EC-Council

Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH v12)

(CEH-v12.AE1) / ISBN : 978-1-64459-981-5

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Prepare for the Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH) certification with the course Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH v12). Gain in-demand skills in security testing, ethical hacking, and vulnerability identification. Interactive lessons, quizzes, and hands-on labs provide a practical learning experience on ethical hacking. This course primarily focuses on ethics, which ensures responsible and professional practices. This course covers concepts through the use of tools, such as Kali Linux.

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The Certified Ethical Hacker exam is to validate that those holding the certification understand the broad range of subject matter that is required for someone to be an effective ethical hacker. It is a certification that recognizes the importance of identifying security issues to get them remediated. It validates a candidate's knowledge of footprinting and reconnaissance, scanning networks, enumeration, vulnerability analysis, system hacking, malware threats, cryptography, cloud computing, and so on.

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Lessons

16+ Lessons | 588+ Exercises | 225+ Quizzes | 300+ Flashcards | 151+ Glossary of terms

TestPrep

125+ Pre Assessment Questions | 2+ Full Length Tests | 125+ Post Assessment Questions | 250+ Practice Test Questions

Hands-On Labs

47+ LiveLab | 46+ Video tutorials | 01:38+ Hours

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Introduction

What Is a CEH?
About EC‐Council
Using This Course
Objective Map
Let's Get Started!

Ethical Hacking

Overview of Ethics
Overview of Ethical Hacking
Attack Modeling
Methodology of Ethical Hacking
Summary

Networking Foundations

Communications Models
Topologies
Physical Networking
IP
TCP
UDP
Internet Control Message Protocol
Network Architectures
Cloud Computing
Summary

Security Foundations

The Triad
Information Assurance and Risk
Policies, Standards, and Procedures
Organizing Your Protections
Security Technology
Being Prepared
Summary

Footprinting and Reconnaissance

Open Source Intelligence
Domain Name System
Passive Reconnaissance
Website Intelligence
Technology Intelligence
Summary

Scanning Networks

Ping Sweeps
Port Scanning
Vulnerability Scanning
Packet Crafting and Manipulation
Evasion Techniques
Protecting and Detecting
Summary

Enumeration

Service Enumeration
Remote Procedure Calls
Server Message Block
Simple Network Management Protocol
Simple Mail Transfer Protocol
Web‐Based Enumeration
Summary

System Hacking

Searching for Exploits
System Compromise
Gathering Passwords
Password Cracking
Client‐Side Vulnerabilities
Living Off the Land
Fuzzing
Post Exploitation
Summary

Malware

Malware Types
Malware Analysis
Creating Malware
Malware Infrastructure
Antivirus Solutions
Persistence
Summary

Sniffing

Packet Capture
Detecting Sniffers
Packet Analysis
Spoofing Attacks
Summary

Social Engineering

Social Engineering
Physical Social Engineering
Phishing Attacks
Social Engineering for Social Networking
Website Attacks
Wireless Social Engineering
Automating Social Engineering
Summary

Wireless Security

Wi‐Fi
Bluetooth
Mobile Devices
Summary

Attack and Defense

Web Application Attacks
Denial‐of‐Service Attacks
Application Exploitation
Lateral Movement
Defense in Depth/Defense in Breadth
Defensible Network Architecture
Summary

Cryptography

Basic Encryption
Symmetric Key Cryptography
Asymmetric Key Cryptography
Certificate Authorities and Key Management
Cryptographic Hashing
PGP and S/MIME
Disk and File Encryption
Summary

Security Architecture and Design

Data Classification
Security Models
Application Architecture
Security Architecture
Summary

Cloud Computing and the Internet of Things

Cloud Computing Overview
Cloud Architectures and Deployment
Common Cloud Threats
Internet of Things
Operational Technology
Summary

Networking Foundations

Assigning Different Classes of IP Addresses

Security Foundations

Creating a Personal Linux Firewall Using iptables
Performing IDS Configuration with Snort
Viewing Syslog for Monitoring Logs
Using Event Viewer
Configuring Audit Policies in Windows

Footprinting and Reconnaissance

Using Recon-ng to Gather Information
Using Maltego to Gather Information
Using the theHarvester Tool
Using the whois Program
Using dnsrecon to Perform Enumeration
Performing Zone Transfer Using dig
Using ipconfig to Perform Reconnaissance
Mirroring Sites with HTTrack
Using and Checking Google Hacking Database (GHDB)

Scanning Networks

Using the Zenmap Tool
Conducting Vulnerability Scanning Using Nessus
Performing Vulnerability Scanning Using OpenVAS

Enumeration

Enumerating Data Using enum4linux

System Hacking

Searching Exploits Using searchsploit
Grabbing a Screenshot of a Target Machine Using Metasploit
Loading and Using Mimikatz
Cracking a Linux Password Using John the Ripper
Cracking Windows Passwords
Using Rainbow Tables to Crack Passwords
Exploiting Windows 7 Using Metasploit

Malware

Observing an MD5-Generated Hash Value
Using the msfvenom Program
Scanning Malware Using Antivirus

Sniffing

Capturing Packets Using Wireshark
Performing ARP Spoofing

Social Engineering

Detecting a Phishing Site Using Netcraft
Using SET Tool to Plan an Attack

Wireless Security

Creating a Network Policy for 802.1X
Securing a Wi-Fi Hotspot

Attack and Defense

Exploiting a Website Using SQL Injection
Attacking a Website Using XSS Injection
Simulating a DoS Attack
Defending Against a Buffer Overflow Attack
Setting up a Honeypot on Kali Linux

Cryptography

Performing Symmetric Encryption
Examining Asymmetric Encryption
Using OpenSSL to Create a Public/Private Key Pair
Observing an SHA-Generated Hash Value
Creating PGP Certification

Security Architecture and Design

Building the Sample Data in MongoDB

Cloud Computing and the Internet of Things

Performing Session Hijacking Using Burp Suite

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To be eligible to apply to sit for the CEH (ANSI) Exam, a candidate must either:

(Prior to being ANSI accredited, EC-Council's certifications were named, based on versions - CEHV1, CEHV2 etc. During that time, candidates that attempted the certification exams were vetted for eligibility. In order to avoid "being double bill", the EC-Council Certification department shall issue a waiver of the application fee of any candidate that has a CEH V1- CEH V7 certification and wishes to attempt the CEH ANSI certification.)
or Have a minimum of 2 years of work experience in the InfoSec domain (You will need to pay USD100 as a non-refundable application fee);
Or Have attended an official EC-Council training (All candidates are required to pay the $100 application fee; however, your training fee shall include this fee)

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ECC EXAM, VUE

Multiple Choice Question

The exam contains 125 questions.

240 minutes

If a candidate is not able to pass the exam on the first attempt, no cooling or waiting period is required to attempt the exam for the second time (1st retake).
If a candidate is not able to pass the second attempt (1st retake), a waiting period of 14 days is required prior to attempting the exam for the third time (2nd retake).
If a candidate is not able to pass the third attempt (2nd retake), a waiting period of 14 days is required prior to attempting the exam for the fourth time (3rd retake).
If a candidate is not able to pass the fourth attempt (3rd retake), a waiting period of 14 days is required prior to attempting the exam for the fifth time (4th retake).
A candidate is not allowed to take a given exam more than five times in a 12 month (1 year) period and a waiting period of 12 months will be imposed before being allowed to attempt the exam for the sixth time (5th retake).
Candidates who pass the exam are not allowed to attempt the same version of the exam for the second time.

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