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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

Grasping scanning

In this section, we will discuss the various types of scanning techniques and the goals, techniques, and tools that are used for scanning.

Types of scanning

So, what are the different types of scans an attacker can use? To start, let's categorize these into three different sections. We'll discuss network scans, port scans, and vulnerability scans.

Network scans

During a network scan, the attacker simply puts a packet out onto the network to look at every device on the network and goes through them, trying to identify them. During this process, it provides us with information to help us to see which hosts are currently live. This can be done with something as simple as a ping. Unfortunately, using a ping won't give us much besides revealing if the system is up or not. We'll also be able to see what type of operating system is running on those devices. This is not just about revealing what's on the operating system for a desktop...