The goal of the ethical hacking and countermeasures program is to help the organization take preemptive measures against malicious attacks by attacking the system himself; all the while staying within legal limits. This philosophy stems from the proven practice of trying to catch a thief, by thinking like a thief. As technology advances and organization depend on technology increasingly, information assets have evolved into critical components of survival.

This course consists of the following modules - Ethics and Legal Issues, Footprinting, Scanning, Enumeration, System Hacking, Trojans and Backdoors, Sniffers, Denial of Service, Social Engineering, Session Hijacking, Hacking Web Servers, Web Application Vulnerabilities, Web Based Password Cracking Techniques, SQL Injection, Hacking Wireless Networks, Virus and Worms, Physical Security, Hacking Linux, IDS, Firewalls and Honeypots, Buffer Overflows, Cryptography, Penetration Testing Methodologies

Distance Learning

The duration of this course is 13 weeks with 40 instructor contact hours.

There will be 2 assignments and one exam in this course.

Assignment 1 ----------- 20 marks
Assignment 2 ----------- 40 marks
Course Exam ------------ 40 marks
Total -------------------- 100 marks

Ethics and Legality

• Understand Ethical Hacking terminology
• Define the Job role of an ethical hacker
• Understand the different phases involved in ethical hacking
• Identify different types of hacking technologies
• List the 5 stages of ethical hacking?
• What is hacktivism?
• List different types of hacker classes
• Define the skills required to become an ethical hacker
• What is vulnerability research?
• Describe the ways in conducting ethical hacking
• Understand the Legal implications of hacking
• Understand 18 U.S.C. § 1030 US Federal Law

Footprinting

• Define the term Footprinting
• Describe information gathering methodology
• Describe competitive intelligence
• Understand DNS enumeration
• Understand Whois, ARIN lookup
• Identify different types of DNS records
• Understand how traceroute is used in Footprinting
• Understand how e-mail tracking works
• Understand how web spiders work

Scanning

• Define the term port scanning, network scanning and vulnerability scanning
• Understand the CEH scanning methodology
• Understand Ping Sweep techniques
• Understand nmap command switches
• Understand SYN, Stealth, XMAS, NULL, IDLE and FIN scans
• List TCP communication flag types
• Understand War dialing techniques
• Understand banner grabbing and OF fingerprinting techniques
• Understand how proxy servers are used in launching an attack
• How does anonymizers work
• Understand HTTP tunneling techniques
• Understand IP spoofing techniques

Enumeration

• What is Enumeration?
• What is meant by null sessions
• What is SNMP enumeration?
• What are the steps involved in performing enumeration?
  

System Hacking

• Understanding password cracking techniques
• Understanding different types of passwords
• Identifying various password cracking tools
• Understand Escalating privileges
• Understanding keyloggers and other spyware technologies
• Understand how to Hide files
• Understanding rootkits
• Understand Steganography technologies
• Understand how to covering your tracks and erase evidences

Trojans and Backdoors

• What is a Trojan?
• What is meant by overt and covert channels?
• List the different types of Trojans
• What are the indications of a Trojan attack?
• Understand how “Netcat” Trojan works
• What is meant by “wrapping”
• How does reverse connecting Trojans work?
• What are the countermeasure techniques in preventing Trojans?
• Understand Trojan evading techniques

Sniffers

• Understand the protocol susceptible to sniffing
• Understand active and passive sniffing
• Understand ARP poisoning
• Understand ethereal capture and display filters
• Understand MAC flooding
• Understand DNS spoofing techniques
• Describe sniffing countermeasures

Denial of Service

• Understand the types of DoS Attacks
• Understand how DDoS attack works
• Understand how BOTs/BOTNETS work
• What is “smurf” attack
• What is “SYN” flooding
• Describe the DoS/DDoS countermeasures

Social Engineering

• What is Social Engineering?
• What are the Common Types of Attacks
• Understand Dumpster Diving
• Understand Reverse Social Engineering
• Understand Insider attacks
• Understand Identity Theft
• Describe Phishing Attacks
• Understand Online Scams
• Understand URL obfuscation
• Social Engineering countermeasures

Session Hijacking

• Understand Spoofing vs. Hijacking
• List the types of Session Hijacking
• Understand Sequence Prediction
• What are the steps in performing session hijacking
• Describe how you would prevent session hijacking

Hacking Web Servers

• List the types of web server vulnerabilities
• Understand the attacks Against Web Servers
• Understand IIS Unicode exploits
• Understand patch management techniques
• Understand Web Application Scanner
• What is Metasploit Framework?
• Describe Web Server hardening methods

Web Application Vulnerabilities

• Understanding how web application works
• Objectives of web application hacking
• Anatomy of an attack
• Web application threats
• Understand Google hacking
• Understand Web Application Countermeasures

Web Based Password Cracking Techniques

• List the Authentication types
• What is a Password Cracker?
• How does a Password Cracker work?
• Understand Password Attacks - Classification
• Understand Password Cracking Countermeasures

SQL Injection

• What is SQL injection?
• Understand the Steps to conduct SQL injection
• Understand SQL Server vulnerabilities
• Describe SQL Injection countermeasures  

Wireless Hacking

• Overview of WEP, WPA authentication systems and cracking techniques
• Overview of wireless Sniffers and SSID, MAC Spoofing
• Understand Rogue Access Points
• Understand Wireless hacking techniques
• Describe the methods in securing wireless networks

Virus and Worms

• Understand the difference between an virus and a Worm
• Understand the types of Viruses
• How a virus spreads and infects the system
• Understand antivirus evasion techniques
• Understand Virus detection methods

Physical Security

• Physical security breach incidents
• Understanding physical security
• What is the need for physical security?
• Who is accountable for physical security?
• Factors affecting physical security
  

Linux Hacking

• Understand how to compile a Linux Kernel
• Understand GCC compilation commands
• Understand how to install LKM modules
• Understand Linux hardening methods

Evading IDS, Honeypots and Firewalls

• List the types of Intrusion Detection Systems and evasion techniques
• List firewall and honeypot evasion techniques

Buffer Overflows

• Overview of stack based buffer overflows
• Identify the different types of buffer overflows and methods of detection
• Overview of buffer overflow mutation techniques

Cryptography

• Overview of cryptography and encryption techniques
• Describe how public and private keys are generated
• Overview of MD5, SHA, RC4, RC5, Blowfish algorithms

Penetration Testing Methodologies

• Overview of penetration testing methodologies
• List the penetration testing steps
• Overview of the Pen-Test legal framework
• Overview of the Pen-Test deliverables
• List the automated penetration testing tools

Assignment 1

• Submit Ethical Hacking and Countermeasures Assignment 1

Assignment 2

• Submit Ethical Hacking and Countermeasures Assignment 2

FINAL EXAM