Overview What You Will Learn Curriculum Instructor

Course Overview

Databases are among the most valuable assets in any digital infrastructure, making them prime targets for attackers. Understanding how to identify, interact with, and exploit database vulnerabilities is crucial for penetration testers and cybersecurity professionals. This course, Mastering Database Reconnaissance and Exploitation, provides an in-depth understanding of both SQL and NoSQL databases, common attack surfaces, and techniques used to uncover and exploit weaknesses within them. Learners will gain essential skills for offensive security operations, from recon to post-exploitation, with a focus on real-world application.

This course begins with a lab setup to create a safe environment for testing and practice. It introduces the architecture and operations of databases, explores the syntax of SQL, and discusses the distinctions between SQL and NoSQL databases. Learners then dive into various injection types, database reconnaissance, and exploitation tactics using both manual and automated techniques. The course also covers chaining attacks and privilege escalation, demonstrating how attackers can move laterally through systems. Finally, it offers mitigation strategies to secure vulnerable database configurations and concludes with a recap of key concepts.

By the end of this course, learners will be able to identify, exploit, and mitigate database vulnerabilities using practical, hands-on techniques essential for real-world cybersecurity engagements.

What You Will Learn

  • A structured approach to database testing and exploitation
  • A solid understanding of SQL and NoSQL syntax and operation
  • Level-up your existing tool knowledge by getting more out of the ones that you know about and learning new ones
  • Skills to recording findings as you conduct your testing
  • Techniques and methods to help prevent database misconfigurations and common attacks

Program Curriculum

  • Lab Setup
  • $7 Million Cybersecurity Scholarship by EC-Council

  • Introduction to Databases
  • Database Management Demo
  • Chapter 2 Lab
  • Chapter 2 Quiz

  • Difference Between SQL and NoSQL Databases
  • Chapter 3 Quiz

  • Introduction to SQL Injection
  • Database Reconnaissance and Port Scanning
  • Chapter 4 Lab
  • Chapter 4 Quiz

  • Exploiting Databases for Fun and Profit - Part 1
  • Exploiting Databases for Fun and Profit - Part 2
  • Exploiting Databases for Fun and Profit - Part 3
  • Exploiting Databases for Fun and Profit - Part 4
  • Chapter 5 Lab
  • Chapter 5 Quiz

  • Modifying Stored Data to Gain Account Access
  • From Injection to Shell
  • Leveraging Dumped Data
  • Chapter 6 Lab
  • Chapter 6 Quiz

  • Database Vulnerability and Misconfiguration Mitigation Techniques
  • Chapter 7 Quiz

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Instructor

Skylar Simmons

Skylar Simmons is a U.S. Army veteran with over 10 years of security experience supporting various types of organizations, including, government, financial sector, and Fortune 500 companies. He holds a Bachelor’s of Science degree in Cyber Security from University of Maryland University College, along with OSCP, CISSP, and numerous other security and IT certifications.

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