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• SEC 420 Week 1 Discussion Ethical Hacking
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• "Ethical Hacking" Select one of the following
  and discuss in no less than three paragraphs, and
  have at least one response to another student of
  at least one paragraph
• Suppose a coworker approaches you and asks what
  an ethical hacker does. She does not understand
  the role that an ethical hacker plays in the
  security industry and assumes that such a hacker
  intentionally causes damage.

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• SEC 420 Week 2 Discussion Scanning for Exploits
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• "Scanning for Exploits" Select one of the
  following and discuss in no less than three
  paragraphs, and have at least one response to
  another student of at least one paragraph
• Suppose you work as a security analyst and during
  a weekly meeting your supervisor asks for your
  opinion about the ways in which the department
  could best identify vulnerabilities that a hacker
  could potentially exploit on a network.

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• SEC 420 Week 2 Lab Assignment 1 Foot printing and
  Reconnaissance
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• Lab 1 (Exercise I) Collecting Information on
  Target Website Using Firebug.
• Lab Assignment 1
• Due Week 2 and worth 38 points
• Complete the following EC-Council Labs.
• Note Labs contain deliverables that are
  partially derived from the following course
  required textbook EC-Council Press. (2017).
  Ethical Hacking and Countermeasures Attack
  Phases (2nd ed.). Cengage Learning.

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• SEC 420 Week 3 Discussion Viruses and Antivirus
  Utilities
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• "Viruses and Antivirus Utilities" Select one of
  the following and discuss in no less than three
  paragraphs, and have at least one response to
  another student of at least one paragraph
• Go to the web, research new worms or viruses.
  Analyze the primary manner in which one
  particular virus or worm was successful.
  Summarize the one way in which the virus or worm
  avoided defense mechanisms. Suggest at least two
  ways in which the infected parties could have
  protected themselves from the threat.

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• SEC 420 Week 3 Lab Assignment 2 Scanning Networks
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• Lab 1 (Exercise IV) Understanding Network
  Scanning Using Nmap
• Lab Assignment 2
• Due Week 3 and worth 59 points
• Complete the following EC-Council Labs.
• Note Labs contain deliverables that are
  partially derived from the following course
  required textbook EC-Council Press. (2017).
  Ethical Hacking and Countermeasures Attack
  Phases (2nd ed.). Cengage Learning.

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• SEC 420 Week 4 Discussion What if ?
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• "What If?" Select one of the following and
  discuss in no less than three paragraphs, and
  have at least one response to another student of
  at least one paragraph
• Review the What if case in Chapter 4 from the
  Book Attack Phases. Discuss the ethical
  concerns of Dougs actions. What might the
  ramifications or consequences of his actions be?
  Why?
• If you were Doug in the case above, what would
  you do to practice the new skills, and why?

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• SEC 420 Week 4 Lab Assignment 3Enumeration 
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• Lab 2 (Exercise V) "Performing Network
  Enumeration Using NetBIOS Enumerator.
• Lab 3 (Exercise VI) Enumerating a Network Using
  Soft Perfect Network Scanner.
• Lab Assignment 3
• Due Week 4 and worth 59 points
• Complete the following EC-Council Labs.

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• SEC 420 Week 5 Discussion What if ?
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• "What If?" Select one of the following and
  discuss in no less than three paragraphs, and
  have at least one response to another student of
  at least one paragraph
• Review the What if case in Chapter 5 from
  Attack Phases. Discuss the ethical and legal
  concerns of Brians actions. What might the
  ramifications or consequences of his actions be?
  Why?
• Discuss the ethics of revenge and its
  relationship to ethical hacking. Is revenge ever
  justified in situations where one may have issues
  with bosses and/or co-workers? Explain your
  rationale.

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• SEC 420 Week 5 Lab Assignment 4 System Hacking
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• Lab 5 (Exercise V) Dumping and Cracking SAM
  Hashes to Extract Plaintext Passwords.
• Lab 6 (Exercise III) Auditing System Passwords
  Using L0phtCrack.
• Lab 7 (Exercise XV) Viewing, Enabling, and
  Clearing the Auditing Policy Using Auditpol.
• Lab Assignment 4
• Due Week 5 and worth 59 points

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• SEC 420 Week 6 Discussion Internet Security
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• "Internet Security" Select one of the following
  and discuss in no less than three paragraphs, and
  have at least one response to another student of
  at least one paragraph
• Review the source below. Pay particular
  attention to the viruses and worms mentioned and
  the details surrounding its attack. Provide a
  brief summary, and discuss your thoughts on the
  severity of the threat, and how you would have
  dealt with the problem.

