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Penetration Testing and Ethical Hacking Course Syllabus

Course Description: ​ This course is designed to help prepare you for the EC-Council
Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH) examination. We cover a breadth of topics, like
footprinting, scanning, system hacking, malware, mobile, cryptography, and much,
much more!

Week 1 Live 11/07/2018: Introduction and the Basics (Module 1)

● Description:​​ In Week 1, we will have a brief introduction to ethical hacking, my

background as your instructor, and the course structure. We will also cover basic
prerequisites you will need to be successful in the course, the difference between White,
Black, and Grey hat hackers, the difference between Red and Blue teams, different laws
we need to be aware of as penetration testers (ethical hackers), and much, much more!

● Lab Needed:​​ Password Cracking Tools Cybrary lab (Cain & Abel)
● Homework:​​ Watch the Week 2 course videos and practice the Week 2 course labs.

Week 2 Live 11/14/2018: Footprinting (Module 2)

● Description:​​ In Week 2 Live, we will discuss passive and active footprinting as defined
by EC-Council. We will also get some hands-on experience with Shodan searching and
Google Hacking.

● Labs Needed:​​ Open Source Collection Cybrary Lab (Google Hacking)

● Homework: ​Watch the Week 3 course videos and practice the Week 3 course labs.

Week 3 Live 11/19/2018: Scanning and Enumeration (Module 3)

● Description: ​In Week 3 Live, we will discuss scanning, enumeration, and a little bit on
vulnerabilities. We will start off with the TCP Handshake and then move into an NMAP
lab.

● Labs Needed:​​ Additional Scanning Options Cybrary Lab (NMAP)

● Homework: ​Watch the Week 4 course videos and practice the Week 4 course lab.
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Week 4 Live 11/21/2018: System Hacking (Module 4)

● Description:​​ In Week 4 Live, we will discuss gaining access to systems and how to
maintain that access. Coupled with that discussion will be a lab on planting a backdoor
on a system.

● Lab Needed:​​ Planting a Backdoor Cybrary lab

● Homework:​​ Watch the Week 5 course videos, practice the Week 5 course labs, and
check news articles for different types of malware.

Week 5 Live 11/26/2018: Malware (Module 5)

● Description: ​In Week 5 Live, we will talk about the differences between viruses, worms,
and Trojans, as well as examples of each.

● Labs Needed:​​ Analyze and Classify Malware Cybrary Lab (Malware)

● Homework: ​Watch the Week 6 course videos and practice the Week 6 course lab.

Week 6 Live 11/28/2018: Sniffing (Module 6)

● Description:​​ In Week 6 Live, we will go over packet sniffing and discuss what type of
information we can find in network packets that is relevant to us as ethical hackers. In
this week’s lab, we will also work with a popular sniffing tool called Wireshark.

● Lab Needed:​​ Wireshark Cybrary Lab (Wireshark)

● Homework: ​Watch the Week 7 course videos and practice the Week 7 course lab.
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Week 7 Live 12/03/2018: Social Engineering (Module 7)

● Description:​​ In Week 7 Live, we will talk about social engineering, which is a popular
method of attack. We will also talk about why you need to be careful with the information
you share online.

● Lab Needed:​​ Phishing Cybrary Lab (Phishing)

● Homework: ​Watch the Week 8 course videos and research stories about Denial of
Service (DoS) and Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks.

Week 8 Live 12/05/2018: Denial of Service (Module 8)

● Description: ​ In Week 8 Live, we will talk about what Denial of Service (DoS) and
Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks are and tools that can be used.

● Lab Needed:​​ Denial of Service PCAP Analysis Cybrary Lab (DoS)

● Homework: ​Watch the Week 9 course videos on session hijacking and practice the
Week 9 course lab.

Week 9 Live 12/10/2018: Session Hijacking (Module 9)

● Description:​​ In Week 9 Live, we will talk about network and application-level session
hijacking and what they are. We will also utilize the Cybrary lab environment to perform
a Network-level session hijack.

● Lab Needed:​​ Implementing Network-level Session Hijacking Cybrary lab.

● Homework:​​ Watch the Week 10 course videos and practice the Week 10 lab.

Week 10 Live 12/12/2018: Web Servers and Web Applications (Module 10)

● Description:​​ In Week 10 Live, we will discuss Web Servers and Web Application
architecture. We will also include discussion on the OWASP Top 10 and Web
vulnerabilities.

● Lab Needed:​​ Hacking Web Applications Webserver Footprinting Tools (HTTrack)

● Homework:​​ Watch the Week 11 video.
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Week 11 Live 12/17/2018: SQL Injection (Module 11)

● Description:​​ In Week 11 Live, we will discuss different types of SQL Injection attacks.

● Lab Needed:​​ Analyze SQL Injection Attack (SQL Injection)

● Homework: ​Watch the Week 12 videos and think about places where you can find
wireless networks.

Week 12 Live 12/19/2018: Wifi (Module 12)

● Description:​​ In Week 12 Live, we will discuss wireless networks, wireless attacks, and
Bluetooth.

● Homework: ​Watch the Week 13 videos and look at your own mobile device to see what
types of apps might pose an issue if they were exploited.

Week 13 Live 01/07/2019: Mobile Hacking (Module 13)

● Description:​​ In Week 13 Live, we discuss mobile architectures for iOS and Android.
We also discuss jailbreaking devices and attacks.

● Homework:​​ Watch the Week 14 videos.

Week 14 Live 01/09/2019: IDS, Firewalls, and Honeypots (Module 14)

● Description:​​ In Week 14 Live, we will talk about Intrusion Detection Systems (IDS),
Intrusion Prevention Systems (IPS), firewalls, and honeypots. You will learn what each
one is and how they play into an organization’s security.

● Lab Needed:​​ Create Custom Snort Rules (Snort IDS)

● Homework:​​ Watch the Week 15 videos on IoT.

Week 15 Live 01/14/2019: Internet of Things (Module 15)

● Description:​​ In Week 15 Live, we will explore the world of the Internet of Things (IoT).
We will discuss IoT devices and vulnerabilities.

● Homework:​​ Watch the Week 16 videos on Cloud and think about some ways you
interact with the magical Cloud.
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Week 16 Live 01/16/2019: Cloud (Module 16)

● Description:​​ In Week 16 Live, we will cover the magical Cloud. We will discuss things
like types of cloud configurations and common cloud attacks.

● Homework: ​Watch the Week 17 videos on Cryptography on practice the Week 17 lab.

Week 17 Live 01/23/2019: Cryptography (Module 17)

● Description:​​ In Week 17 we will cover cryptography and talk about symmetric versus
asymmetric cryptography.

● Lab Needed:​​ Cryptography (HashCalc, MD5)

● Homework:​​ Review the Report Template for Week 18 and also do the practice exam.

Week 18 Live 01/28/2019: Reporting (Module 18)

● Lab Needed: ​You will need the report template for hands-on review.
● Homework:​​ Take the Kaplan practice test.

Week 19 Live 02/04/2019: Review of the Practice Test

● You will need access to the Kaplan practice test.