Principles of Computer Security: CompTIA Security+ and Beyond Lab Manual (Exam SY0-601), 1st Edition

ISBN10: 1260470113 | ISBN13: 9781260470116

By Jonathan Weissman

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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

Introduction
Additional Resources for Teachers
Chapter 1 Introduction and Security Trends
   Lab Exercise 1.01: Staying Current with Industry
   Lab Exercise 1.02: Cyber Threat Maps
   Lab Exercise 1.03: Cybersecurity Survey
   Lab Exercise 1.04: Building the Virtual Lab
   Lab Analysis
   Key Term Quiz
Chapter 2 General Security Concepts
   Lab Exercise 2.01: Verizon DBIR
   Lab Exercise 2.02: Linux File System Management
   Lab Exercise 2.03: Linux Systems Administration
   Lab Exercise 2.04: Linux System Security
   Lab Analysis
   Key Term Quiz
Chapter 3 Operational and Organizational Security
   Lab Exercise 3.01: Policies
   Lab Exercise 3.02: Training Documentation
   Lab Exercise 3.03: Interoperability Agreements
   Lab Analysis
   Key Term Quiz
Chapter 4 The Role of People in Security
   Lab Exercise 4.01: The Social-Engineer Toolkit
   Lab Exercise 4.02: Phishing Tests
   Lab Exercise 4.03: Reconnaissance Through Open-Source Intelligence
   Lab Analysis
   Key Term Quiz
Chapter 5 Cryptography
   Lab Exercise 5.01: Symmetric Key Encryption
   Lab Exercise 5.02: Asymmetric Key Encryption
   Lab Exercise 5.03: Hashing
   Lab Exercise 5.04: Diffie-Hellman Key Exchange
   Lab Analysis
   Key Term Quiz
Chapter 6 Applied Cryptography
   Lab Exercise 6.01: Apple vs. FBI
   Lab Exercise 6.02: Australia’s Assistance and Access Bill
   Lab Exercise 6.03: To Serve Man
   Lab Exercise 6.04: E-mail Cryptography
   Lab Analysis
   Key Term Quiz
Chapter 7 Public Key Infrastructure
   Lab Exercise 7.01: DNSSEC for Security
   Lab Exercise 7.02: DNSSEC for Exploiting
   Lab Exercise 7.03: TLS in Action
   Lab Analysis
   Key Term Quiz
Chapter 8 Physical Security
   Lab Exercise 8.01: Linux Password Recovery
   Lab Exercise 8.02: Cisco Router Password Recovery
   Lab Exercise 8.03: Cisco Switch Password Recovery
   Lab Analysis
   Key Term Quiz
Chapter 9 Network Fundamentals
   Lab Exercise 9.01: Switch Configuration
   Lab Exercise 9.02: Router Configuration
   Lab Exercise 9.03: Passwords and SSH
   Lab Analysis
   Key Term Quiz
Chapter 10 Infrastructure Security
   Lab Exercise 10.01: Port Security on Switches
   Lab Exercise 10.02: Standard ACLs on Routers
   Lab Exercise 10.03: Extended ACLs on Routers
   Lab Analysis
   Key Term Quiz
Chapter 11 Authentication and Remote Access
   Lab Exercise 11.01: Dictionary Attacks on Linux Passwords with John the Ripper
   Lab Exercise 11.02: Brute Force Attacks on Linux Passwords with crunch and John the Ripper
   Lab Exercise 11.03: Dictionary Attacks and Brute Force Attacks on Windows Passwords with Mimikatz, crunch, and John the Ripper
   Lab Exercise 11.04: Rainbow Table Attacks on Windows Passwords with ophcrack
   Lab Analysis
   Key Term Quiz
Chapter 12 Wireless Security and Mobile Devices
   Lab Exercise 12.01: Wireless Network and Device Detection
   Lab Exercise 12.02: Monitor Mode Sniffing
   Lab Exercise 12.03: Cracking WPA2 Passwords and Deauthenticating Clients with Wifite
   Lab Analysis
   Key Term Quiz
Chapter 13 Intrusion Detection Systems and Network Security
   Lab Exercise 13.01: Installing Ubuntu and Snort
   Lab Exercise 13.02: Snort Sniffer Mode
   Lab Exercise 13.03: Snort Packet Logger Mode
   Lab Exercise 13.04: Snort Network Intrusion Detection System Mode
   Lab Analysis
   Key Term Quiz
Chapter 14 System Hardening and Baselines
   Lab Exercise 14.01: Active Directory Domain Services and Domain Connectivity
   Lab Exercise 14.02: Organizational Units and Groups
   Lab Exercise 14.03: Users and Other Active Directory Objects
