The Art of Hacking

The Art of Hacking (AoH) is essential training for those entering the world of IT Security and Penetration Testing or for those who wish to consolidate and formalize their knowledge and wish to demonstrate, through hands-on work

Attendees will be able to:

Discover and fingerprint systems and services available within their infrastructure
Discover and exploit Windows and Linux operating systems through a variety of well-known vulnerabilities
Conduct password brute force attacks to compromise services and gain access to a host
Hack application servers and Content Management systems to gain access to customer data
Conduct client-side attacks and execute code on a victim’s machine
Identify common web application vulnerabilities and introduce security within their software development life-cycle in a practical manner

Delegates receive:

A PDF copy of all course materials used during the course including instructor slide deck, tool cheat sheets and walkthrough guides
Access to NotSoSecure’s Art of Hacking lab for 30 days after course completion

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Outline of the course:

This introductory/intermediate technical course brings together Infrastructure Security and Web Application Security into a 5-day “Art of Hacking” course designed to teach the fundamentals of hacking. This hands-on course was written to address the market need around the world for a real hands-on, practical and hacking experience that focuses on what is really needed when conducting Pen Testing.

Learning objectives:

This course teaches attendees a wealth of techniques to compromise the security of various operating systems, networking devices and web application components. The course starts from the very basic and builds up to the level where delegates can not only use the tools and techniques to hack various components involved in infrastructure and web hacking, but also gain solid understanding of the concepts on which these tools are based. This course combines a formal hacking methodology with a variety of tools to teach the core principles of ethical hacking.

Length of course and location:

A 5 day course that can be delivered in a classroom style.

Additional accreditation:

Check Point Certified Penetration Testing Associate (CCPA).

The Art of Port Scanning

Basic concepts of Hacking Methodology
Enumeration techniques and Port Scanning

The Art of Online Password Attacks

Configure Online Password Attack
Exploiting network service misconfiguration

The Art of Hacking Databases

MySql, Postgres
Attack chaining techniques

Metasploit Basics

Exploitation concepts, Manual Exploitation Methodology
Metasploit framework

Password Cracking

Understanding basic concepts of cryptography
Design offline brute force attack

Hacking Unix

Linux vulnerabilities, misconfiguration
Privilege escalation techniques

Hacking Application Servers on Unix

Web Server misconfiguration
Multiple exploitation techniques

Hacking Third Party CMS Software

CMS Software
Vulnerability scanning and exploitation

Windows Enumeration

Windows enumeration techniques and configuration issues
Attack chaining

Client-Side Attacks

Various Windows client-side attack techniques

Privilege Escalation on Windows

Post exploitation
Windows Privilege escalation techniques

Hacking Application Servers on Windows

Web Server misconfiguration
Exploiting Application servers

Post Exploitation

Metasploit Post exploitation techniques
Windows 10 Security features and different bypass techniques

Hacking Windows Domains

Understanding Windows Authentication
Gaining access to Domain Controller

Understanding the HTTP Protocol

HTTP Protocol Basics
Introduction to Proxy Tools

Information Gathering

Enumeration Techniques
Understanding Web Attack Surface

Username Enumeration and Faulty Password Reset

Attacking Authentication and Faulty Password Mechanisms

Issues with SSL/TLS

SSL/TLS misconfiguration

Authorisation Bypass

Logical Bypass techniques
Session related issues

Cross Site Scripting (XSS)

Various types of XSS
Session hijacking and other attacks

Cross Site Request Forgery (CSRF)

Understanding CSRF attack

SQL Injection

SQL Injection types
Manual Exploitation

XML External Entity (XXE) Attacks

XXE Basics
XXE Exploitation

Insecure File Uploads

Attacking File Upload functionality

Deserialization Vulnerabilities

Serialization Basics
PHP Deserialization Attack

Who should attend

System Administrators who are interested in learning how to exploit Windows and Linux systems; Web Developers who want to find and exploit common web application vulnerabilities; Network Engineers who want to secure and defend their network infrastructure from malicious attacks; Security enthusiasts new to the information security field who wants to learn the art of ethical hacking; Security Consultants looking to relearn and refresh their foundational knowledge.

Setup

Basic familiarity with Windows and Linux systems e.g. how to view a system’s IP address, installing software, file management; Basic understanding of Network fundamentals e.g. IP addressing, knowledge of protocols such as ICMP, HTTP and DNS; Basic understanding of HTTP fundamentals e.g. Structure of an HTTP request, HTTP method verbs, HTTP response codes.

The above requirements are not mandatory but are recommended due to the pace of the course. The Hacking 101 course by NotSoSecure can be undertaken as a prerequisite to this course.

Hardware Requirements: Delegates should bring their own laptop, and must have administrative access to perform tasks such as software installations, disable antivirus etc. Devices that don’t have an Ethernet connection (e.g. MacBook Air, tablets etc.) are not supported.

Software Requirements: Windows 7 or 10 operating systems are recommended for the course. Delegates will be required to install OpenVPN client, an SSH client such as Putty and Mozilla Firefox. Installation instructions will also be provided on the first day of the course.

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