This course will cover various security concepts, attacks, and countermeasures with a series of hands-on experiments. The topics included in the course include Linux basics, cryptography, operating system security, web basics, web security, and network security. The course prepares students to be an entry-level cybersecurity specialist.

Learning Outcomes

Upon completion of this course, the student should be able to:

1. Understand Linux basics, including file system organization, access control mechanism, process management, and text file editors.
2. Use basic commands to operate Linux.
3. Understand and use basic cryptographies, including symmetric encryption, asymmetric encryption, and cryptographic hash.
4. Understand the attack principle and the countermeasures of privilege escalation.
5. Understand HTTP basics and implement HTTP request interception attack.
6. Understand and implement several common web attacks, including XSS and SQL injection.
7. Understand and implement basic network reconnaissance, analysis and attack techniques with countermeasures.

Course contents:

Lab 1: Linux basics.

Lab 2: Hash and Symmetric Encryption.

Lab 3: Privilege escalation and Reverse Shell

Lab 4: HTTP basics and HTTP Request Interception attack

Lab 5: Web security – Cross-site Scripting Attack

Lab 6: Web security – SQL Injection Attack

Lab 7: Password Cracking (CTF)

Lab 8: Network Security – Nmap Network Scanning

Lab 9: Network Security – ARP Spoofing (Man-in-the-Middle Attack)

Lab 10: Public Key Cryptography (Asymmetric Encryption and Digital Signature)

Lab 11: Digital Certificate and Public Key Infrastructure (PKI)