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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

Phase 1 – Gaining access and cracking passwords

If you know me, you know I have a big issue with passwords. I always jump on my soapbox whenever talking about passwords, because let's face it, we create online entities, and use accounts online all the time within our network or outside—on the internet. Everything about us is contained in these entities and we are to protect these with passwords. Now, here comes my soapbox…people are so stinking lazy when it comes to creating passwords—it drives me absolutely bonkers. As we move along, you'll understand why I'm so passionate about this subject.

Matt Mullenweg, who created WordPress, had this great quote: Love is great…but not as a password. Did you know that love is one of the top 20 passwords that people use, with a variation at the end of it? So, again, our whole goal here in this phase of gaining access is attempting to crack a password. We don't necessarily go after the...