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Most Recent Platform Update

> June 26, 2025 – “Platform Update + Win Courses by John Hammond and Our All-Stars”

ConDef Lite Available Now!

ConDef Lite is the DIY lab version of Constructing Defense 2025. All the same great content (100+ videos, step-by-step instructions, quizzes, and more) but the hands-on practical knowledge to launch your cybersecurity career is housed in your own home lab. Only $120 until June 30 at Midnight ET.

Already have ConDef Lite? Look for an upgrade offer to the full ConDef 2025 in the course Intro! 🎁
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Win Training!

Just Hacking Training (JHT) - Phishing - A Technical Course for Red TeamingPre-Release Contest!

Buy Cori Macy’s Phishing: A Technical Course for Red Teaming for only $10 before the official July 1 release for a chance to win courses by John Hammond and JHT All-Stars.

Get JHT for Your Organization

Bulk Discounts: Contact sales@justhacking.com
JHT right in your LMS: Seamlessly provide Just Hacking Training with the LTI spec allowing your LMS to access our content directly. Email us to learn more!
Free course for referrals: Get your org to buy 10+ seats and get 1 free course at equal or lesser value for yourself.

Other Updates:

Additional Releases This Month

Additional Monthly ReleasesCTF: NahamCon 2025
Free UC: Space Security by Adam Scheuer
Free UC: Google Dorking by Bailey Marshall
Free UC: AWS Security by Carlos Polop
Blog: Mind Over Malware – The Psychology of CTI by Jennifer Funk
Evading Antivirus Detection in C John Hammond YT Interview w/ Dahvid Schloss

DEF CON!

  • Join us in the IoT Village for 2 free mini-workshops, only 15 minutes each:
    • Talk to Your “Things” with MQTT – Learn Device Comms in a Virtual Smart Home
    • Router Ruh Roh! – Find Remnants of an Attack in OpenWRT Firmware
  • We will also sponsor the Red Team Village, Noob Village, and John’s own Scambait Village

JHT Livestreams

With John Hammond twice a month—details on our Events Page.

  • June 19: Catch a replay of “Learn CTF!” with Matt Ehrnschwender
  • July 3: Shikata and John explore Windows Internals
  • July 16: John is joined by Bailey Marshall with some network pentesting tools
Livestreams with John Hammond

Coming Soon

  • Courses: Phishing, MADS Vol 4, WMD Advanced
  • More free Upskill Challenges to include topics on Shodan, Reverse Engineering Hardware, Purple Teaming, Bluetooth Low Energy, Basic Networking, et al
  • Hack-Alongs and CTFs for fun ways to get more hands-on practice

Thanks for choosing us! 🙏

We’re continuing to grow fast with now 60+ training options, but we wouldn’t be here without you and the greater community.

Forget all the noise and get to Just Hacking! ✌️

Thanks,
The Just Hacking Training Team

Past Platform Updates


> April 24, 2025 – “Passed Security+… Now what?” and 15% Off EVERYTHING!

You Passed Security+… Great! Tick that HR box.
But can you pass a technical interview?

🆓 Free Preview! 🆓 We’ve released 3 free lessons from the newly updated Constructing Defense Path (2025 Edition) now with Splunk. With its massive hands-on lab and 100+ videos, see for yourself why John Hammond praises ConDef as, “One of the flagship ways to start a career in cybersecurity”. At only $400 until April 30th, it’s a fraction of the cost of other cyber ranges yet much more in-depth. Get ready to perform attacks and see what happens from a defensive perspective. Learn. Attack. Defend. Repeat!

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Platform Updates…

  • Recently Released Bundles:
    • The “Mishaal” Bundle – All of Mishaal Khan’s Training for only $150!
    • Mastering Active Directory Security (MADS) Volumes 1 – 3 = 20% Off
    • Windows Malware Dev (WMD) 1 – 3 = 20% Off
  • Additional Releases this Month:
  • Cons & JHT Livestreams with John Hammond Twice a Month – Details on our Events Page:
    • May 2 – Mishaal Khan Launches Next Level OSINT (NLO) Course
    • May 23 – Ellie Daw on Quantum Programming
    • Get JHT stickers in the IoT Village at BSidesSF, RSA and HackSpaceCon!
  • Free Previews – We just added a great new feature allowing you to take a test drive of our courses. ConDef is the first to get them, others coming soon! Details will be on each web page.
  • VPN Access – We just launched the ability to have VPN access into our virtual lab environment. Now you have a choice to learn in a way that suits you best… web-based VMs or bring your own tools and go at it! We’ve already begun rolling this out to a few of our training options. Check each product page for updates.
  • Certificates of Completion – Don’t forget to share your success on social media. Tag JHT (LI|X), so we can celebrate with you! You can even add our training to your LinkedIn profile and resumes.
  • Coming Soon:
    • Courses: Next Level OSINT, ConDef Lite, Phishing, MADS Vol 4, WMD Advanced
    • Upskill Challenges to include topics on more API types, Brute Force Attacks, Shellcode, et al.
    • Hack-Alongs & CTFs for fun ways to get more hands-on activity.