   Lab Exercise 14.04: Permissions and Shares
   Lab Exercise 14.05: Group Policy Objects
   Lab Analysis
   Key Term Quiz
Chapter 15 Types of Attacks and Malicious Software
   Lab Exercise 15.01: Strings
   Lab Exercise 15.02: UPX
   Lab Exercise 15.03: PEview and Resource Hacker
   Lab Exercise 15.04: VirusTotal
   Lab Exercise 15.05: Regshot
   Lab Exercise 15.06: Process Monitor
   Lab Exercise 15.07: ApateDNS
   Lab Analysis
   Key Term Quiz
Chapter 16 Security Tools and Techniques
   Lab Exercise 16.01: Port Scanning with Nmap
   Lab Exercise 16.02: Sockets with netcat (nc) and ncat
   Lab Exercise 16.03: Packet Crafting with hping3
   Lab Exercise 16.04: Packet Crafting with Scapy
   Lab Analysis
   Key Term Quiz
Chapter 17 Web Components, E-mail, and Instant Messaging
   Lab Exercise 17.01: E-mail Headers
   Lab Exercise 17.02: SPF, DKIM, and DMARC
   Lab Analysis
   Key Term Quiz
Chapter 18 Cloud Computing
   Lab Exercise 18.01: Microsoft Azure Training
   Lab Exercise 18.02: Exploring Microsoft Azure
   Lab Exercise 18.03: AWS Educate and AWS Training and Certification
   Lab Exercise 18.04: Exploring AWS
   Lab Analysis
   Key Term Quiz
Chapter 19 Secure Software Development
   Lab Exercise 19.01: Configuring WampServer and DVWA
   Lab Exercise 19.02: SQL Injection
   Lab Analysis
   Key Term Quiz
Chapter 20 Risk Management
   Lab Exercise 20.01: PowerShell Script Settings
   Lab Exercise 20.02: PowerShell Exploitation
   Lab Analysis
   Key Term Quiz
Chapter 21 Business Continuity, Disaster Recovery, and Change Management
   Lab Exercise 21.01: Business Continuity
   Lab Exercise 21.02: Disaster Recovery
   Lab Exercise 21.03: Change Management
   Lab Analysis
   Key Term Quiz
Chapter 22 Incident Response
   Lab Exercise 22.01: Incident Response Companies and Stories
   Lab Exercise 22.02: Metasploit Framework
   Lab Exercise 22.03: Metasploit’s Meterpreter
   Lab Exercise 22.04: Armitage
   Lab Analysis
   Key Term Quiz
Chapter 23 Computer Forensics
   Lab Exercise 23.01: Windows Registry Forensics
   Lab Exercise 23.02: Digital Evidence in RAM and on the Hard Drive
   Lab Exercise 23.03: Steganography
   Lab Exercise 23.04: Imaging, Recovering Deleted Files, File Signatures, and Analyzing Images
   Lab Analysis
   Key Term Quiz
Chapter 24 Legal Issues and Ethics
   Lab Exercise 24.01: ACM Ethics
   Lab Exercise 24.02: USENIX Ethics
   Lab Exercise 24.03: Ethical Scenarios
   Lab Exercise 24.04: Copyright
   Lab Exercise 24.05: Creative Commons
   Lab Exercise 24.06: FSF and GNU
   Lab Analysis
   Key Term Quiz
Chapter 25 Privacy
   Lab Exercise 25.01: Shodan
   Lab Exercise 25.02: Insecam
   Lab Exercise 25.03: Google Hacking
   Lab Analysis
   Key Term Quiz
Index

About the Author

Jonathan Weissman

Jonathan S. Weissman, CompTIA A+, CompTIA Network+, CompTIA Security+, CompTIA Server+, CompTIA Linux+, CCNP, CCNA, CEH, CHFI, is a senior lecturer at Rochester Institute of Technology as well as an associate professor and Networking and Cybersecurity program coordinator at Finger Lakes Community College. He is the recipient of ten teaching awards and honors. He is the co-author of Mike Meyers’ CompTIA Network+ Guide to Managing and Troubleshooting Networks Lab Manual, Fifth Edition and Principles of Computer Security: CompTIA Security+ and Beyond Lab Manual (Exam SY0-601), and is the technical editor for many other books. Weissman regularly appears on TV news and talk radio, and in articles, as a networking and cybersecurity expert. Additionally, he presents at conferences and in webinars, runs workshops, and appears in podcasts. He has a master’s degree in Computer Science from Brooklyn College and holds 44 industry certifications. @CSCPROF on Twitter.

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