This Upskill Challenge by Joe Helle will show you the basics of installing Visual Studio Code on Windows and Kali Linux, installing basic extensions for Python, and how to debug code. Having a basic understanding of Visual Studio Code will be very helpful before diving into Joe’s upcoming course on creating a C2 with Python. Stay tuned!
Price = FREE!
What’s an Upskill Challenge (UC)?
A UC is a CTF-style, bite-sized lesson from the JHT Team, our courseware developers as well as “friends” of JHT. They are meant to be short and to the point. UCs focus on a single tool or concept and are helpful in quickly providing useful skills that might be prerequisites for other types of educational content on the platform.
A UC should be 10 – 30 minutes of student time and have no VMs. There are quizzes to make sure that the content is understood.
Prerequisites
UCs assume no knowledge at all! They’re meant to be completely self-contained, so all of the answers are in the lesson. No outside research is required.
Joe Helle is a former Army Airborne Infantry Sergeant and Veteran of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars. After serving his country he entered public service, working in a variety of non-profit roles, as well as being elected as mayor of his hometown.
After leaving elected office he set eyes on cybersecurity, earning a bachelor’s and master’s in cybersecurity and information assurance from WGU, and holds numerous industry-standard certifications. Joe has served numerous roles in offensive security, including Chief Operating Officer, Red Team Lead, and Senior Offensive Security Engineer. During his time in the field, Joe has discovered several zero-day vulnerabilities and holds recognition for twelve CVE’s. He is the creator of the popular Movement, Pivoting and Persistence and PowerShell for Pentesters courses, where he teaches offensive penetration skills and techniques. He is the author of “Learn by Doing – Python3 Command and Control How to Guide,” which teaches practical Python scripting by creating a from-scratch C2 platform. Joe is the author of several popular tools on Github, including Oh365UserFinder and Threader3000.
Joe is the father to two beautiful daughters and husband to Maggie. He is an avid paramotor pilot and enjoys spending time on Lake Erie on his boat.
