Ethical Hacking: System Hacking

Course details

Ethical hacking involves testing to see if an organization's network is vulnerable to outside attacks. It's one of the most desired skills in an IT security professional. In this course, security ambassador Lisa Bock guides you through the System Hacking competency from the CEH Body of Knowledge. Find out how hackers are able to hack into a system and gain access. Learn about privilege escalation, keyloggers, and spyware. Plus, explore countermeasures that IT security professionals can take to prevent these attacks.

Concepts

0. Introduction

01 - Hacking the system
02 - Getting the most out of this course
03 - Hacking ethically

1. Understanding System Hacking

04 - Setting the stage
05 - Getting a foothold
06 - Authenticating a user
07 - Challenge - Reviewing Entra ID authentication methods
08 - Solution - Reviewing Entra ID authentication methods

2. Gaining Access

09 - Acquiring passwords
10 - Discovering password tools
11 - Cracking passwords
12 - Employing rainbow tables
13 - Defending against password attacks

3. Exploiting Vulnerabilities

14 - Leveraging security flaws
15 - Overflowing the buffer
16 - Enhancing software security

4. Escalating Privileges

17 - Understanding privilege escalation
18 - Obtaining administrator privileges
19 - Defending against privilege escalation

5. Maintaining Access

20 - Dissecting rootkits
21 - User Mode and Kernel Mode
22 - Using rootkits
23 - Detect, remove, and avoid rootkits

6. Grasping Keyloggers

24 - Outlining keystroke loggers
25 - Protecting against keylogging

7. Recognizing Spyware

26 - Explaining spyware behavior
27 - Mobile spyware and invasive apps
28 - Defending against spyware

8. Hiding in Plain Sight

29 - Using steganography
30 - Swimming in the NTFS data stream
31 - Using whitespace steganography
32 - Detecting steganography

9. Maintaining Persistence

33 - Remaining in the system
34 - Staying under the radar
35 - Defend against persistence attacks

10. Covering Tracks

36 - Disabling logging and hiding files
37 - Outlining ways to cover your tracks
38 - Summarize the course and what's next