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Course Overview

Hack NOW! is an eye-opening, hands-on introduction to the world of hacking from an award-winning cybersecurity coach. As you perform common attacks against yourself, you'll be shocked by how easy they are to carry out and realize how vulnerable most people are. 

You'll be guided through setting up a virtual hacking lab to safely try out attacks without putting yourself or others at risk. The step-by-step instructions in this course will walk you through executing every major type of attack, including physical access hacks, Google hacking and reconnaissance, social engineering and phishing, malware, password cracking, web hacking, and phone hacking. You'll even hack a virtual car! You'll experience each hack from the attacker and target's point of view. Most importantly, every hack is grounded in real-life examples and paired with practical cyber defense tips, so you'll understand how to guard against the hacks you perform. 

You can't truly understand cyber threats or defend against them until you've experienced them firsthand. By hacking yourself before the bad guys do, you'll gain the knowledge you need to keep you and your loved ones safe.

What You Will Learn

  • How to use popular hacking tools the way real hackers do like Kali Linux, Metasploit, and John the Ripper.
  • How to infect devices with malware, steal and crack passwords, phish for sensitive information, and more.
  • How to use hacking skills for good, such as to access files on an old laptop when you can't remember the password.
  • Valuable strategies for protecting yourself from cyber attacks.

Program Curriculum

  • Reveal a Forgotten Browser Password in Five Clicks!
  • Chapter 1 Quiz

  • The Windows Sticky Keys Accessibility Hack
  • The Mac Root Hack
  • The Mac Root Hack - New Macs
  • Other Physical Access Hacks
  • Chapter 2 Quiz

  • Setting Up VirtualBox and Creating a Kali Linux VM
  • Creating a Windows VM and Networking Your VMs Together
  • Chapter 3 Quiz

  • Google Dorking
  • Chapter 4 Quiz

  • Creating a Phishing Website
  • Chapter 5 Quiz

  • Creating a Virus
  • Controlling the Windows VM
  • Chapter 6 Quiz

  • Password Cracking
  • Chapter 7 Quiz

  • Working with Metasploit
  • Web DB Hacking
  • Chapter 8 Quiz

  • Android Phone Setup and Infect
  • Android Stealing and Spying
  • Chapter 9 Quiz

  • Setting Up Car Hacking
  • Chapter 10 Quiz

  • The Ten Things
  • Chapter 11 Quiz
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Instructor

Dr. Bryson Payne

Dr. Bryson Payne is an award-winning cyber coach, author, TEDx speaker, and the founding Director of the Center for Cyber Operations Education (now the Institute for Cyber Operations) at the University of North Georgia, an NSA-DHS Center for Academic Excellence in Cyber Defense. He is a tenured professor of computer science at UNG, where he has taught aspiring coders and cyber professionals since 1998, including coaching UNG’s #1-in-the-nation 2019 & 2020 NSA Codebreaker Challenge cyber operations teams.  

Dr. Payne was recognized by the UNG Alumni Association as the 2021 Distinguished Professor, and by the cybersecurity industry association, EC-Council, as the 2021 Academic Instructor of the Year. He has been awarded the Department of the Army Commander’s Award for Public Service medal from U.S. Army Cadet Command, the University System of Georgia Chancellor’s Service Excellence Leader of the Year Award, and the Order of Thor medal from the Military Cyber Professionals Association. 

Dr. Payne is a Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH), Certified EC-Council Instructor (CEI), Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP), and he holds the elite SANS|GIAC GPEN, GRID, and GREM cybersecurity certifications. He has written over $48 Million in successful grants for workforce development, technology education, and cybersecurity, and he has trained over 60,000 students through his online courses on coding and ethical hacking. He was also the first Department Head of Computer Science at UNG and enjoys working with K-12 schools worldwide to promote computer science and cybersecurity education. 

Dr. Payne holds a Ph.D. in computer science from Georgia State University. Featured in the Wall Street Journal, Campus Technology, and CIO magazine, Dr. Payne is the author of Teach Your Kids to Code: A Parent-Friendly Guide to Python Programming (2015), Learn Java the Easy Way (2017), Go Hack Yourself (2022), and Hacking for Kids (2022), all published by No Starch Press.

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