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SEC 420 Week 1 Discussion Ethical Hacking For
more classes visit www.snaptutorial.com   "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. Explain to your hypothetical coworker
what an ethical hacker is and the fundamental
manner in
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SEC 420 Week 2 Discussion Scanning for
Exploits For more classes visit www.snaptutorial.c
om   "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 Footprinting and
Reconnaissance For more classes
visit www.snaptutorial.com   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 For more classes visit www.snaptutorial.
com   "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
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SEC 420 Week 3 Lab Assignment 2 Scanning
Networks For more classes visit www.snaptutorial.c
om   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 For more
classes visit www.snaptutorial.com   "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 For
more classes visit www.snaptutorial.com   Lab 2
(Exercise V) "Performing Network Enumeration
Using  NetBIOS Enumerator.   Lab 3 (Exercise
VI) Enumerating a Network Using SoftPerfect
Network Scanner.   Lab Assignment 3 Due Week 4
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 5 Discussion What if For more
classes visit www.snaptutorial.com   "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 For more classes visit www.snaptutorial.co
m   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 Complete the following EC-Council Labs.
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SEC 420 Week 6 Discussion Internet Security For
more classes visit www.snaptutorial.com   "Interne
t 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 For more classes visit www.snaptutorial.co
m   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.   Lab 3 (Exercise I) Creating a Virus
Using the JPS Virus Maker Tool.
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SEC 420 Week 7 Discussion System Upgrade For more
classes visit www.snaptutorial.com   "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. James
adds that he does not need anyones password
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SEC 420 Week 7 Lab Assignment 6 Sniffing For more
classes visit www.snaptutorial.com   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 For more
classes visit www.snaptutorial.com   "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
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SEC 420 Week 8 Lab Assignment 7 Social
Engineering For more classes visit www.snaptutoria
l.com   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.). Lab 1 (Exercise I)
"Sniffing Website Credentials using Soc
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SEC 420 Week 9 Discussion What If For more
classes visit www.snaptutorial.com   "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. Any current topic or article related to
penetration techniques.
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SEC 420 Week 9 Web Application Attack
Scenario For more classes visit www.snaptutorial.c
om   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 For
more classes visit www.snaptutorial.com   "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 For more
classes visit www.snaptutorial.com   "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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