CPSC-42300 Ethical Hacking

An introduction to some of the most popular and useful tools cyber security professionals use to ensure the security of computers, networks, and mobile devices. Examples from several different categories of security applications are discussed and practiced: password crackers, traffic sniffers, vulnerability scanners, web scanners, wireless security scanners, exploitation, packet crafters, fuzzers, and computer and mobile forensics. Students will learn when and how to use these tools legally for the purpose of finding and fixing vulnerabilities.

Credits

3

Prerequisite

CPSC 20000