Publisher's Synopsis
Practice the Skills Essential for a Successful Career in Cybersecurity!
This hands-on guide contains more than 90 labs that challenge you to solve real-world problems and help you to master key cybersecurity concepts. Clear, measurable lab results map to exam objectives, offering direct correlation to Principles of Computer Security: CompTIA Security+™ and Beyond, Sixth Edition (Exam SY0-601). For each lab, you will get a complete materials list, step-by-step instructions and scenarios that require you to think critically. Each chapter concludes with Lab Analysis questions and a Key Term quiz. Beyond helping you prepare for the challenging exam, this book teaches and reinforces the hands-on, real-world skills that employers are looking for.
In this lab manual, you'll gain knowledge and hands-on experience with
- Linux systems administration and security
- Reconnaissance, social engineering, phishing
- Encryption, hashing
- OpenPGP, DNSSEC, TLS, SSH
- Hacking into systems, routers, and switches
- Routing and switching
- Port security, ACLs
- Password cracking
- Cracking WPA2, deauthentication attacks, intercepting wireless traffic
- Snort IDS
- Active Directory, file servers, GPOs
- Malware reverse engineering
- Port scanning
- Packet sniffing, packet crafting, packet spoofing
- SPF, DKIM, and DMARC
- Microsoft Azure, AWS
- SQL injection attacks
- Fileless malware with PowerShell
- Hacking with Metasploit and Armitage
- Computer forensics
- Shodan
- Google hacking
- Policies, ethics, and much more
