Module 2: Threats and Exploits

Time Required: 1 Hour 30 Minutes

2.1 Module outline and expected learning outcomes

• Learners will be introduced to the risk of cyber threats that individuals and business face and how these threats are managed

2.2 Cyber crime landscape

• Current Cybercrime landscape
• Future landscape
• Examples of critical cyber threats and their consequences
  • Cyber terrorism
  • Cyber warfare
  • Cyber espionage

2.3 Cyber threats

• A review of threat actors:
  • Criminals
  • Nation state
  • Hacktivist
  • Insider
• Types of Malware:
  • virus
  • spyware
  • adware
  • trojan
  • worm
  • ransomware
• Review the type of threats:
  • data modification
  • spam
  • phishing
  • spear phishing
  • Denial-of-Service attack (DoS Attack)
  • Distributed Detail of service attach (DDoS attack)
  • Man-in-the-middle attacks
• Define zero day vulnerabilities
• Runtime Packers
• Internet Resources (URL scan, VT)
• Malware Analysis
  • Static Analysis
  • Blackboxing
  • Internet research
  • Whiteboxing