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Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH) v12 312-50 Exam Guide

By : Dale Meredith
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Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH) v12 312-50 Exam Guide

By: Dale Meredith

Overview of this book

With cyber threats continually evolving, understanding the trends and using the tools deployed by attackers to determine vulnerabilities in your system can help secure your applications, networks, and devices. To outmatch attacks, developing an attacker's mindset is a necessary skill, which you can hone with the help of this cybersecurity book. This study guide takes a step-by-step approach to helping you cover all the exam objectives using plenty of examples and hands-on activities. You'll start by gaining insights into the different elements of InfoSec and a thorough understanding of ethical hacking terms and concepts. You'll then learn about various vectors, including network-based vectors, software-based vectors, mobile devices, wireless networks, and IoT devices. The book also explores attacks on emerging technologies such as the cloud, IoT, web apps, and servers and examines prominent tools and techniques used by hackers. Finally, you'll be ready to take mock tests, which will help you test your understanding of all the topics covered in the book. By the end of this book, you'll have obtained the information necessary to take the 312-50 exam and become a CEH v11 certified ethical hacker.
Table of Contents (23 chapters)
1
Section 1: Where Every Hacker Starts
10
Section 2: A Plethora of Attack Vectors
15
Section 3: Cloud, Apps, and IoT Attacks
20
Chapter 17: CEH Exam Practice Questions

A plethora of attack vectors

Wireless is a great technology. So, how do we evaluate the threats, or the possibility of threats, that we expose our networks to?

Let's look at some of the integrity attacks you could be a victim of. They can be summed up in several different categories.

Access control attacks

These types of attacks are designed to gain access to your network without your wireless security solutions detecting them or being able to bypass them altogether:

  • Wardriving – This is basically driving around and using a device to search for the web beacons; these are little packets in the air that make it so your authorized devices know they're in range of your SSID. I personally use PassMark's WirelessMon, but other tools include Kismet, inSSIDer, and the classic NetStumbler.
  • Rogue APs – We'll dive into this one a little later, but, for now, let's just describe them as unauthorized APs that a hacker brings into your...