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Information Security Lab Manual

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Chapter 1: Introduction to Information Security

Install Linux in a VM

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Linux Terminal Commands

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Chapter 2: Passwords & People

Darknet Diaries #33: RockYou

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John the Ripper

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Retrieving Passwords from the Browser

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Peeking at a DACL

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Hash Fun

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HaveIBeenPwned

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Security Checkup

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Using SQRL

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Chapter 3: Malware and Threats

Phishing Quiz

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Setting up a chroot Jail

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Exploring VIRUSTOTAL

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Checksumming

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Chapter 4: Information & Cryptography

Create a Fake Tweet

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Steganography

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Linux File Permissions

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The One Time Pad

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Using GnuPG

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Certificates, CRLs, and OCSPs

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Chapter 5: Staying Safe Online

Ghostery Hunting

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Fiddling with DNS

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Using nslookup and whois

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Google Security Checkup

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Darknet Diaries #52: Magecart

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Digging with Dig

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NicOrNot & Fawkes

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Chapter 6: Staying Safe at Home

Configuring a Router

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Home Router Hardening

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Using Wireshark

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IoT Assistant

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IoT Inspector

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Chapter 7: Staying Safe at Work

Canary Tracker

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Configuring a RAID

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Google Dorking

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Installing a Honeypot

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Using dd

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Using Shodan

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Exploring Ransomware

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Darknet Diaries #36: Jeremy from Marketing

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Darknet Diaries #40: No Parking

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Darknet Diaries #54: NotPetya

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Chapter 8: Social Engineering

Using Sherlock

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Using the Social Engineering Toolkit I

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Phishing Website Experience

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Darknet Diaries #56: Jordan

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Darknet Diaries #69: Human Hacker

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Darknet Diaries #80: The Whistleblower

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Using the Social Engineering Toolkit II

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Chapter 9: The Law

Researching the Law

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Distilling one Recent News Article

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Chapter 10: Secure Software Design

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Install WebGoat

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Broken Authentication - Password Reset

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Bypass Front-End Restrictions

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Client Side Filtering

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HTML Tampering

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SQL Injection

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BONUS LABS

Using netcat

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Banner Grabbing

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Using Nmap

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TCP Dump

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Darknet Diaries # 44: Zain

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