Cyberhacker Series:  Hacking Databases

This course is for beginners and IT pros looking to get certified and land an entry level Cyber Security position paying upwards of six figures!    Each chapter closes with exercises putting your new learned skills into practical use immediately.   You will start by understand network anonymity by using tools such as Tor, Tortilla and Proxy Chains. 

What are the pre-requisites for this course?

1. Students should have a working understanding of TCP/IP and networking concepts. 

What will you be able to do after taking this course?

• Build a MySQL and Oracle security testing lab - Build out a database security lab and test your database hacking skills following exercises in the course.

• Attack databases using 'first-order SQL injection' techniques - SQL Injection (SQLi) refers to an injection attack wherein an attacker can execute malicious SQLstatements (also commonly referred to as a malicious payload) that control a web application's database server (also commonly referred to as a Relational Database Management System – RDBMS).

• Use the Zed Attack Proxy for data collection on database information - OWASP ZAP (short for Zed Attack Proxy) is an open-source web application security scanner. It is intended to be used by both those new to application security as well as professional penetration testers.

• Learn how to harden the Database and the underlying OS platform to maximize security - Harden the database listener and configure authentication and authorization parameters for the database and underlying operating system . 

• Use Shodan to collect information from open databases and IoT devices on the web - Shodan is the world's first search engine for Internet-connected devices.