Cyber Security Syllabus | MCS | Lincoln University College

Introduction to Ethical Hacking

• Overview of Current Security Trends
• Elements of Information Security
• Information Security Threats and Attack Vectors
• Hacking Concepts, Types and Phases
• Ethical Hacking Concepts and Scope
• Information Security Controls
• Penetration Testing
• Information Security Acts and Laws

Foot printing and Reconnaissance:

• Foot Printing Concepts
• Foot Printing through Search Engines and Advanced Google Hacking Techniques
• Foot Printing through Web Services and Social Networking Sites
• Website Foot Printing, Email Foot Printing and Competitive Intelligence
• WHOIS, DNS and Network Foot Printing
• Foot Printing through Social Engineering
• Different Foot Printing Tools and Countermeasures
• Foot Printing Penetration Testing

Scanning Networks:

• Network Scanning Concepts
• Scanning Tools
• Scanning Techniques
• Techniques to Scan Beyond IDS and Firewall
• Banner Grabbing
• Drawing Network Diagrams
• Scanning Pen Testing

Enumeration:

• Enumeration Concepts
• Different Techniques for Net BIOS Enumeration
• Different Techniques for SNMP Enumeration
• Different Techniques for LDAP and NTP Enumeration
• Different Techniques for SMTP and DNS Enumeration
• Other Enumeration such as IPSec, VoIP, RPC and Linux/Unix Enumeration
• Different Enumeration Countermeasures
• Enumeration Pen Testing

Vulnerability Analysis:

• Vulnerability Research and Vulnerability Classification
• Vulnerability Assessment
• Vulnerability Management Life Cycle
• Approaches of Vulnerability Assessment Solutions
• Types of Vulnerability Assessment Tools

System Hacking:

• CEH Hacking Methodology
• Techniques to Gain Access to the system
• Privilege escalation techniques
• System hacking Penetration Testing

Malware Threats:

• Malware and Malware Propagation Techniques
• Trojans, their types and how they infect systems
• Viruses, their types and how they infect files
• Computer worms

Sniffing:

• Various sniffing techniques
• How to defend against various sniffing techniques
• Different techniques to detect sniffing

Social Engineering:

• Social Engineering concepts and techniques
• Insider threats
• Theft Identification
• Social engineering countermeasures

Denial of Service:

• DoS/DDoS attack techniques
• Botnet Network
• DoS and DDoS attack tools
• Techniques to detect DoS and DDoS attacks

Session Hijacking:

• Application level session hijacking
• Network level session hijacking
• Session hijacking tools
• Session hijacking countermeasures

Evading IDS, Firewalls and Honey pots:

• IDS, Firewall and Honey pot Solutions
• Techniques to Bypass IDS
• Techniques to Bypass Firewalls
• IDS/ Firewall evading tools
• Techniques to detect honeypots

Hacking Web Servers:

• Web Server Attacks
• Web Server Attack Methodology
• Different web server attack countermeasures
• Patch Management Concepts
• Web server security tools

Hacking Web Applications:

• Web Application concepts
• Web Application threats
• Web Application Hacking Methodology
• Web Application Hacking Tools

SQL Injection:

• Types of SQL Injection Attacks
• SQL Injection Methodology
• SQL Injection Tools

Hacking Wireless Networks:

• Wireless Encryption Algorithms
• Wireless threats
• Wireless hacking methodology
• Different wireless hacking tools

Hacking Mobile Platforms:

• Mobile Platform Attack Vectors
• Android Threats and Attacks
• iOS Threats and Attacks
• Mobile security guidelines and security tools

IoT Hacking:

• IoT Concepts
• IoT Threats and Attacks
• IoT Hacking Countermeasures
• IoT Security Tools

Cloud Computing:

• Cloud Computing Threats
• Cloud Computing Attacks
• Cloud Computing Security

Cryptography:

• Cryptography Algorithms
• Cryptography Tools
• Email Encryption
• Cryptanalysis Tools