Workshop: Level Up Your Home Lab Hacking Skills
There are many free ways to learn cybersecurity, and setting up your own lab at home on your laptop or desktop computer is one of the best. In this 2 hour workshop, you’ll dive deep into hacking concepts and learn how to set up a home lab for hands-on practice.
What You’ll Learn:
- How to perform reconnaissance against Windows assets.
- Identify common vulnerabilities that can compromise an organization.
- Real-world penetration testing techniques for Windows Active Directory using Kali Linux.
- Hands-on demonstrations of the tools and techniques used by cybersecurity professionals.
Topics covered:
- Download VMware workstation and install.
- Download Kali Linux and install.
- Download windows server 2022 or 2019 and windows 10 evaluation and install.
- Download MS2 and install.
Lab Requirements:
- 1 Windows Server 2022, 2 Windows 10 Clients, MS2.
- Download: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/evalcenter
- Download Metasploitable 2: https://sourceforge.net/projects/metasploitable/
- 80 GB of Disk Space
- 16 GB of Ram, 32 GB would be better.
With this lab, the sky’s the limit! You can customize and expand your setup however you like. This workshop is just step one. Let’s go and have fun learning!
By the end of this workshop, you will have the skills to set up your own hacking lab.
Preparation Instructions:
To make sure you’re fully prepared, please download the required files ahead of time using the link below. The download process can take about 1–2 hours, depending on your internet speed. Be sure to save the files to your laptop or an external hard drive, as you’ll need them during the workshop.
Download Link: Google Drive
Please make sure everything is ready before the workshop begins. If you run into any issues, feel free to reach out, and I’ll be happy to help.
Best regards,
Patrick Gorman
Pat@infosecpat.com
InfoSec Pat’s Online Academy
Trainer Bio:
Patrick Gorman is a Cybersecurity professional, IT career coach, and a content creator on YouTube. My channel is InfoSec Pat. I started a company InfoSec Pat about 4 years ago to help others get in the world of IT and Security. My movement is about providing IT/Cyber training, coaching and providing services in the cybersecurity space. Pat has a multitude of security certifications and maintains his extensive skills by routinely taking training, learning as much as he can from the community, and researching topics that he lacks knowledge in. His favorite part of being at InfoSec Pat is having the opportunity to learn more, and help as many people as possible get into IT and cybersecurity. He is a constant contributor to the InfoSec community by writing blogs, speaking at conferences and on webcasts, and teaching his online class, how to Setup a Cybersecurity Lab. Outside of his time at InfoSec Pat, Gorman enjoys working out and staying active, playing hockey and traveling the world. Visit website at www.infosecpat.com.