Lab 1 Assessment Worksheet Develop an Attack & Penetration Plan 1. List the 5 steps of the hacking process. * Reconnaissance * Scanning * Gaining Access * Maintaining Access * Covering Tracks 2. In order to exploit or attack the targeted systems, the first initial step I would do to collect as much information as possible about the targets prior to devising an attack and penetration test plan would be reconnaissance. I would use passive reconnaissance as this
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can remedy flaws or security holes that were found in the initial release. Computer and network personnel should also stay informed about current vulnerabilities in the software they use and seek out ways to protect against them. Charles Coley IS4560 Project Part 3: Investigate Findings on the Malware When investigating an incident that involves malicious software, it helps to understand the context of the infection before starting to reverse the malware specimen. Some of the ways to
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Megan Patterson IS4560 Monday E1 Class Week 1-Penetration Test Plan June 17, 2013 Attack and Penetration Test Plan Megan Patterson IS4560 Childers June 17, 2013 External Penetration testing tests the security surrounding externally connected systems from the Internet, as well as within a corporate network. Controlled tests are used to gain access to Internet resources and ultimately to the DMZ, which is an internal network; by going through and around firewalls from the Internet. External
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David S Lindsay Jr. IS4560 Unit1assignment Developments in hacking, cybercrime and malware Hydraq Trojan (a.k.a., Aurora) uses a basic approach on how to attack a enterprise, it starts with a little snooping and a little deeper research in the public domain to decover information about the company and its personnel which usally comes from social networking sites and create special phishing email. SQL-injection attack.- malicious code designed to gather sensitive information from the network
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IS4560 Unit 3 Assignment 1 Information Gathering Plan The explosive growth and popularity of the world-wide web have resulted in thousands of structured query able information sources on the Internet, and the promise of unprecedented information-gathering capabilities to lay users. Unfortunately, the promise has not yet been transformed into reality. While there are sources relevant to virtually any user-queries, the morass of sources presents a formidable hurdle to effectively accessing
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IS4560 Week 4 Project Part 1: Current Security Threats The three top security threats I have chosen for Aim Higher College are malware, exploit vulnerabilities, and social networking. Malware in another term that means malicious software. It is used to infiltrate and damage computers without the user’s permission. Some examples of malware are viruses, spyware, worms, Trojans, and rootkits. This is a top security threat because a computer can easily get infected. While students or staff members
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IS4560 Lab 9 1. When you are notified that a user’s workstation or system is acting strangely and log files indicate system compromise, what is the first thing you should do to the workstation or system and why? Inform the IT help desk to have the user cease all activity on the workstation and to wait for you to arrive at the physical desktop location. The workstation must first be physically disconnected from the network leaving it physically isolated but now powered off. It should be left in
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IS4560 Unit 3 Assignment 1 Information Gathering Plan The explosive growth and popularity of the world-wide web have resulted in thousands of structured query able information sources on the Internet, and the promise of unprecedented information-gathering capabilities to lay users. Unfortunately, the promise has not yet been transformed into reality. While there are sources relevant to virtually any user-queries, the morass of sources presents a formidable hurdle to effectively accessing the
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IS4560 Hacker tools, techniques and incident handeling Unit 1 Homework 1 Attacks are defined as any malicious activity carried out over a network that has been detected by an intrusion detection system, intrusion prevention system, or firewall. Based on the geographical map the whitepaper lays out for us, the United States receives chart topping threats in malicious code, phishing hosts, bots, and attack origin. Web based threats are increasing by the day with the endless amount of client-side
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BSISS Project The following diagram demonstrates how this course fits in the program: IS4799 NT2799 IS4670 ISC Capstone Project Capstone ProjectCybercrime Forensics NSA NT2580 NT2670 Introduction to Information Security IS4680 IS4560 NT2580 NT2670 Email and Web Services Hacking and Introduction to Security Auditing for Compliance Countermeasures Information Security Email and Web Services NT1230 NT1330 Client-Server Client-Server Networking I Networking II IS3230
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