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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
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Section 2: A Plethora of Attack Vectors
15
Section 3: Cloud, Apps, and IoT Attacks
20
Chapter 17: CEH Exam Practice Questions

Phase 4 – Maintaining access and hiding your tools

I know what you're thinking. There's no way he can come up with a joke for this one, right? So, when I'm talking about hiding your tools, what we're really getting into here is something I saw on one of those sarcastic t-shirts: Shhhh…I'm hiding from stupid people! That's what we're going to do here—hide our tools so that less intelligent people or those who are not security-minded will not be able to find them. Again, the last thing we want to do is go through all this effort to get our machine totally pwned and then lose it because we don't hide our software from users or IT experts.

Rootkits

When you find a rootkit in your environment, you're going to be terrified beyond the capacity for rational thought. You'll think, mother-puss-bucket!

Security Note

If you discover a system with a rootkit installed, you should never trust it. Don't clean...