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Vulnerability Assessment and Penetration Testing
Hackinetix Academy’s Vulnerability Assessment & Penetration Testing (VAPT) program is a practical, industry-focused cybersecurity course designed to develop real-world skills in vulnerability assessment, penetration testing, security auditing, and risk identification. The program teaches learners how security professionals systematically discover, analyze, validate, and responsibly report vulnerabilities across web applications, networks, systems, and APIs.
Through hands-on labs and real-world scenarios, learners will understand the complete VAPT lifecycle, including reconnaissance, asset discovery, vulnerability scanning, enumeration, vulnerability validation, controlled exploitation, privilege escalation, post-exploitation analysis, risk assessment, and professional security reporting.
Key Learning Areas
- Vulnerability Assessment & Penetration Testing Methodology
- Reconnaissance & Information Gathering
- Network & Infrastructure Security Testing
- Web Application Penetration Testing
- API Security Testing
- Vulnerability Scanning & Enumeration
- Manual Vulnerability Validation
- Exploitation & Proof-of-Concept Development
- Authentication & Authorization Testing
- Privilege Escalation
- Post-Exploitation Techniques
- Security Misconfiguration Analysis
- Risk & Vulnerability Classification
- Professional VAPT Reporting
- Remediation Recommendations
The VAPT program is ideal for cybersecurity students, freshers, IT professionals, ethical hackers, security analysts, and aspiring penetration testers who want to develop practical skills for real-world security assessments.
Hackinetix Academy combines structured cybersecurity training with hands-on practice to help learners understand not just how to identify vulnerabilities, but also how to validate their impact, document findings professionally, and recommend effective remediation.
The Vulnerability Assessment & Penetration Testing (VAPT) program at Hackinetix Academy is designed for learners who want to build practical skills in cybersecurity, vulnerability assessment, and penetration testing.
- Open to college students, freshers, IT professionals, and cybersecurity enthusiasts
- Basic understanding of computers, operating systems, and networking
- Familiarity with TCP/IP, ports, protocols, and web technologies is recommended
- Basic knowledge of Linux and Windows is beneficial
- Basic programming or scripting knowledge is an advantage but not mandatory
- No prior professional penetration testing experience is required
- A laptop/PC with stable internet access is recommended for hands-on labs
Prerequisites
Learners should have a genuine interest in ethical hacking, vulnerability assessment, penetration testing, and cybersecurity. Basic networking and Linux knowledge will help learners progress faster, but the program is structured to support learners from foundational to practical VAPT concepts.
MODULE 1: VAPT FUNDAMENTALS & METHODOLOGY
- Vulnerability Assessment vs Penetration Testing
- Types of VAPT
- Black Box, Grey Box & White Box Testing
- VAPT Lifecycle
- Rules of Engagement & Scope
- PTES & OWASP Methodology
- CVE, CWE & CVSS
- Vulnerability Classification
- False Positives & False Negatives
- Evidence Collection & Documentation
MODULE 2: INFORMATION GATHERING & RECONNAISSANCE
- Passive & Active Reconnaissance
- OSINT Fundamentals
- Domain & Subdomain Enumeration
- DNS Enumeration
- WHOIS & Certificate Information
- Technology Fingerprinting
- Attack Surface Discovery
- Email & User Enumeration
- Automated Reconnaissance
- Reconnaissance Methodology
MODULE 3: NETWORK & PORT SCANNING
- TCP/IP Fundamentals for VAPT
- TCP & UDP Scanning
- Port States
- Service & Version Detection
- OS Detection
- Nmap Scanning Techniques
- Nmap NSE Scripts
- Banner Grabbing
