Master the techniques behind modern ethical hacking by exploring how attackers exploit systems and how defenders can protect them. In this course, you will examine backdoors, privilege escalation, Meterpreter-based exploits, forensic evasion, password attacks, Trojan horse techniques, and Java-based exploits before progressing to advanced network attacks involving ARP poisoning, DNS spoofing, DHCP manipulation, ICMP redirection, and man-in-the-middle (MITM) attacks. You will also investigate denial-of-service (DoS) and distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks, malicious network tools, and practical defense strategies.

Ethical Hacking: Meterpreter, DNS & ICMP Attacks

Ethical Hacking: Meterpreter, DNS & ICMP Attacks
This course is part of Kali Linux: Ethical Hacking & Pentesting Specialization

Instructor: EDUCBA
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What you'll learn
Identify and simulate backdoors, privilege escalation, and spoofing.
Apply tools like Meterpreter, John the Ripper, and EvilGrade.
Execute and defend against MITM, redirection, and DDoS attacks.
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Taught in English
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