Cyber Security Practice Labs
Hands-on learning resources for cyber security, ethical hacking, network security and defensive security. These practical guides introduce commonly used security tools, techniques and controlled laboratory exercises.
1. Lab Environment & Operating Systems
Build your cyber security practice environment and develop essential Linux, scripting, remote-access and command-line skills.
2. Networking Fundamentals
Practise essential networking commands for connectivity, addressing, routing, troubleshooting and DNS investigation.
3. Reconnaissance & Information Gathering
Learn information-gathering techniques for discovering hosts, domains, services and publicly available technical information.
4. Network Scanning & Enumeration
Explore host discovery, service identification, port scanning and enumeration techniques inside controlled laboratory networks.
5. Packet Analysis & Network Monitoring
Capture and analyse network traffic to understand protocols, connections, packet behaviour and wireless network activity.
6. Vulnerability Assessment
Learn how vulnerability assessment platforms identify, classify and report security weaknesses in authorised systems.
7. Web Application Security
Explore common web application security weaknesses and use specialised testing tools within intentionally vulnerable local labs.
8. Password & Credential Security
Understand password auditing, password hashes, authentication weaknesses and credential-security concepts in controlled systems.
9. Wireless Network Security
Study wireless discovery, authentication and Wi-Fi security concepts using your own isolated wireless laboratory.
10. Netcat, Shells & Network Connections
Learn fundamental client-server connections and shell concepts between machines within an isolated cyber security laboratory.
11. Metasploit & Payloads
Explore Metasploit concepts, test payloads and controlled post-exploitation techniques against intentionally vulnerable laboratory machines.
12. Privilege Escalation & Post-Exploitation
Study privilege escalation concepts and local system assessment techniques using dedicated Linux and Windows laboratory machines.
Acknowledgement & Responsible Use
These Cyber Security Practice Labs are provided as practical learning resources to support hands-on cyber security education. The practical learning approach acknowledges the work of Paul Browning and Mark Drinan, authors of 101 Labs CompTIA Security+, and the 101Labs.net “Learn by Doing” approach.
All security experiments must be performed within a local, isolated cyber security lab. Use virtual machines, test networks, intentionally vulnerable applications and systems that you own or have explicit permission to test.
Do not scan, attack, exploit, intercept or otherwise test websites, servers, networks or devices on the open Internet as part of these exercises. These resources are intended solely for learning, controlled experimentation and authorised cyber security practice.