- Firewall & Filtering Detection
- Scan Optimization
MODULE 4: NETWORK SERVICE ENUMERATION
- SSH Enumeration
- FTP Enumeration
- SMB Enumeration
- HTTP/HTTPS Enumeration
- SMTP Enumeration
- DNS Enumeration
- SNMP Enumeration
- LDAP Enumeration
- RDP Enumeration
- Database Service Enumeration
- Common Service Misconfigurations
MODULE 5: VULNERABILITY ASSESSMENT
- Vulnerability Scanning Methodology
- Authenticated & Unauthenticated Scanning
- Vulnerability Validation
- CVE Research
- CVSS Scoring
- False Positive Analysis
- Missing Patches
- Outdated Services
- Configuration Vulnerabilities
- Vulnerability Prioritization
- Nessus / OpenVAS / Nuclei
MODULE 6: WEB APPLICATION VAPT
- HTTP/HTTPS Fundamentals
- HTTP Methods & Headers
- Cookies & Sessions
- Authentication & Authorization
- Same-Origin Policy
- CORS
- Browser Storage
- OWASP Top 10
- Information Disclosure
- Security Misconfiguration
- Input Validation
MODULE 7: WEB APPLICATION EXPLOITATION
- Broken Access Control
- IDOR
- Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)
- SQL Injection
- Command Injection
- File Upload Vulnerabilities
- Path Traversal
- Local File Inclusion
- Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF)
- Authentication Vulnerabilities
- Session Management Vulnerabilities
- Business Logic Vulnerabilities
- Burp Suite Fundamentals
MODULE 8: API SECURITY TESTING
- REST API Fundamentals
- API Endpoint Discovery
- API Authentication
- API Authorization
- JWT Fundamentals
- BOLA / IDOR
- Mass Assignment
- Rate Limiting
- Input Validation
- Information Disclosure
- OWASP API Security Top 10
- API Testing with Burp Suite & Postman
MODULE 9: ACTIVE DIRECTORY VAPT
- Active Directory Fundamentals
- Domain Controllers, Domains & Forests
- Users, Groups & Organizational Units
- Kerberos & NTLM
- LDAP & SMB
- Active Directory Enumeration
- User & Group Enumeration
- Computer & Share Enumeration
- Privilege Enumeration
- BloodHound Fundamentals
- Common AD Misconfigurations
- Weak Password Policies
- Excessive Privileges
- Kerberos Attack Concepts
- AD Attack Paths
MODULE 10: LINUX & WINDOWS PRIVILEGE ESCALATION
- Linux Permissions
- SUID / SGID
- Sudo Misconfigurations
- Cron Jobs
- Writable Files & Directories
- Linux Services
- Linux Capabilities
- Windows Privileges
- Windows Services
- Unquoted Service Paths
- Scheduled Tasks
- Registry Misconfigurations
- Credential Exposure
- LinPEAS & WinPEAS
MODULE 11: POST-EXPLOITATION & LATERAL MOVEMENT
- Post-Exploitation Methodology
- Situational Awareness
- Credential Discovery
- Password Hashes
- Credential Reuse
- Lateral Movement Concepts
- SMB / RDP / WinRM
- Pass-the-Hash Concepts
- Pass-the-Ticket Concepts
- Internal Network Discovery
- Data Exposure Assessment
MODULE 12: EXPLOIT RESEARCH & VALIDATION
- Understanding CVEs
- Vulnerability Research
- Security Advisories
- Exploit vs Proof of Concept
- Safe Exploit Validation
- Public Exploit Analysis
- Metasploit Fundamentals
- Manual Exploitation
- Exploit Troubleshooting
- Controlled Exploitation Methodology
MODULE 13: NETWORK PIVOTING & INTERNAL VAPT
- Internal Network Architecture
- Network Segmentation
- Pivoting Concepts
- Port Forwarding
- SOCKS Proxy
- Internal Service Discovery
- Proxychains
- Metasploit Pivoting
- Segmentation Testing
MODULE 14: RISK ASSESSMENT & VULNERABILITY MANAGEMENT
- Vulnerability Classification
- CVSS v3 / v4
- Risk vs Severity
- Business Impact Assessment
- Asset Criticality
- Exploitability
- Vulnerability Prioritization
- Remediation Priority
- Risk Acceptance
- Vulnerability Retesting
MODULE 15: PROFESSIONAL VAPT REPORTING
- VAPT Report Structure
- Executive Summary
- Scope & Methodology
- Technical Findings
- Severity & Risk Rating
- Evidence Collection
- Business Impact
- Remediation Recommendations
- CVSS Calculation
- Screenshots & Proof of Concept
- Technical vs Executive Reporting
- Retest Report