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• SEC 420 Week 6 Lab Assignment 5Malware Threats
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• Lab Assignment 5
• Due Week 6 and worth 59 points
• Complete the following EC-Council Labs.
• Note Labs contain deliverables that are
  partially derived from the following course
  required textbook EC-Council Press. (2017).
  Ethical Hacking and Countermeasures Threats and
  Defense Mechanisms (2nd ed.).
• Lab 1 (Exercise I) Creating HTTP Trojan.
• Lab 2 (Exercise IV) Creating a Trojan Server
  Using ProRat Tool.

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• SEC 420 Week 7 Discussion System Upgrade
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• "System Upgrade" Select one of the following and
  discuss in no less than three paragraphs, and
  have at least one response to another student of
  at least one paragraph
• Imagine a scenario where Jane, an administrative
  employee of a company, receives a call from
  James, the companys security administrator. He
  announces that he is calling everyone to inform
  them about this coming weekends upgrade to the
  accounting system.

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• SEC 420 Week 7 Lab Assignment 6 Sniffing
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• Lab Assignment 6
• Due Week 7 and worth 38 points
• Complete the following EC-Council Labs.
• Note Labs contain deliverables that are
  partially derived from the following course
  required textbook EC-Council Press. (2017).
  Ethical Hacking and Countermeasures Threats and
  Defense Mechanisms (2nd ed.).

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• SEC 420 Week 8 Discussion Phishing
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• "Phishing" Select one of the following and
  discuss in no less than three paragraphs, and
  have at least one response to another student of
  at least one paragraph
• Research phishing schemes on the web. Find a
  recent scheme and summarize and discuss why it
  may have been successful. What are the red flags
  that one should look out for to avoid becoming a
  victim, and what should one do if one encounters
  such schemes?
• As a security manager what actions might you take
  to assure your company does not fall victim to
  phishing? Include any training or
  simulation/white hat hacking you might consider.

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• SEC 420 Week 8 Lab Assignment 7 Social
  Engineering
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• Lab Assignment 7
• Due Week 8 and worth 59 points
• Complete the following EC-Council Labs.
• Note Labs contain deliverables that are
  partially derived from the following course
  required textbook EC-Council Press. (2017).
  Ethical Hacking and Countermeasures Threats and
  Defense Mechanisms (2nd ed.).

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• SEC 420 Week 9 Discussion What If
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• "What If?" Select one of the following and
  discuss in no less than three paragraphs, and
  have at least one response to another student of
  at least one paragraph
• Consider the what if case in Chapter 6 of
  Threats and Defense Mechanisms. Why was the
  Distributed Denial of Service (DDOS) attack
  successful? What could have been done to protect
  ones company from the attack?
• Discuss any DDOS countermeasure, and why you
  would employ it.

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• SEC 420 Week 9 Web Application Attack Scenario 
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• Assignment Web Application Attack Scenario
• Due Week 9 and worth 220 points
• Suppose that you are currently employed as an
  Information Security Manager for a medium-sized
  software development and outsourcing services
  company. The Software Development Director has
  asked you to provide a detailed analytical report
  for her department regarding the most common web
  application threats and the manner in which their
  products could compromise customer financial
  data.

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• SEC 420 Week 10 Discussion Buffer Overflow
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• "Buffer Overflow" Select one of the following
  and discuss in no less than three paragraphs, and
  have at least one response to another student of
  at least one paragraph
• Explain one of the challenges that a hacker faces
  when attempting to cause a segmentation fault by
  overflowing a buffer. Further, discuss the main
  ways in which an attacker can avoid detection of
  No Operations (NOPs) by an intrusion detection
  system, and examine the primary reasons why
  avoiding such detection is beneficial for
  executing the attack.

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• SEC 420 Week 11 Security in the Future
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• "Security in the Future" Discuss in no less than
  three paragraphs, and have at least one response
  to another student of at least one paragraph
• Based on what you've learned in this course, give
  your opinion on the current state of the security
  industry. Take a position on whether you believe
  that hackers or security personnel have the
  greater advantage in the real world. Provide a
  rationale for your response.

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