Advanced Cyber Security Training: Hands-On Password Attacks

What will i learn?

By the end of this week, you will be able to:
identify how to prevent password attacks
describe when password cracking is permissible
describe the basics of entropy, hashing, and cryptography for password security
explain how to crack a password
explain how to set up a small environment for security testing
describe brute force attacks, dictionary attacks, rainbow table attacks and keyloggers
explain how to bypass passwords using brute force attacks, dictionary attacks, rainbow table attacks, and keyloggers

Curriculum for this course

24 Lessons 01:57:11 Hours

Bypassing Your First Password

4 Lessons 00:22:59 Hours

Basics of Entropy for Password Security 00:05:31
Basics of Hashing and Cryptography 00:05:29
Setting Up the Environment 00:07:13
Bypassing your First Password 00:04:46

Brute Force Attacks

3 Lessons 00:09:53 Hours

Tools and Commands for Brute Force Attacks 00:03:29
Cracking Weak Passwords 00:02:00
Brute Forcing your First Real Password 00:04:24

Dictionary Attacks

3 Lessons 00:18:36 Hours

Tools and Commands for Dictionary Attacks 00:05:42
Using Rules in a Dictionary Attack 00:06:42
Crack a Password Using a Dictionary Attack 00:06:12

Rainbow Table Attacks

4 Lessons 00:18:01 Hours

What Are Rainbow Tables? 00:05:02
Tools and Commands for Rainbow Table Attacks 00:03:35
Crack a Password Using a Rainbow Table: Part 1 00:02:23
Crack a Password Using a Rainbow Table: Part 2 00:07:01

The Downside of Passwords

4 Lessons 00:17:48 Hours

Password Spraying 00:04:00
Credential Stuffing 00:04:48
Keylogger Attacks 00:04:41
Alternatives to Password Authentication 00:04:19

Remedies and Mitigations

6 Lessons 00:29:54 Hours

Protect Your Passwords Against Rainbow Table Attacks 00:03:39
Prevent Your Key Actions from Being Recorded by a Keylogger 00:03:33
Other Considerations 00:04:09
Password Managers, The All-In-One Solution? 00:06:45
Case Studies Part 2 00:06:31
Case Studies Part 1 00:05:17

Requirements

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Description

Passwords have become the top authentication factor in today’s world. You use it in combination with an email or username to sign into almost any service. Big Corporations like Google, Microsoft, Amazon, and Facebook still widely use passwords as an authentication mechanism today. But how secure are passwords?

This course focuses on the practical attacks that malicious users use to crack passwords, how you can use this attack in a penetration test, and how you can prevent them. We will very briefly cover the basics of cryptography, hashing and entropy and then immediately go on to crack different types of passwords using different methodologies.

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