IT 444: Network Security II

 

 

Textbook:

Gray Hat Hacking: The ethical hacker’s handbook (5th edition) By McGraw Hill

ISBN: 978-1-26-010842-2

 

Ethical Hacing and Countermeasure: Threats and defense mechanisms By EC-Council

ISBN-10: 1305883446

ISBN-13: 978-1305883444

 

 

Prerequisites:

IT443

Course Description

Information Technology specialists spend a significant amount of time to protect the corporate network from anonymous attacks. Even with the strongest perimeter, corporate still cannot have a complete protection against attacks.  Cybercrime can originate from the internet or from inside the corporate network. This course introduces a wide range of tools and techniques hackers use to penetrate the network, or gain access to high profile systems. By gaining an understanding of virus, malware, social engineering attacks, web attacks, or attacks via existing Operating System vulnerabilities, Information Technology specialists can develop a strong countermeasures and defensive system for their corporate network.

 

Topics Covered

1          Course description, lab development

2          Vulnerability Dissecting

3          Social Engineering

4          Linux Exploit

5          Windows Exploit

6          Denial of Service

7          Buffer Overflow

8          Windows vulnerability penetrating with GUI tools

9          Windows vulnerability penetrating with Metasploit

10        Website weak authentication discovering and script injection

11        Securing site to site traffic with VPN tunnel

 

Format of the Course

This is a combined lecture and lab course.

The student will use the lecture time to learn the theory, the background and the ethnical concept.

They will use the class exercise time for the practical lessons. They will penetrate the network and assess the level of security each lab computer system has.

There will be two exams to cover the theory discussed in each text book chapter.

 

Grading Policy

All homework and exams are subject to the honor code. Plagiarism is not allowed in any form.

Grades will be computed as follows:

Class Exercises          50%

First Exam                  20%

Second Exam             20%

Attendance                  10%

Final grades will be given based on the following standard scale:

A          100 – 93                                  A-        92 – 90

B+       89 – 86                                    B          85 – 83

B-        82 – 80                                    C+       79 – 76

C         75 – 73                                    C-        72 – 70

D+       69 – 66                                    D         65 – 63

D-        62 – 60                                    F          < 60

 

 

Accommodations for Students with Disabilities

Section 504 of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 offers guidelines for curriculum modifications and adaptations for students with documented disabilities.

Students may obtain adaptation recommendations from the Ross Center for Disability Services.

Their web site is https://www.umb.edu/academics/vpass/disability.

The student must present these recommendations and discuss them with me within a reasonable period, preferably by the end of Add/Drop period.

Late Work

There will be no penalty for work that is one day late.

Thereafter, students may lose 10 points for each day that an assignment is late.

Students can never get a negative score.

If you have a personal emergency that makes you unable to submit an assignment on time, send me an email and I will not assign the penalty.

Academic Honesty

The Academic Honesty section the Code of Student Conduct of the University reads as follows

It is the expressed policy of the University that every aspect of academic life not only formal coursework situations, but all relationships and interactions connected to the educational process shall be conducted in an absolutely and uncompromisingly honest manner. The University presupposes that any submission of work for academic credit indicates that the work is the student’s own and is in compliance with University policies. In cases where academic dishonesty is discovered after completion of a course or degree program, sanctions may be imposed retroactively, up to and including revocation of the degree. Any student who reasonably believes another student has committed an act of academic dishonesty should inform the course instructor of the alleged violation.

Contacting Me

If you have a question, email me at stran@cs.umb.edu.

Don't hesitate to email me if you have a problem.

If something doesn't make sense to you, drop me an email.

It is your responsibilities to get the information you need to complete the assignments you are given.

If you are confused about an assignment and have not tried to contact me, I will not be sympathetic.