Certified Ethical Hacker CEH v.13 AI Training Course

Introduction to Ethical Hacking

• Foundations of ethical hacking and information security
• Overview of cybersecurity threats, vulnerabilities, and attack surfaces
• Core concepts, phases, and methodologies in ethical hacking
• Information security controls and security frameworks
• Classifications of hackers, attacks, and attack vectors
• Legal, regulatory, and ethical considerations
• Introduction to AI applications in ethical hacking and cybersecurity
• Concepts of the Cyber Kill Chain and MITRE ATT&CK

Footprinting and Reconnaissance

• Basics of reconnaissance activities
• Techniques for passive and active information gathering
• Identifying target infrastructure and potential attack surfaces
• Utilizing search engines for reconnaissance
• WHOIS, DNS, and IP intelligence analysis
• Footprinting websites and organizations
• Reconnaissance via email and social media
• Discovering cloud and network infrastructure
• OSINT tools and techniques
• AI-assisted reconnaissance and information analysis

Scanning Networks

• Network scanning concepts and methodologies
• Host discovery and port scanning techniques
• Scanning via TCP, UDP, and ICMP protocols
• Identifying services and operating systems
• Banner grabbing techniques
• Mapping network topology
• Vulnerability scanning procedures
• Considerations for Firewalls and IDS
• Scanning tools and automation
• AI-assisted network analysis

Enumeration

• Enumeration concepts and techniques
• Enumeration on Windows and Linux systems
• NetBIOS and SMB enumeration
• SNMP enumeration
• LDAP and directory services enumeration
• DNS and SMTP enumeration
• Enumeration of users, groups, and shares
• Active Directory reconnaissance
• Countermeasures against enumeration
• Automated enumeration techniques

Vulnerability Analysis

• Vulnerability assessment methodologies
• Identifying and classifying vulnerabilities
• Understanding CVE, CVSS, and vulnerability databases
• Network and system vulnerability scanning
• Web and application vulnerability assessment
• Cloud and container vulnerability considerations
• Prioritizing vulnerabilities and risk analysis
• Managing false positives and validation
• The vulnerability management lifecycle
• AI-assisted vulnerability analysis and prioritization

System Hacking

• System hacking methodology
• Password and credential attacks
• Password cracking techniques
• Weaknesses in authentication and authorization
• Privilege escalation
• Fundamentals of exploitation
• Maintaining persistent access
• Techniques for hiding files and systems
• Covering tracks
• Post-exploitation on Windows and Linux
• AI-assisted exploitation and attack-path analysis

Malware Threats

• Malware concepts and classifications
• Viruses, worms, Trojans, ransomware, and spyware
• Fileless and polymorphic malware
• Rootkits and backdoors
• Malware delivery mechanisms
• Command-and-control concepts
• Malware analysis fundamentals
• Techniques for evading anti-malware
• Malware detection and prevention
• AI-enabled malware and defensive countermeasures

Sniffing

• Fundamentals of network sniffing
• Packet capture and traffic analysis
• Passive and active sniffing
• Protocol analysis
• ARP poisoning and MAC attacks
• DNS and DHCP-based attacks
• Credential interception
• Man-in-the-middle concepts
• Sniffing countermeasures
• Secure network communication
• AI-assisted packet and traffic analysis

Social Engineering

• Principles of social engineering
• Human-based and technical-based attacks
• Phishing, spear phishing, and whaling
• Vishing, smishing, and other communication-based attacks
• Impersonation and pretexting
• Baiting and physical social engineering
• The social engineering attack lifecycle
• Awareness training and security testing
• Detection and prevention strategies
• AI-generated phishing and social engineering threats

Denial-of-Service

• DoS and DDoS fundamentals
• Types of denial-of-service attacks
• Network and application-layer attacks
• Resource exhaustion
• Distributed attack infrastructure
• Botnets and amplification concepts
• DDoS detection and monitoring
• Mitigation and prevention techniques
• Incident response for DoS attacks
• AI-assisted attack detection and response

