Digital Forensics for Pentesters - Hands-On Learning

About this course

Updated in May 2025. This course now features Coursera Coach! A smarter way to learn with interactive, real-time conversations that help you test your knowledge, challenge assumptions, and deepen your understanding as you progress through the course. This course provides a guide to digital forensics for penetration testers, featuring hands-on labs and video tutorials. Starting with setting up a forensic lab using VirtualBox, you'll learn to create virtual installations of CSI Linux, Kali Linux, and Windows 10. - You'll master forensic tools like Kali Forensic Mode, Autopsy, and Shodan, gaining hands-on experience in acquiring and analyzing forensic disk images, managing digital forensics cases, and conducting OSINT investigations. - You'll also delve into reverse engineering malware using Ghidra and performing network forensics with Wireshark. - The course culminates in Capture the Flag exercises to apply your skills in real-world scenarios. By the end, you'll have a robust understanding of digital forensics processes, making you a proficient penetration tester. Designed for aspiring and professional penetration testers, cybersecurity analysts, and IT professionals with basic networking and cybersecurity knowledge, this course ensures practical, real-world experience through interactive learning. This course is tailored for technical professionals, cybersecurity enthusiasts, and pentesters seeking to deepen their expertise in digital forensics. Participants should have a foundational understanding of networking and basic Linux operations. Familiarity with virtual environments and command-line interfaces will be beneficial but not mandatory.

Course objectives

• provide practical, hands-on experience in digital forensics
• enhance understanding of digital forensics processes
• prepare participants for real-world applications in penetration testing