What educational services does Hacking101 provide?

Hacking101 is an Australian cyber-security academy offering courses in ethical hacking, penetration testing, ethical social engineering, and digital forensics via online training, optional on-site intensive bootcamps in Sydney and Penrith, and corporate briefings.

Is Hacking101 based in Australia?

Yes. Hacking101 Academy operates as Australian Cyber Security Academy Pty Ltd with secure technical hubs in the Sydney and Penrith area, hosted in AU-East datacentres.

What compliance frameworks are covered in Hacking101 courses?

Courses are aligned to ASD Essential Eight (Maturity Level 3), ASD Information Security Manual (ISM), NIST Cybersecurity Framework (CSF), MITRE ATT&CK framework, and OWASP Top 10. Module 4 directly addresses ISM Control 1534 for application control.

What tools will I learn at Hacking101?

Students train on the same platforms as Tier 1 SOCs: Wireshark, Burp Suite Professional, Metasploit, Volatility, Autopsy, FTK Imager, X-Ways, Cellebrite, KAPE, Nmap, BloodHound, and OSQuery.

How much does Hacking101 training cost?

Essential self-paced courses start at $1,490 AUD. Professional tier with coaching is $2,990 AUD per course. Enterprise engagements begin at $12,000 minimum annual. All prices include GST.

Australia’s Trusted Cybersecurity Academy

Operators first. Slides never.

Train in live Australian-hosted labs, mentored by practitioners who defend ASX environments and state SOCs.

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Infrastructure

14/14 subnets. 1,240 simulated targets.

Production-grade network ranges modelled on Australian ISP and enterprise topologies. All hosted in secure AU-East datacentres.

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Forensics & IR

Evidence to evidential standards.

Chain-of-custody workflows taught to Australian federal court admissibility benchmarks. Every graduate handles real evidence packages.

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Offensive Ops

Red team realism. Not slides.

Full-scope emulation against hardened Australian network stacks, with professional debrief and structured reporting.

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🛡 ASD Essential Eight 💼 ISM Aligned 💡 NIST CSF 🔬 MITRE ATT&CK 🔒 $10M Cyber Liability Cover 🏢 AU-East Datacentres

Core Courses

Every programme uses isolated live ranges, hardened appliances, and operator-grade exercise sets.

Hacking101 Academy delivers five core cybersecurity training programmes — from foundation ethical hacking through to advanced digital forensics and incident response — all aligned to ASD Essential Eight Maturity Level 3, ISM, and MITRE ATT&CK, hosted on live Australian infrastructure in Sydney and Penrith, NSW.

Hardware and RF lab environment at Hacking101 Sydney

Foundation

Intro to Ethical Hacking

Reconnaissance, scanning, enumeration, and reporting with legal baseline and safe-scope rules.

Duration 6 weeks
Level Beginner
Labs 18 hands-on
Tooling Nmap, Burp, Wireshark
Compliance ISM / Essential Eight

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Specialisation

Web Application Penetration Testing

OWASP Top 10, authentication bypasses, IDOR, SSRF, API attacks, and professional reporting.

Duration 10 weeks
Level Intermediate
Labs 32 hands-on

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Social engineering scenario roleplay and vishing lab

Advanced

Ethical Social Engineering

PREA framework, vishing, physical security assessment, influence tactics, red teaming.

Duration 8 weeks
Level Intermediate
Labs 22 hands-on

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Digital forensics and incident response evidence review workstation

Professional

Digital Forensics & Incident Response

Memory, disk, network, malware, timelines, chain-of-custody, and courtroom-ready reporting.

Duration 10 weeks
Level Advanced
Labs 28 hands-on

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Corporate cohort classroom training at Hacking101 Penrith

Enterprise

Corporate Readiness Assessment

Practical exam for IT teams. Benchmark skills before enrolment, then upsell into bulk tracks.

Audience Entire IT teams
Delivery Remote or on-site

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DFIR Chain of Custody Sample

Preview a redacted Australian forensics evidence package used across our labs — produced to federal court admissibility benchmarks.

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Operator Toolbelt

Certification means nothing without tool fluency. Graduates work the same platforms as T1 SOCs.

Hacking101 students train on professional-grade forensic and offensive security tooling — Wireshark, Burp Suite Professional, Metasploit Framework, Volatility 3, Autopsy, FTK Imager, X-Ways, Cellebrite, KAPE, Nmap, BloodHound, and OSQuery — the same platforms deployed in Australian T1 SOC environments.

Wireshark Burp Suite Professional Metasploit Framework Volatility / Volatility3 Autopsy FTK Imager X-Ways Cellebrite KAPE Nmap BloodHound OSQuery

✓ ASD Essential Eight ✓ ASD ISM ✓ NIST CSF ✓ MITRE ATT&CK ✓ OWASP Top 10 🔒 $10M Audited Cyber Liability 🏢 AU-East Hosting

Operational Briefings

Short, technical previews of real exercise walkthroughs. Free and open.

Reconnaissance Foundations

Passive DNS, Shodan, Maltego, and target baseline methodology.

Writing a Pen Test Report Clients Actually Read

Structure, prioritisation, executive narrative, and remediation guidance.

Investment

Tiered access for individuals, teams, and enterprise. All prices in AUD. GST inclusive.

Essential

Self-paced learning with direct access to course content and practice labs.

$1,490

per course

Full HD video library
Downloadable lab environments
Course completion certificate
Community access

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Professional

Everything in Essential plus labs review, coaching and exam prep.

$2,990

per course

Everything in Essential
Instructor lab reviews
Weekly coaching sessions
Pathway mapping
Priority support

17 of 120 Q3 seats remaining

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Enterprise

Custom learning paths, SCORM-ready content, dashboards, and dedicated success manager.

$12K

Minimum annual engagement

Everything in Professional
Custom learning paths
Progress dashboards
SCORM / xAPI ready
Dedicated success manager

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Why Hacking101

We don't do slide decks. We train operators.

Our instructors bring real offensive-security, incident-response, intelligence, and law enforcement backgrounds. Every course is built around practical exercises, not theory.

Hacking101 Academy is Australia's operator-led cybersecurity training provider, headquartered in Penrith, NSW, with physical training hubs in Sydney. All courses run on live Australian infrastructure in AU-East datacentres, taught by practitioners with active ASX 200 and government SOC experience.

Real environments. Vulnerable apps, networks, and disk images — not simulations.

Physical hubs. On-site bootcamps and corporate briefings in Sydney and Penrith.

Employer pipeline. Graduate portfolio reviews, hiring introductions, and employer showcases.

Auditable. Progress reporting for corporate sponsors and workforce benchmarking.

"The best structured ethical hacking content I've used as a trainer. The labs alone are worth the price — real networks, real appliances, real pressure."
Senior Security Consultant, ASX 200 Financial Services, Sydney

"We sent 14 SOC analysts through the DFIR track. Within 8 weeks our mean time-to-contain dropped by 40%. The chain-of-custody module alone saved us a court disclosure headache."
CISO, Federal Government Agency, Canberra

"Finally, training that doesn't insult the intelligence of people who already work in security. The red team modules assume competence and build from there."
Offensive Security Lead, Big Four Consultancy, Melbourne

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