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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

Countermeasures

Typically, this is where we have the most control as security professionals.

When it comes to wireless, do yourself a favor and change the default SSID. In fact, this might be a great opportunity to practice something I always talk about, and that is misdirection. For example, if I have a D-Link router, I know the default SSID is called D-Link. I'll switch it to Linksys or Tsunami, a different manufacturer, because when the attacker is wardriving through my neighborhood or a business environment and he sees D-Link, he'll throw D-Link attacks or vulnerabilities at that device, which obviously won't work.

Disable SSID broadcasting

Again, this will not stop an attacker, but that's not your job because that job is impossible. Your job is to slow them down. The attacker dared to be looking for a hidden SSID.

Disable remote login and wireless administration to the device

The last thing you want is for the attacker to be able to gain...