Build Offensive Tooling in VSCode and Python 3 from Scratch
Cyber Security: Penetration Testing with Python is a hands-on, beginner-friendly course designed to teach you how to build real-world penetration testing tools using Python 3. This course takes an ethical hacking approach, showing you how to create your own offensive tooling when pre-built tools are unavailable or limited during a penetration test.
Whether you are new to programming or already have some coding experience, this course walks you step by step through setting up a professional hacking and development environment and writing your first custom security tool.
What You’ll Learn
- How to program penetration testing tools from scratch using Python 3
- How to build a Python-based email scraper for offensive security testing
- How to set up a Python 3 development environment in VSCode
- How to configure Kali Linux for penetration testing
- How to debug Python applications effectively in VSCode
- How Python tools map to real-world MITRE ATT&CK techniques
Course Content
3 Sections • 17 Lectures • 1h 16m Total Length
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Environment Setup & Resource Development
- VMWare Workstation download and installation
- Kali Linux download, import, and configuration
- Enhancing Kali Linux with TMUX
- VSCode themes and Python extensions
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Python Offensive Tool Development
- Understanding Python modules and imports
- Gathering user input safely
- Making HTTP requests
- Scraping web content
- Email extraction using regex and BeautifulSoup
- Crawling webpages
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Testing & Debugging
- Debugging Python applications in VSCode
- Running and validating your custom tool
- Bonus lecture
Requirements
- Laptop or desktop computer
- Internet connection
- No prior hacking or programming experience required
Description
Have you ever wanted to learn Python from an ethical hacking perspective? During real penetration tests, security professionals often encounter situations where existing tools are insufficient or unavailable. In those moments, the ability to build custom tools becomes extremely valuable.
In this course, you will create offensive security tooling from scratch using Python 3. You’ll begin by setting up a professional penetration testing lab using VMWare Workstation, Kali Linux, and VSCode. Once your environment is ready, you’ll build your first hacking tool: a Python-based email scraper.
The tool accepts a URL as input, spiders webpages, and extracts email addresses using regular expressions and the BeautifulSoup library. Every step is clearly explained, making the learning process approachable and practical.
This course emphasizes modern workflows, clean coding practices, and real-world applicability. Even if you have zero programming experience, you’ll be guided carefully through each concept.
Who This Course Is For
- Beginner Python developers
- Ethical hackers
- Penetration testers
- Cyber security analysts
- Anyone who wants to build custom hacking tools
✅ Outcome: By the end of this course, you will have built your own Python penetration testing tool, understand how to develop offensive security scripts, and be ready to expand your custom tooling for real-world ethical hacking engagements.
