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This document outlines the syllabus for a cyber security training course. It covers topics such as networking, operating systems, ethical hacking, footprinting and reconnaissance, scanning, web hacking, SQL injection, session hijacking, denial of service attacks, social engineering, evading detection, Kali Linux, system hacking, mobile hacking, sniffing, wireless hacking, and types of malware like viruses, worms, Trojans, spyware and rootkits. The goal is to educate students on cyber threats and defensive strategies.

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Cyber Security Course Content

This document outlines the syllabus for a cyber security training course. It covers topics such as networking, operating systems, ethical hacking, footprinting and reconnaissance, scanning, web hacking, SQL injection, session hijacking, denial of service attacks, social engineering, evading detection, Kali Linux, system hacking, mobile hacking, sniffing, wireless hacking, and types of malware like viruses, worms, Trojans, spyware and rootkits. The goal is to educate students on cyber threats and defensive strategies.

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Cyber Security Training Course Syllabus

Internet
• History of internet
• Internet life cycle
• Submarine cable map
Network
• Types of networks
• Topologies
• OSI model
• TCP/IP model
• IP address
• Subnet masking
Operating system
• Kernel's
• BIOS
• Functions of BIOS
• Architectures of OS
Introduction to Ethical Hacking
• What is Hacking
• Who is a Hacker
• Skills of a Hacker
• Types of Hackers
• Reasons for Hacking
• Who are at the risk of Hacking attacks
• Effects of Computer Hacking on an organization
• The Security, Functionality & Usability Triangle
• What is Ethical Hacking
• Why Ethical Hacking is Necessary
• Scope & Limitations of Ethical Hacking
Foot printing and Reconnaissance
• What is Foot Printing
• Objectives of Foot Printing
• Finding a company’s details
• Finding a company’s domain name
• Finding a company’s Internal URLs
• Finding a company’s Server details
• Finding the details of domain registration
Cyber Security Training Course Syllabus

• Finding the range of IP Address


• Finding the DNS information
• Finding the location of servers
• Traceroute analysis
• Tracking e-mail communications
Scanning
• What is network scanning
• Objectives of network scanning
• Finding the live hosts in a network
• SNMP Enumeration
• SMTP Enumeration
• DNS Enumeration
• Finding open ports on a server
• Finding the services on a server
• OS fingerprinting
• Server Banner grabbing tools
• What is a Vulnerability Scanning
• What is a proxy server
• How does proxy server work
• Why do hackers use proxy servers
• What is a TOR network
• Why hackers prefer to use TOR networks

Hacking Web Servers & Web Applications


• What is a web server
• Different webserver applications in use
• Why are webservers hacked & its consequences
• Directory traversal attacks
• Website defacement
• Website password brute forcing

Cross site scripting


• Persistent XSS, where the malicious input originates from the website's database.
• Reflected XSS, where the malicious input originates from the victim's request.
• DOM-based XSS, where the vulnerability is in the client-side code rather than
the server-side code.
SQL Injection
• What is SQL Injection
Cyber Security Training Course Syllabus

• Effects of SQL Injection attacks


• Types of SQL Injection attacks
• SQL Injection detection tools
Session Hijacking
• What is session hijacking
• Dangers of session hijacking attacks
• Session hijacking techniques
• How to defend against session hijacking
Denial of Service
• What is a DoS attack
• What is a DDoS attack
• Symptoms of a Dos attack
• DoS attack techniques
• What is a Botnet
OWASP TOP 10
• Injection
• Broken Authentication
• Sensitive data exposure
• XML External Entities (XXE)
• Broken Access control
• Security misconfigurations
• Cross Site Scripting (XSS)
• Insecure Deserialization
• Using Components with known vulnerabilities
• Insufficient logging and monitoring

Social Engineering
• Phishing
• What is Phishing
• How Phishing website is hosted
• How victims are tricked to access Phishing websites
• How to differentiate a Phishing webpage from the original webpage
• How to defend against Phishing attacks
• Homograph attack

Evading Firewalls, IDS & Honeypots


• What is a Firewall
Cyber Security Training Course Syllabus

• What are the functions of a Firewall


• Types of firewalls
• What is an IDS
• How does an IDS work
• What is a honeypot
Kali Linux
• What is Kali Linux
• How Kali Linux is different from other Linux distributions
• What are the uses of Kali Linux
• Tools for Footprinting, Scanning & Sniffing
• What is Metasploit framework
• Using Metasploit framework to attack Wiindows machines
• Using Metasploit framework to attack Android devices
System Hacking
• What is system Hacking ·
• Goals of System Hacking
• Password Cracking
• Password complexity
• Finding the default passwords of network devices and softwares
• Password cracking methods o Online password cracking
• Man-in-the-middle attack
• Password guessing o Offline password cracking
• Brute force cracking
• Dictionary based cracking
• USB password stealers
• Elcomsoft Distributed password recovery tools
• Active password changer
• What is a keylogger
• How to deploy a keylogger to a remote pc
• How to defend against a keylogger
Mobile Hacking
• What is mobile Hacking
• Goals of mobile Hacking
• Countermeasures
Sniffers
• What is a sniffer
• How sniffer works
Cyber Security Training Course Syllabus

• Types of sniffing
• Active sniffing
• Passive Sniffing
• What is ARP
• ARP poison attack
• Threats of ARP poison attack
• How MAC spoofing works
• MAC Flooding
• How to defend against MAC Spoofing attacks
• How to defend against Sniffers in network
Wireless Hacking
• Types of wireless networks
• Finding a Wi-Fi network
• Types of Wi-Fi authentications
• Using a centralized authentication server
• Using local authentication
• Types of Wi-Fi encryption methods
• WEP
• WPA
• WPA2
• How does WEP work
• Weakness of WEP encryption
• How does WPA work
• How does WPA2 work
• Hardware and software required to crack Wi-Fi networks
• How to crack WEP encryption
• How to crack WPA encryption
• How to crack WPA2 encryption
• How to defend against Wi-Fi cracking attack
Malware
• What is malware
• Types of malware
Virus
• What is a virus program
• What are the properties of a virus program
• How does a computer get infected by virus
• Types of virus
Cyber Security Training Course Syllabus

• Virus making tools


• How to defend against virus attacks

Worm
• What is a worm program
• How worms are different from virus
Trojan
• What is a Trojan horse
• How does a Trojan operate
• How to defend against Trojans
Spyware
• What is a spyware
• Types of spywares
• How to defend against spyware
Rootkits
• What is a Rootkit
• Types of Rootkits
• How does Rootkit operate
• How to defend against Rootkits

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