CEH Certified Ethical Hacker Study Guide

Kimberly Graves, CEH, CWSP, CWNP, CWNA, has over 15 years of IT experience. She is founder of Techsource Network Solutions, a network and security consulting organization located in the Washington, DC area. She has served as subject matter expert for several certification programs-including the Certified Wireless Network Professional (CWNP) and Intel Certified Network Engineer programs-and has developed course materials for the Department of Veteran Affairs, USAF, and the NSA.

1 Introduction to Ethical Hacking, Ethics, and Legality. 2 Gathering Target Information: Reconnaissance, Footprinting, and Social Engineering. 3 Gathering Network and Host Information: Scanning and Enumeration. 4 System Hacking: Password Cracking, Escalating Privileges, and Hiding Files. 5 Installing Software on Target Systems: Spyware, Trojans, Backdoors, Viruses, and Worms. 6 Gathering Data from Networks: Sniffers. 7 Denial of Service and Session Hijacking. 8 Web Hacking: Google, Web Servers, Web Application Vulnerabilities, and Web-Based Password Cracking Techniques. 9 Attacking Applications: SQL Injection and Buffer Overflows. 10 Wireless Network Hacking. 11 Physical Site Security. 12 Hacking Linux Systems. 13 Bypassing Network Security: Evading IDS, Honeypots, and Firewalls. 14 Understanding Cryptography. 15 Performing a Penetration Test.