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South Carolina Advanced Cybersecurity

Cyber Defense

In this module, students will investigate the various forms of cyberattacks and the methods used to carry them out. They will distinguish between threats, vulnerabilities, and exploits, analyze different types of malware and network attacks, and explore real-world prevention strategies.

Lessons

8.1 Network Attacks

  • Network Attacks Overview
  • Network Attacks Quiz
  • Check for Vulnerabilities
  • Bug Bounty Hunting
  • Bug Bounty Hunting
  • +3 more

8.2 Malware Types and Prevention

  • Malware Types and Prevention
  • Malware Types and Prevention
  • How Anti-malware Works
  • How Anti-malware Works
  • OS Malware Security
  • +1 more

8.3 Common Network Attacks

  • Common Network Attacks
  • Social Engineering Hack
  • Social Engineering Tactics
  • Social Engineering Tactics
  • Spot the Scam
  • +6 more

8.4 How Network Traffic Moves

  • Introduction to Routing
  • Routing and Packets
  • IP and MAC Addresses
  • IP and MAC Addresses Quiz
  • What's Happening on the Network?
  • +1 more

8.5 Traffic in the Wrong Hands

  • On Path Attacks
  • On Path Attacks Reflection
  • Eavesdropping
  • Eavesdropping Reflection
  • ARP and MAC Table Investigation
  • +3 more

8.6 Misdirected and Overwhelmed

  • Intro to Domain Name System
  • DNS Activity: CodeHS IP Address
  • DNS Poisoning
  • When DNS Goes Rogue
  • DoS and DDoS: The Smurf Attack
  • +1 more

8.7 How Adversaries Get Into Your Network

  • How Adversaries Get Into Your Network
  • Wireless Attacks and Prevention
  • Reflect: Wireless Attacks Prevention
  • Prevention in Action
  • Spot the Vulnerability Self-Check
  • +1 more

8.8 Additional Attacks

  • Additional Attacks
  • Additional Attacks Quiz
  • What is a Botnet?
  • What is a Botnet? Response
  • Botnet Newscast Project
  • +5 more

8.9 Cross-site Scripting

  • Cross-site Scripting
  • Cross-site Scripting
  • XSS Bug in Yahoo Mail
  • XSS Bug in Yahoo Mail
  • Hacksplaining XSS Demo
  • +3 more

8.10 Secure Application Development

  • Secure Application Development
  • Secure Application Development
  • Secure Coding in Practice
  • From Dev to Production
  • Reflection: From Dev to Production

8.11 Internal Threats

  • Internal Threats
  • Internal Threats
  • BIOS/UEFI Attack Example
  • Accessing BIOS/UEFI
  • Causes of Data Breaches
  • +3 more

8.12 Cyber Defense Quiz

  • Cyber Defense Quiz

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