Thanks for choosing us! 🙏 We’re new and growing fast with 45+ training options, but we wouldn’t be here without you and the greater community. With new training released twice a month throughout 2025, bi-monthly livestreams with JHT’s own John Hammond and our All-Stars, and even some “Name Your Price” options, JHT promises “Focused Technical Training for All Levels” regardless of experience or budget.

Forget all the noise and get to Just Hacking! ✌️ Thanks,
The JHT Team

> March 27, 2025 – Women’s History Month & Pre-Release Deal on ConDef!

In this 2nd monthly JHT Platform Update, we continue informing you of recent releases, what’s coming, ways to save your hard-earned dollars and how to best utilize the platform to advance your career. 🚀

🚨ConDef Update Coming Soon!🚨

Constructing Defense is a 3-course Path with a massive, web-based lab teaching everything you need to know to get into cybersecurity. New version has quizzes, updated cloud content, section to help you better navigate the even bigger lab environment and more. But the big new addition is Splunk!

To celebrate ConDef 2025, we’re offering a pre-release deal of 25% Off with code “ConDef25”. You’ll get access to the current version of ConDef now and a free upgrade to ConDef 2025 when released in April. Deal expires Midnight ET on March 31!

Platform Updates…

  • Recent Releases:
  • JHT Livestreams with John Hammond Twice a Month – Details on our Events Page:
    • March 7 had Mishaal Khan and his OSINT magic
    • March 21 welcomed Katie Paxton-Fear AKA InsiderPhD
    • April 4th = ConDef 2025 Launch with Anton Ovrutsky
    • April 18th = Ellie Daw on Quantum Computing and Programming
  • Certificates of Completion – Don’t forget to share your success on social media. Tag JHT (LI|X), so we can celebrate with you! You can even add our training to your LinkedIn profile and resumes.
  • Coming Soon:
    • Courses: ConDef 2025, WMD 3, MADS Vol 4, Next Level OSINT
    • Upskill Challenges to include topics on more API types, Windows Admin, Windows Internals, Phishing, Shellcode, et al.
    • Hack-Alongs & CTFs for fun ways to get more hands-on activity.

Thanks for choosing us! 🙏 We’re new and growing fast with 40+ training options, but we wouldn’t be here without you and the greater community. With new training released twice a month throughout 2025, bi-monthly livestreams with JHT’s own John Hammond and our All-Stars, and even some “Name Your Price” options, JHT promises “Focused Technical Training for All Levels” regardless of experience or budget.

When the noise becomes too much, focus on JustHacking! ✌️ Thanks,
The JHT Team

> February 14, 2025

Happy Valentine’s Day Hackers!

In this first of our mid-month Platform Updates, we will inform you of what’s coming, ways to save your hard-earned dollars and how to best utilize the platform to advance your career.

First of all, thank you!! 🙏 We’re new and growing fast, but we wouldn’t be here without you and the greater community. With new training released twice a month throughout 2025, bi-monthly livestreams with JHT’s own John Hammond and our All-Stars, and even some “Name Your Price” options, JHT promises “Focused Technical Training for All Levels” regardless of experience or budget.

Hackers need love, too! 💗 Use Code “VALENTINES2025” by Midnight ET Sun for 25% Off all Non-NameYourPrice Training including: 🥰

Updated Certificates of Completion

  • You can now share your success on social media. Tag JHT (LI|X), so we can celebrate with you!
  • Permanent link for each completion for employer verification
  • Updated design coming in Q2

New Events Page – Listing of livestreams and cons where you can find John and the JHT Crew. Don’t miss John’s Livestream with Ali Hadi on Feb 21 for some forensics fun with an AMA and Live Demos!

Updated FAQ on JHT Support Page – If you have other suggestions, please let us know in Discord.

Updated Upskill Challenge (UC) Design – Same great bite-sized content, more engaging design

Training just released and coming soon:

  • Dark Web by John, WMD 1 by Dahvid Schloss just released
  • Courses coming soon include LUO (Level Up OSINT) by Mishaal Khan, WMD 2, MADS Vol 3 by Slavi Parpulev
  • Upskill Challenges to include topics on API Types, Help Desk, Red Teaming, Reverse Engineering, Signals, Windows Administration, Windows Internals
  • More Hack-Alongs & CTFs for quicker hands-on activity.

With much love and appreciation,
The JHT Team