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CYS4710 - Advanced Penetration Testing

Intermediate Self-paced · 1 year access

13 Hands-On LiveLabs

Practice real IT tasks in guided environments.

  • Real environments
  • Auto-graded
  • No installation

01 / Lessons & labs

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Lessons

5 Interactive Lessons · 39 topics
01 Introduction to Ethical Hacking, Penetration Testing, Planning and Scoping 6 topics
  • Understanding Ethical Hacking and Penetration Testing
  • Exploring Penetration Testing Methodologies
  • Building Your Own Lab
  • Comparing and Contrasting Governance, Risk, and Compliance Concepts
  • Explaining the Importance of Scoping and Organizational or Customer Requirements
  • Demonstrating an Ethical Hacking Mindset by Maintaining Professionalism and Integrity
02 Information Gathering, Vulnerability Scanning and Social Engineering Attacks 9 topics · 4 LiveLab
  • Performing Passive Reconnaissance
  • Performing Active Reconnaissance
  • Understanding the Art of Performing Vulnerability Scans
  • Understanding How to Analyze Vulnerability Scan Results
  • Pretexting for an Approach and Impersonation
  • Social Engineering Attacks
  • Physical Attacks
  • Social Engineering Tools
  • Methods of Influence

4 LiveLab in this lesson — see the labs panel →

03 Exploiting Wired, Wireless Networks, and Application-Based Vulnerabilities 14 topics · 4 LiveLab
  • Exploiting Network-Based Vulnerabilities
  • Exploiting Wireless Vulnerabilities
  • Overview of Web Application-Based Attacks for Security Professionals and the OWASP Top 10
  • How to Build Your Own Web Application Lab
  • Understanding Business Logic Flaws
  • Understanding Injection-Based Vulnerabilities
  • Exploiting Authentication-Based Vulnerabilities
  • Exploiting Authorization-Based Vulnerabilities
  • Understanding Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) Vulnerabilities
  • Understanding Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF/XSRF) and Server-Side Request Forgery Attacks
  • Understanding Clickjacking
  • Exploiting Security Misconfigurations
  • Exploiting File Inclusion Vulnerabilities
  • Exploiting Insecure Code Practices

4 LiveLab in this lesson — see the labs panel →

04 Cloud, Mobile, IoT Security and Performing Post-Exploitation Techniques 4 topics · 4 LiveLab
  • Researching Attack Vectors and Performing Attacks on Cloud Technologies
  • Explaining Common Attacks and Vulnerabilities Against Specialized Systems
  • Creating a Foothold and Maintaining Persistence After Compromising a System
  • Understanding How to Perform Lateral Movement, Detection Avoidance, and Enumeration

4 LiveLab in this lesson — see the labs panel →

05 Reporting, Communication, Tools and Code Analysis 6 topics · 1 LiveLab
  • Comparing and Contrasting Important Components of Written Reports
  • Analyzing the Findings and Recommending the Appropriate Remediation Within a Report
  • Explaining the Importance of Communication During the Penetration Testing Process
  • Explaining Post-Report Delivery Activities
  • Understanding the Basic Concepts of Scripting and Software Development
  • Understanding the Different Use Cases of Penetration Testing Tools and Analyzing Exploit Code

1 LiveLab in this lesson — see the labs panel →

Hands-On Labs Our edge

13 LiveLabs
  • Performing a UDP Scan Using Nmap
  • Using Nmap for User Enumeration
  • Using BeEF
  • Using the SET Tool to Plan an Attack
  • Exploiting SMTP
  • Exploiting SNMP
Labs run in your browser — nothing to install.

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