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Course Overview

Passwords have become the top authentication factor in today’s world. You use it in combination with an email or username to sign into almost any service. Big Corporations like Google, Microsoft, Amazon, and Facebook still widely use passwords as an authentication mechanism today. But how secure are passwords?

This course focuses on the practical attacks that malicious users use to crack passwords, how you can use this attack in a penetration test, and how you can prevent them.

We will very briefly cover the basics of cryptography, hashing, and entropy and then immediately go on to crack different types of passwords using different methodologies.

The necessary resources for this course are in the "Resources" section of Video 1.1. You can also access them through this direct link - https://github.com/ec-council-learning/Hands-on-Password-Attacks-and-Security

What You Will Learn

  • Setting up a small environment for security testing
  • Bypass passwords using Brute Force Attacks
  • Dictionary Attacks
  • Rainbow table attacks and keyloggers
  • Use different tools to perform password attacks
  • Prevent Brute Force Attacks
  • Dictionary Attacks
  • Rainbow table attacks and sniffing via keyloggers
  • Create strong passwords that you will never forget
  • Tools to help you prevent password attacks and/or create a strong password

Program Curriculum

  • Legal Considerations
  • Basics of Entropy, Hashing, and Cryptography for Password Security
  • Setting up the Environment
  • Cracking Your First Password
  • $3.5 Million Cybersecurity Scholarship by EC-Council
  • Chapter 1 Quiz

  • What is a Brute Force Attack and How Does it Work
  • Tools & Commands for Brute Force Attacks
  • Cracking Weak Passwords
  • Brute Forcing Your First Real Password
  • Chapter 2 Quiz

  • What is a Dictionary Attack and How Does it Work?
  • Tools & Commands for Dictionary Attacks
  • Crack a Password Using a Dictionary Attack
  • Crack a Password Using a Dictionary Attack and Rules
  • Chapter 3 Quiz

  • What is a Rainbow Table Attack and How Does it Work?
  • What are Rainbow Tables?
  • Tools & Commands for Rainbow Attacks
  • Crack a Password Using a Rainbow Table
  • Chapter 4 Quiz

  • What Will be Covered in This Section?
  • Credential Stuffing
  • Password Spraying
  • Keylogger Attacks
  • Alternatives to Password Authentication
  • Chapter 5 Quiz

  • Brute Force and Dictionary Attacks
  • Rainbow Table Attack
  • Keylogger
  • Other Considerations
  • Password Managers
  • Chapter 6 Quiz

  • Case Studies
  • Chapter 7 Quiz
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Instructor

Zanidd

Zanidd has over 9 years of experience in Computer Science and is currently working as a Full Stack Engineer. He has worked in a variety of positions ranging from software engineer to security analyst and has a broad range of theoretical and practical experience relating to software and infrastructure creation and security. On his YouTube Channel and blog, he teaches and shows ethical hacking practices, makes software engineering videos and tutorials and reviews books on different topics ranging from security to infrastructure, software engineering and Kubernetes.

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