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Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH) v12 312-50 Exam Guide

You're reading from   Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH) v12 312-50 Exam Guide Keep up to date with ethical hacking trends and hone your skills with hands-on activities

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Product type Paperback
Published in Jul 2022
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781801813099
Length 664 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Table of Contents (23) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Section 1: Where Every Hacker Starts
2. Chapter 1: Understanding Ethical Hacking FREE CHAPTER 3. Chapter 2: Introduction to Reconnaissance 4. Chapter 3: Reconnaissance – A Deeper Dive 5. Chapter 4: Scanning Networks 6. Chapter 5: Enumeration 7. Chapter 6: Vulnerability Analysis 8. Chapter 7: System Hacking 9. Chapter 8: Social Engineering 10. Section 2: A Plethora of Attack Vectors
11. Chapter 9: Malware and Other Digital Attacks 12. Chapter 10: Sniffing and Evading IDS, Firewalls, and Honeypots 13. Chapter 11: Hacking Wireless Networks 14. Chapter 12: Hacking Mobile Platforms 15. Section 3: Cloud, Apps, and IoT Attacks
16. Chapter 13: Hacking Web Servers and Web Apps 17. Chapter 14: Hacking IoT and OT 18. Chapter 15: Cloud Computing 19. Chapter 16: Using Cryptography 20. Chapter 17: CEH Exam Practice Questions 21. Assessments 22. Other Books You May Enjoy

Countermeasures

Typically, this is where we have the most control as security professionals.

When it comes to wireless, do yourself a favor and change the default SSID. In fact, this might be a great opportunity to practice something I always talk about, and that is misdirection. For example, if I have a D-Link router, I know the default SSID is called D-Link. I'll switch it to Linksys or Tsunami, a different manufacturer, because when the attacker is wardriving through my neighborhood or a business environment and he sees D-Link, he'll throw D-Link attacks or vulnerabilities at that device, which obviously won't work.

Disable SSID broadcasting

Again, this will not stop an attacker, but that's not your job because that job is impossible. Your job is to slow them down. The attacker dared to be looking for a hidden SSID.

Disable remote login and wireless administration to the device

The last thing you want is for the attacker to be able to gain...

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