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My Wordlists Collection 1 (Dictionaries / Password Lists)

Wordlists Download These are our wordlists collections which are commonly used in Cybersecurity & Ethical Hacking. 📥 rockyou.txt.gz 42.7 MB mirror link 📥 metasploit.zip 1.19 MB 📥 dirb.zip 278 KB 📥 nmap.lst 39.4 KB 📥 JTR_default_password.txt 25.6 KB 📥 fern_wifi_common.txt 4 KB 📥 fasttrack.txt 1.96 KB Kali users, check /usr/share/wordlists/ first, most of these are already installed. Sources: Nmap, Metasploit by Rapid7, John the Ripper, Dirb, Fern Wifi Cracker, Social-Engineer Toolkit by TrustedSec. My GitHub Collection 1 These files are shared for education purposes only. Use them in isolated lab environments, on your own systems or where you have written Read More …

Password Cracking with JTR John the Ripper (Project Task / Lab)

Download All files 📥 Lab task sheet (Password Cracking with JTR) 📥 My Locked PDF1.pdf 📥 My Locked PDF2.pdf 📥 My Locked PDF3.pdf Tools you need John the Ripper (official site) Johnny GUI (official site) Password Cracking with JTR (Johnny) This lab shows how to recover the password of a locked PDF using the Johnny tool. It is made for beginners and also works on Kali Linux where the tool is already installed. Task: recover the password of the locked PDF using Johnny. If you use Kali Linux you do not need to download anything. John the Ripper Read More …

Password Cracking with Networkwalks tools (Project Task / Lab)

Download All files 📥 Lab task sheet (Password Cracking with Networkwalks Tools) 📥 My Locked PDF1.pdf 📥 My Locked PDF2.pdf 📥 My Locked PDF3.pdf Online tools you will use Networkwalks Hash Calculator Networkwalks Password Cracker Password Cracking with Networkwalks Tools This lab does the same job as the JTR lab but with free browser tools. Nothing to install, everything runs in your web browser, so it suits beginners on any computer. Task: Recover the password of the locked PDF using the Networkwalks Hash Calculator and Password Cracker. Upload the locked PDF to the Hash Calculator to get the hash, then Read More …

Lab Practice – Zenmap Network Scanning (Nmap)

🔎 LAB PRACTICE – Network Scanning with Zenmap (Nmap) Watch the video above first. Then download the lab PDF from the download section below. After that open Zenmap and complete all tasks one by one on your own computer. 📥 Lab File: 📖 Background Zenmap is the official GUI version of Nmap which can be used on Windows PC. It is a security scanner software tool which is used by Cybersecurity professionals & Hackers. It is a multi-platform (Linux, Windows, Mac OS X, BSD, etc.) free and open source application which aims to make Nmap easy to use while providing Read More …

LAB PRACTICE – How to setup Hexstrike MCP with Claude desktop

Lab Environment: Kali Linux + Hexstrike AI MCP + Claude Desktop 🎯 Task Setup the HexStrike MCP Server on Kali Linux and connect it with Claude Desktop AI. So you can run AI-powered security tools directly from your terminal environment. 🧪 Solution Step 1 — Download & Install Claude Desktop on Kali Linux Install Claude Desktop on Kali Linux using the community Debian package hosted on GitHub: 🔗 https://github.com/aaddrick/claude-desktop-debian Run the following commands one by one in your terminal: # Add the GPG key curl -fsSL https://pkg.claude-desktop-debian.dev/KEY.gpg | sudo gpg –dearmor -o /usr/share/keyrings/claude-desktop.gpg # Add the repository echo “deb Read More …

LAB PRACTICE – How to crack passwords with Hexstrike AI and JTR (AI-version)

Hexstrike MCP Server with JTR Password Cracking Lab v1 (AI-version)

🔐 LAB PRACTICE – How to crack passwords with AI and JTR (AI-version) AI-Assisted Practical Lab — HexStrike MCP Edition This lab requires Hexstrike MCP already setup on Kali Linux VM. Please follow this guide if you have not yet setup the Hexstrike MCP server Lab Environment: Kali Linux + Hexstrike AI MCP + Claude Desktop 🎯 Task Crack the password of networkwalks_flag1.pdf using John the Ripper (JTR) with the help of AI — specifically the HexStrike-AI MCP server with Claude Desktop on Kali Linux. Lab Environment Requirements: HexStrike-AI MCP server with Claude Desktop running on Kali Read More …

What is Nmap? A comprehensive guide to Network Scanning for Ethical Hacking

Nmap is one of the most powerful and widely-used tools for network exploration, management, and security auditing. Whether you’re a network administrator, penetration tester, or a cybersecurity enthusiast, Network Mapper (Nmap) is an essential tool in your arsenal for discovering hosts, services, and vulnerabilities on a network. In this guide, we will take a deep dive into what Nmap is, how it works, and how you can use it for network scanning and security assessments. Why Use Nmap? Nmap is an open-source tool that provides comprehensive network discovery and vulnerability scanning capabilities. It allows users to: Scan networks to discover Read More …

How attackers use scripting & batch files to create virus? | Quiz

Test your Cyber Security knowledge and skills by practicing this free online quiz on ‘How Attackers use Scripting & Batch Files to create virus’. How Attackers use Scripting & Batch Files & its assets from Cybersecurity attacks is critical these days. This quiz & related lecture will help you to improve your knowledge & skills on this topic. You might also be interested in our free Online Quizzes on all IT topics including Cisco CCNA, Cyber Security, Python Programming, Linux & Ethical Hacking: Free Online Quizzes (Best for Cisco CCNA, Huawei HCNA, N+) You can also Read More …

Port Security

Layer-2 Port Security is used for network traffic control. It allows only the authorized user or filtered MAC address configured to gain access to the network. Enabling mode Pass/Secret in Port Security To enable mode Pass/Secret we have to Secure the Privileged Mode Access. An encrypted Password is recommended (enable secret) Example of How to Enable mode Pass/Secret Below is an example of how to enable mode Pass/Secret on the IOS Command Line Interface: R1(config)# enable password networkwalks R1(config)# enable secret networkwalks Secure the Console (local Access) Secure the Local access by adding a password to Console Read More …

ACL (Access Control List)

ACL (Access Control List) is a list of rules that specifies which users or systems are allowed access to a particular object or system resource. It can simply be defined as a set of instructions to filter inbound and outbound traffic on an interface. Access Control List Overview and Access List Concepts Access Control List carries out a packet identification mechanism and can also identify packets on the basis of Layer 3 and Layer header. Each access list is composed of one or more ACEs (Access Control Entries) and each ACE is assigned a sequence number. ACEs are processed Read More …