- Introduction to Ethical Hacking: Basics of ethical hacking, ethics, and legal implications.
- Footprinting and Reconnaissance: Techniques for gathering information on potential targets.
- Scanning Networks: Identifying live hosts, ports, and services in a network.
- Enumeration: Extracting detailed information about network resources and potential vulnerabilities.
- Vulnerability Analysis: Identifying security loopholes in the target environment.
- System Hacking: Gaining access to systems and exploiting vulnerabilities.
- Malware Threats: Understanding, creating, and deploying malware, including viruses, worms, and trojans.
- Sniffing: Techniques for intercepting and analyzing network traffic.
- Social Engineering: Manipulation techniques to gain confidential information.
- Denial of Service: Tactics for disrupting services and availability of resources.
- Session Hijacking: Techniques for taking over ongoing sessions.
- Evading IDS, Firewalls, and Honeypots: Strategies to bypass security measures and detection.
- Hacking Web Servers and Web Applications: Exploiting vulnerabilities in web servers and applications.
- SQL Injection: Techniques for exploiting SQL injection flaws.
- Hacking Wireless Networks: Vulnerabilities associated with wireless networks and how to exploit them.
- Hacking Mobile Platforms: Exploiting vulnerabilities in mobile platforms.
- IoT and OT Hacking: Understanding vulnerabilities in IoT and Operational Technology devices.
- Cloud Computing: Security challenges and vulnerabilities in cloud computing.
- Cryptography: Principles of cryptography and how they are applied in security practices.
Before pursuing the Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH) Version 11 certification, you should have:
- A basic understanding of networking concepts and protocols.
- Familiarity with operating systems, especially Windows and Linux.
- Knowledge of web and internet technologies.
- An understanding of information security principles.