This lesson is an introduction to network attacks. Students review how data is transmitted over the internet and learn how attacks occur by exploiting vulnerabilities in open ports.
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In this lesson, students learn about the different types of malware as well as how to detect, prevent, and remove malware. Students learn how anti-malware software works and explore various tools different operating systems have to detect and prevent malware.
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In this lesson, students learn about social engineering and how it is used in cyber attacks. Students also learn what DoS and DDoS attacks are and how they use internet protocols to overwhelm a network.
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In this lesson, students learn about additional common cyber attacks, such as zero day attacks, botnet attacks, rainbow table attacks and man-in-the-middle attacks. Students will explore famous cyber attacks (3ve, Mirai, and Stuxnet) and reflect on what we can learn from past attacks to strengthen present network security.
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In this lesson, students will learn about and discuss cross-site scripting (XSS), which is another major OWASP (Open Web Application Security Project) cybersecurity risk.
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In this lesson, students learn about how to increase the security of a network by keeping individual, physical devices secure. Students learn about best practices for ensuring only authorized users log into a device as well as consider how user permissions and data loss prevention (DLP) can ensure sensitive data remains secure.
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