulnerability and Misconfiguration Mitigation Techniques
  • Chapter 8: Course Conclusion and Final Comments

Instructor

Michael Smith

Michael Smith is the CEO and CSO of Rising Tide Cybersecurity Management, an independent consultancy that assists large-scale websites. Prior to going independent, Mr. Smith spent 10 years at Akamai Technologies in a variety of roles including Security CTO and CSIRT Director. He lived and worked in the Washington, DC area for 10 years as a security technologist and assessor.

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