Ethical Hacking

Week by week (official course layout)

1. Week 1: Introduction to ethical hacking. Fundamentals of computer networking. TCP/IP protocol stack.
2. Week 2: IP addressing and routing. TCP and UDP. IP subnets.
3. Week 3: Routing protocols. IP version 6.
4. Week 4: Installation of attacker and victim system. Information gathering using advanced google search, archive.org, netcraft, whois, host, dig, dnsenum and NMAP tool .
5. Week 5: Vulnerability scanning using NMAP and Nessus. Creating a secure hacking environment. System Hacking: password cracking, privilege escalation, application execution. Malware and Virus. ARP spoofing and MAC attack.
6. Week 6: Introduction to cryptography, private-key encryption, public-key encryption.
7. Week 7: Cryptographic hash functions, digital signature and certificate, applications.
8. Week 8: Steganography, biometric authentication, network-based attacks, DNS and Email security.
9. Week 9: Packet sniffing using wireshark and burpsuite, password attack using burp suite. Social engineering attacks and Denial of service attacks.
10. Week 10: Elements of hardware security: side-channel attacks, physical inclinable functions, hardware trojans.
11. Week 11: Different types of attacks using Metasploit framework: password cracking, privilege escalation, remote code execution, etc.Attack on web servers: password attack, SQL injection, cross site scripting.
12. Week 12: Case studies: various attacks scenarios and their remedies.

Topics as the course page lists them. Weekly assignment due dates are shown only inside the course after a SWAYAM sign-in, so they are not here — check the course page every week.

This course's certificate rule

Average assignment score = 25% of average of best 8 assignments out of the total 12 assignments given in the course. Exam score = 75% of the proctored certification exam score out of 100 Final score = Average assignment score + Exam score Please note that assignments encompass all types (including quizzes, programming tasks, and essay submissions) available in the specific week. YOU WILL BE ELIGIBLE FOR A CERTIFICATE ONLY IF AVERAGE ASSIGNMENT SCORE >=10/25 AND EXAM SCORE >= 30/75. If one of the 2 criteria is not met, you will not get the certificate even if the Final score >= 40/100.

As printed on the course page. General rules: NPTEL FAQ.