Advanced Exploitation

About this track

Kernel exploitation, side-channel attacks, web server exploitation, supply chain attacks, and red team tooling.

The Advanced Exploitation track collects 5 modules and 20 lessons into a single ordered path. Each module ends with a checkpoint quiz; passing the checkpoint unlocks the next module so you can track your progress without guessing whether the material has stuck.

You start with "Kernel Exploitation" and finish on "Red Team Tooling Internals". The whole track sits inside the Exploitation area of the curriculum, so the writing assumes the prerequisites listed above and skips ground that an earlier track has already covered.

What this track covers

• Kernel Exploitation — Cross the boundary from user space into the kernel. Understand how vulnerabilities in ring 0 code lead to full system compromise and how modern kernels defend against exploitation.
• Side-Channel Attacks — Learn how secrets leak through physics. From cache timing and power consumption to speculative execution and electromagnetic emissions, discover how attackers extract information without ever breaking the algorithm itself.
• Web Application Exploitation (Low-Level Perspective) — Look beneath the surface of web security. Explore memory corruption in web servers, serialisation attacks, side channels in browsers, and the low-level details behind TLS vulnerabilities.
• Supply Chain & Binary Attacks — Discover how attackers compromise software before it reaches you. From trojanised executables and dependency confusion to compiler backdoors and firmware implants, learn how the software supply chain becomes a weapon.
• Red Team Tooling Internals — How C2 frameworks, process injection, shellcode, and evasion techniques work at the binary level - understanding offence to build better defence.