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2024/2025

Ethical Hacking

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Code Completion Credits Range Language
BI-EHA.21 Z,ZK 5 2P+2C Czech
Course guarantor:
Jiří Dostál
Lecturer:
Jiří Dostál
Tutor:
Jiří Dostál, Tomáš Kiezler, Martin Kolárik, Martin Šutovský
Supervisor:
Department of Information Security
Synopsis:

The goal of the course is to introduce students to the field of penetration testing and ethical hacking. The course deals with cybersecurity threats, vulnerabilities, and their possible exploitation in computer networks, web applications, wireless networks, operating systems, and others like the Internet of Things or cloud. The focus is on hands-on experience with vulnerabilities testing and the following process of penetration test documentation.

Requirements:

Entry knowledge: OS Linux, web applications, database systems (SQL), basics of computer networks, and cryptography. It is an advantage to have the following courses completed or take them together with BI-EHA: BI-UOS, BI-DBS, BI-KAB, BI-PSI and BI-TWA.1

Syllabus of lectures:

1. Introduction to penetration testing area.

2. Network traffic analysis and services discovery.

3. Vulnerability of network infrastructure.

4. Web applications - authentication and session management.

5. Web applications - code injection.

6. Web applications - scripting and request forgery.

7. Attacks on security of Wi-Fi systems.

8. Authentication and passwords

9. Reporting.

10. Operating systems, privileges escalation.

11. Embedded systems, attack vectors.

12. Automotive security.

13. Typical attacks on cloud systems.

Syllabus of tutorials:

1. Introduction

2. Traffic Analysis

3. Web Security I

4. Web Security II

5. Web Security III

6. Password Cracking - Offline

7. Password Cracking - Online

8. Operating System Security

9. Wi-Fi

10. Forensics

11. Real World Vulnerabilities

12. Cloud Security

13. Reserve

Study Objective:

The goal of the course is to introduce students to the field of penetration testing and ethical hacking.

Study materials:

1. Kennedy D., O'gorman D., Kearns D. : Metasploit: The Penetration Tester's Guide. No Starch Press, 2011. ISBN 978-1593272883.

2. Weidman G. : Penetration Testing: A Hands-On Introduction to Hacking. No Starch Press, 2014. ISBN 978-1593275648.

3. Messier R. : Learning Kali Linux: Security Testing, Penetration Testing & Ethical Hacking. O0Reilly, 2018. ISBN 978-1492028697.

4. Messier R. : CEH v10 Certified Ethical Hacker Study Guide. Sybex, 2019. ISBN 978-1119533191.

Note:
Further information:
https://courses.fit.cvut.cz/BI-EHA/
Time-table for winter semester 2024/2025:
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Time-table for summer semester 2024/2025:
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Data valid to 2024-11-23
For updated information see http://bilakniha.cvut.cz/en/predmet6702706.html