Common Network Threats Course

This course demonstrates how scanning, data exfiltration, DDoS attacks and attacks against IoT devices can appear in network traffic.

1 hour, 23 minutes

Course description

An organization can be attacked over the network in a variety of different ways. However, some methods are more common than others. In this course, you will see what scanning, data exfiltration, DDoS attacks and attacks against IoT devices look like in a network capture in a series of demonstrations.

Syllabus

Introduction to Threat Analysis

Video - 00:07:00
This video demonstrates how scanning, data exfiltration, DDoS attacks and attacks against IoT devices can appear in network traffic.
IoT Attack Demo

Video - 00:18:00
Demonstration of how attacks against IoT devices differ from attacks against computers.
DDoS Attack Demo

Video - 00:18:00
Demonstration of what a distributed-denial-of-service (DDoS) attack looks like in a traffic capture.
Data Exfiltration Demo

Video - 00:18:00
Demonstration of identification and analysis of data exfiltration via covert network channels.
Scanning Demo

Video - 00:22:00
Demonstration of what network scanning looks like in a traffic capture.

Meet the author

Howard Poston

Howard Poston is a copywriter, author, and course developer with experience in cybersecurity and blockchain security, cryptography, and malware analysis. He has an MS in Cyber Operations, a decade of experience in cybersecurity, and over five years of experience as a freelance consultant providing training and content creation for cyber and blockchain security. He is also the creator of over a dozen cybersecurity courses, has authored two books, and has spoken at numerous cybersecurity conferences. He can be reached by email at howard@howardposton.com or via his website at https://www.howardposton.com.
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