Session Hijacking

• Session management fundamentals
• Session identification and authentication
• Session hijacking techniques
• Cookie and token-based attacks
• TCP/IP session hijacking
• Browser and web session attacks
• Man-in-the-middle attacks
• Session fixation
• Session security controls
• Detection and mitigation techniques

Evading IDS, Firewalls, and Honeypots

• Intrusion detection and prevention systems
• Firewall architectures and technologies
• Honeypots and deception technologies
• Network security monitoring
• IDS/IPS evasion concepts
• Firewall evasion techniques
• Traffic fragmentation and obfuscation concepts
• Proxy and tunneling concepts
• Honeypot detection and countermeasures
• Defensive monitoring and hardening
• AI-assisted anomaly detection and adaptive defense

Hacking Web Servers

• Web server architecture and technologies
• Web server footprinting
• Web server enumeration
• Common web server vulnerabilities
• Misconfiguration and insecure defaults
• Authentication and access-control weaknesses
• Directory traversal and related attacks
• Web server attacks and exploitation concepts
• Web server hardening
• Patch and configuration management
• Web server monitoring and incident response

Hacking Web Applications

• Web application architecture
• Web application attack surfaces
• Client-side and server-side vulnerabilities
• Authentication and authorization attacks
• Session management vulnerabilities
• Input validation weaknesses
• Cross-site scripting
• Cross-site request forgery
• File inclusion and upload vulnerabilities
• API security fundamentals
• Web application security testing methodologies
• Secure coding and mitigation techniques
• AI-assisted web application security testing

SQL Injection

• Database and SQL fundamentals
• SQL injection concepts and attack vectors
• Authentication bypass concepts
• Error-based, union-based, and blind SQL injection
• Database fingerprinting
• Data extraction concepts
• SQL injection testing methodologies
• Automated SQL injection assessment
• SQL injection prevention
• Parameterized queries and input validation
• Database security monitoring
• AI-assisted SQL injection detection and analysis

Hacking Wireless Networks

• Wireless networking fundamentals
• Wi-Fi standards and security protocols
• Wireless reconnaissance
• Wireless network discovery
• Authentication and encryption weaknesses
• Wireless traffic analysis
• Rogue access points and evil-twin concepts
• Wireless denial-of-service concepts
• Bluetooth security fundamentals
• Wireless security testing methodologies
• Wireless hardening and monitoring
• Secure wireless configuration

Hacking Mobile Platforms

• Mobile security architecture
• Android and iOS security concepts
• Mobile application attack surfaces
• Mobile application reconnaissance
• Insecure data storage
• Authentication and authorization weaknesses
• Mobile communication security
• API and backend security
• Mobile malware
• Mobile application security testing
• Mobile device security controls
• Mobile application hardening

IoT and OT Hacking

• IoT and OT security fundamentals
• IoT architecture and communication protocols
• IoT device discovery and reconnaissance
• IoT vulnerabilities and misconfigurations
• Firmware and hardware security concepts
• IoT authentication and access control
• Industrial Control Systems and OT environments
• SCADA security fundamentals
• OT attack surfaces and risks
• IoT/OT vulnerability assessment
• Defensive monitoring and segmentation
• Secure IoT and OT architecture
• AI-enabled IoT and OT security considerations

Cloud Computing

• Cloud computing fundamentals
• Cloud service models and deployment models
• Cloud architecture and shared responsibility
• Cloud reconnaissance and attack surfaces
• Identity and access management
• Cloud storage and database security
• Virtualization and container security
• Cloud misconfigurations
• Cloud network security
• Cloud privilege escalation concepts
• Cloud vulnerability assessment
• Cloud logging and monitoring
• Cloud incident response
• AI-assisted cloud security analysis

Cryptography

• Cryptography fundamentals and terminology
• Symmetric and asymmetric encryption
• Hashing and message integrity
• Digital signatures and certificates
• Public Key Infrastructure
• Key management and cryptographic protocols
• Common cryptographic vulnerabilities
• Password hashing and secure authentication
• SSL/TLS security concepts
• Cryptographic attacks and weaknesses
• Encryption implementation best practices
• Cryptography in cloud, mobile, and IoT environments
• Emerging cryptographic and AI-related security considerations