Penetration testing: how ethical hackers break into systems, and the techniques they use, from social engineering to privilege escalation.
An attacker starts with a low-privileged shell or user account and escalates to root or Administrator using misconfigurations, SUID binaries, kernel exploits, and Active Directory attacks. Here's every technique, the tools professionals use, and how to harden against it.
Phishing, vishing, pretexting, physical infiltration — here's how every technique works, how attackers use them in production breaches, and how to actually defend against them.
Penetration testing is authorized, structured hacking — finding vulnerabilities in systems, networks, and applications before real attackers do. Here's the full methodology, every phase of a real engagement, the tools professionals use, and how to build a career in it.
