• Understand how the act of unethical computer hacking is a crime
• Classify and identify groups and classes of hackers
• Distinguish the rationale for various types of hackers
• Understand and determine differences in information warfare
• Understand how computer hacking originated and its evolution
• Recognize the importance of ethical hacking and the issues involved in hacker ethics

45min.

• Identify various techniques for performing reconnaissance
• Distinguish and discuss the methods used in social engineering
• Discuss the importance of dumpster diving in reconnaissance
• Identify a variety of phases of Internet footprinting

1hr. 10min.

• Comprehend the functioning of scanners
• Trace the development of scanners
• Identify various types of scanning
• Identify different scanners

2hrs. 27min.

• Identify sniffers
• Recognize types of sniffers
• Discover the workings of sniffers
• Appreciate the functions that sniffers use on a network
• List types of sniffer programs
• Implement methods used in spotting sniffers
• List the techniques used to protect networks from sniffers

2hrs 1min.

• Give a definition of TCP/IP
• Know the steps of TCP/IP communication
• Recognize weaknesses in TCP/IP
• Identify steps in protecting information from vulnerabilities in TCP/IP

1hr. 35min.

• Understand basic cryptographic principles
• Understand the fundamentals of encryption
• Describe the most common ciphers in use today
• Identify the most common attacks on passwords

1hr. 35min.

• Understand the mechanics of spoofing
• Describe the consequences of spoofing
• Define various types of spoofing
• List and describe some spoofing tools

Learn how to defend against spoofing

1hr. 35min.

• Define session hijacking
• Understand what session hijacking entails
• Identify the styles of session hijacking
• List some session-hijacking tools
• Explain the differences between TCP and UDP hijacking
• Note measures that defend against session hijacking

1hr. 35min.

• Identify the vulnerabilities of proxy servers
• Identify the vulnerabilities of routers and switches
• Identify the vulnerabilities of firewalls
• Identify the vulnerabilities of virtual private networks (VPNs)

1hr. 35min.

• Outline the evolution of the Trojan horse
• Name ways in which Trojans are deployed
• Identify risks associated with Trojans
• Name some well-known Trojans
• List Trojan attack prevention measures
• List Trojan detection tools

1hr. 35min.

• Define a denial-of-service (DoS) attack
• Describe causes of DoS attacks
• Describe several varieties of DoS attacks
• Define a distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack
• Discuss some known DoS and DDoS attacks
• Describe ways to prevent DoS and DDoS attacks

1hr. 35min.

• Describe buffer overflow
• List types of buffer overflows
• Identify techniques used to cause a buffer overflow
• Comprehend techniques used to detect buffer overflow conditions
• Understand methods used in preventing buffer overflows
• Describe buffer overflow
• List types of buffer overflows
• Identify techniques used to cause a buffer overflow
• Comprehend techniques used to detect buffer overflow conditions
• Understand methods used in preventing buffer overflows

1hr. 35min.

• Describe the evolution of programming exploits
• Recognize vulnerabilities in ActiveX controls
• Identify steps to counter vulnerabilities in ActiveX controls
• Recognize vulnerabilities in VBScript
• Identify steps to counter vulnerabilities in VBScript
• Recognize vulnerabilities in HTML
• Identify steps to counter vulnerabilities in HTML
• Recognize vulnerabilities in Java and JavaScript
• Identify steps to counter vulnerabilities in Java and JavaScript

1hr. 35min.

• Define SMTP vulnerabilities
• Outline IMAP vulnerabilities
• Explain POP vulnerabilities
• Identify some specific server application vulnerabilities
• Lists types of e-mail-related attacks
• Identify some specific browser-based vulnerabilities
• Discuss protection measures

1hr. 35min.

• Recognize Web server vulnerabilities
• Discuss ways to protect Web servers against vulnerabilities
• Pinpoint Web browser vulnerabilities
• Understand session ID exploits
• List several protective measures for Web browsers

1hr. 35min.

• Describe the windows operating systems
• Explain the vulnerabilities of Windows Server

2012,2016,2019,2022/8.1/10/11

1hr. 35min.

• Identify UNIX-based operating systems
• Identify Linux operating systems
• Identify vulnerabilities from default installation
• Identify various vulnerabilities in Linux and UNIX-based utilities

1hr. 35min.

• Identify the necessity of incident handling
• Identify different types of incidents
• Recognize the various phases of incident handling
• Note the phases in preparing for incident handling
• Describe the steps in the identification of incidents
• Understand the need for incident reporting and communication
• Describe the steps in removing a bug
• Identify the steps in recovering from an incident
• Identify the importance of following up after incident handling
• Understand the process of tracking hackers
• List emergency steps that follow an incident

1hr. 35min.