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Open Source Password Cracking
Part of Cyber Security Fundamentals · Forensic Investigations and Evidence Handling · Pentesting and Network Exploitation · Vulnerability Assessment Analyst Topic: General Cyber Security
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What you'll do
Students will use John the Ripper and Cain and Abel to crack various password protected file types on a Windows machine.
- ⏱ About 60 minutes
- Counts towards: CompTIA Security+ (exam SY0-701) · ISC2 Certified in Cybersecurity (exam CC) · Certified Ethical Hacker (exam CEH) · CompTIA PenTest+ (exam PT0-003) · OffSec Certified Professional (exam OSCP) · CompTIA CySA+ (exam CS0-004)
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Roadmaps that use this lab
- CompTIA Security+ (SY0-701) — step 2: General security concepts and threats
- ISC2 Certified in Cybersecurity (CC) — step 2: Prove the basics hands on
- CompTIA CySA+ (CS0-004) — step 4: Vulnerability management
- SOC Analyst — career path — step 2: Security foundation
- SOC Analyst — career path — step 6: Analyst certification
- SOC Analyst — career path — step 7: Evidence basics
- CompTIA PenTest+ (PT0-003) — step 3: Exploitation
- Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH) — step 3: Exploitation and post-exploitation
- OffSec Certified Professional (OSCP) — step 3: Exploitation and privilege escalation
- CRISC — Certified in Risk and Information Systems Control — step 4: Technology and security
- Penetration Tester — career path — step 1: Security foundation
- Penetration Tester — career path — step 7: Certify it
- Threat Hunter — career path — step 1: Security foundation
- Threat Hunter — career path — step 3: The analyst certification
- Digital Forensics Analyst — career path — step 1: Security foundation
- Digital Forensics Analyst — career path — step 2: Forensics foundations
- Digital Forensics Analyst — career path — step 5: Incident response, certified
- Threat Intelligence Analyst — career path — step 1: Security foundation
- Threat Intelligence Analyst — career path — step 2: SOC grounding, certified
- Cloud Security Engineer — career path — step 1: Security foundation
- Security Engineer — career path — step 1: Security foundation
- Security Architect — career path — step 1: Security foundation
- Network Security Engineer — career path — step 3: Security foundation
- Security Administrator — career path — step 3: Security foundation
- Cyber Security Manager — career path — step 1: Security foundation
- Cyber Security Risk Manager — career path — step 1: Security foundation
- Cyber Security Risk Manager — career path — step 4: The risk certification
- Cyber Security Compliance Officer — career path — step 1: Security foundation
- AI Security Engineer — career path — step 1: Security foundation
