Syed Sa

A comprehensive guide to becoming an AI ethical hacker. This book covers career paths, the craft of penetration testing, and a complete roadmap from zero to hired. The content is presented through one continuous real-world story about testing a fictional delivery company (Nila Logistics), demonstrating how attackers chain together seemingly minor weaknesses into a complete compromise.

The guide emphasizes that 70% of the job is reading, note-taking, and writing clear reports, while the break-in itself is just a small part. It covers everything from mobile apps and IoT devices to routers, firmware, servers, and workstations—showing how security is only as strong as the weakest link in the chain.

Lead Ethical Hacker - Nila Logistics

Conducted authorized red-team penetration testing of a mid-sized delivery company with mobile app, fleet of GPS trackers (IoT), customer web portal, office routers, and warehouse server infrastructure.

• Performed static analysis on Android delivery app using MobSF, discovering hardcoded API key
• Tested customer web portal with Burp Suite, identifying IDOR and SQL injection vulnerabilities
• Discovered default credentials on exposed IoT GPS tracker web panels
• Analyzed outdated router firmware using Binwalk, finding exploitable CVE
• Gained reverse shell on warehouse server via unpatched service using Metasploit
• Escalated privileges from normal user to root/administrator
• Conducted phishing simulation against employee workstations
• Demonstrated full attack chain from mobile app compromise to complete system compromise