Virtualised machines provide the ability to have software run as though it is a completely separate computer.

Kali is an opensource operating systems that comes prebuilt with an array of penetration testing tools and capabilities

Kali is an opensource operating systems that comes prebuilt with an array of penetration testing tools and capabilities

Learn how to navigate a file system from a command line interface.

Learn how to create files directly from the command line

Being able to open files is important, being able to do this with only a command line interface is a key skill Linux

It is not enough to be able to create or open files, being able to edit files is an important capability

When navigating a command line interface, the delete key doesn’t work, this module teaches you how to delete files

Moving files cant be achieved with a simple drag and drop when using a command line interface, learn how to move files throughout the filesystem

Learn how to create files directly from the command line

Understand the commands used to create a new user account

to implement sufficient access control it may be necessary to delete user accounts, this module shows you how

Understand the concept of privilege on a Linux machine and how to view what “sudo” privileges a user has

Escalate from a user level of privilege to root. Learn what the methods are to escalate your privilege or run commands at a higher privilege level

A file is “owned” by the user who created it, learn how to identify current ownership and change it to a different user

Projects such as GitHub can be used as software centres. Learn how to download and install packages and tools from Git “repos” (repositories)

Different software can come in different formats. Similar to .exe files, .dpkg files allow users to install new tools.

Identify whether your computer is connected to a network and what the ip address is

Identify live hosts that you can communicate with ping.

The DNS server allows us to translate device names into IP addresses, learn how to define which DNS server to use

From time to time you may want to stop or start different services each running on different ports. This module shows how this can be achieved