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Detecting SSH brute force with scapy
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This video demonstrates how to detect brute-force password attacks against SSH servers, using network traffic analysis with scapy.
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Brute-force detection with Windows Events
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This video describes how to detect brute-force password-guessing attacks using the Windows event log.
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Connection hijacking with scapy
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This video shows how to hijack and terminate a FTP session, using scapy.
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Feature selection for traffic analysis
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This video discusses how to select good features from network traffic for data analytics.
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Detecting FTP brute force with scapy
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This video demonstrates how to detect brute-force password attacks against FTP servers using network traffic analysis with scapy.
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Introduction to defensive Python
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This video introduces the concept of defensive Python and discusses how Python can be applied to defensive goals.
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Detecting anomalous network traffic with scapy
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This video uses basic statistical analysis to identify anomalous network packets.
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Syllabus
Course description
In this course, you’ll explore defensive Python. This includes brute-force detection, detecting SSH brute force with scapy, feature selection for traffic analysis, detecting anomalous network traffic and more.


Meet the author
Howard Poston is a cybersecurity researcher with a background in blockchain, cryptography and malware analysis. He has a master’s degree in Cyber Operations from the Air Force Institute of Technology and two years of experience in cybersecurity research and development at Sandia National Labs. He currently works as a freelance consultant providing training and content creation for cyber and blockchain security. He can be reached by email at howard.poston@gmail.com or via his website at https://www.howardposton.com.
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