CEH v11: Hijacking Concepts & Countermeasures

Skillsoft issued completion badges are earned based on viewing the percentage required or receiving a passing score when assessment is required. Sessions are like a verified conversation between trusted systems, which makes session hijacking a common form of attack. In this course, you'll learn about session hijacking, including how it's accomplished and the different types. Session hijacking attacks can be performed at the network level, so you'll also explore common network-based session hijacking attacks such as UDP, TCP, and RST hijacking. Next, you'll move on to examine common application level session hijacking attacks such as man-in-the-middle, man-in-the-browser, cross-site scripting, and cross-site request forgery. Finally, you'll learn about common session hijacking security controls and countermeasures, as well as best practices like using encrypted protocols and secure session handling techniques. This course is one in a series that helps to prepare you for the Certified Ethical Hacker v11 (312-50) exam.