1. Ethical Hacking for Educators
Presented By
Regina DeLisse Hartley, Ph.D.
Caldwell Community College &
Technical Institute

2. Overview Old School Hackers: History of Hacking
Ec-Council: Certified Ethical Hacker
Learning Competencies
Teaching Resources: Ethical Hacking Textbooks
Hacking Tools
Hacker Challenge Websites
Additional Web Sites
Questions and Answers

3. Old School Hackers: History of Hacking

4. PREHISTORY
1960s: The Dawn of Hacking Original meaning of the word "hack" started at MIT; meant elegant, witty or inspired way of doing almost anything; hacks were programming shortcuts
ELDER DAYS ( )
1970s: Phone Phreaks and Cap'n Crunch: One phreak, John Draper (aka "Cap'n Crunch"), discovers a toy whistle inside Cap'n Crunch cereal gives 2600-hertz signal, and can access AT&T's long-distance switching system.
Draper builds a "blue box" used with whistle allows phreaks to make free calls.
Steve Wozniak and Steve Jobs, future founders of Apple Computer, make and sell blue boxes. THE GOLDEN AGE ( )
1980: Hacker Message Boards and Groups Hacking groups form; such as Legion of Doom (US), Chaos Computer Club (Germany).
1983: Kids' Games Movie "War Games" introduces public to hacking.

5. THE GREAT HACKER WAR
Legion of Doom vs Masters of Deception; online warfare; jamming phone lines.
1984: Hacker 'Zines Hacker magazine 2600 publication; online 'zine Phrack.
CRACKDOWN ( )
1986: Congress passes Computer Fraud and Abuse Act; crime to break into computer systems.
1988: The Morris Worm Robert T. Morris, Jr., launches self-replicating worm on ARPAnet.
1989: The Germans , the KGB and Kevin Mitnick.
German Hackers arrested for breaking into U.S. computers; sold information to Soviet KGB.
Hacker "The Mentor“ arrested; publishes Hacker's Manifesto.
Kevin Mitnick convicted; first person convicted under law against gaining access to interstate network for criminal purposes.

6. 1993: Why Buy a Car When You Can Hack One
1993: Why Buy a Car When You Can Hack One? Radio station call-in contest; hacker-fugitive Kevin Poulsen and friends crack phone; they allegedly get two Porsches, $20,000 cash, vacation trips; Poulsen now a freelance journalist covering computer crime.
First Def Con hacking conference in Las Vegas
ZERO TOLERANCE ( )
1995: The Mitnick Takedown: Arrested again; charged with stealing 20,000 credit card numbers.
1995: Russian Hackers Siphon $10 million from Citibank; Vladimir Levin, leader.
Oct teenager hacks into Bell Atlantic phone system; disabled communication at airport disables runway lights.
1999 hackers attack Pentagon, MIT, FBI web sites.
1999: E-commerce company attacked; blackmail threats followed by 8 million credit card numbers stolen. (

7. Ec-Council: Certified Ethical Hacker

8. EC-Council has certified IT professionals from the following organizations as CEH:
Novell, Canon, Hewlett Packard, US Air Force Reserve, US Embassy, Verizon, PFIZER, HDFC Bank, University of Memphis, Microsoft Corporation, Worldcom, Trusecure, US Department of Defense, Fedex, Dunlop, British Telecom, Cisco, Supreme Court of the Philippines, United Nations, Ministry of Defense, UK, Nortel Networks, MCI, Check Point Software, KPMG, Fleet International, Cingular Wireless, Columbia Daily Tribune, Johnson & Johnson, Marriott Hotel, Tucson Electric Power Company, Singapore Police Force

9. (Cont.)
PriceWaterhouseCoopers, SAP, Coca-Cola Corporation, Quantum Research, US Military, IBM Global Services, UPS, American Express, FBI, Citibank Corporation, Boehringer Ingelheim, Wipro, New York City Dept Of IT & Telecom – DoITT, United States Marine Corps, Reserve Bank of India, US Air Force, EDS, Bell Canada, SONY, Kodak, Ontario Provincial Police, Harris Corporation, Xerox, Philips Electronics, U.S. Army, Schering, Accenture, Bank One, SAIC, Fujitsu, Deutsche Bank

10. Hackers are here. Where are you?
The explosive growth of the Internet has brought many good things…As with most technological advances, there is also a dark side: criminal hackers.
The term “hacker” has a dual usage in the computer industry today. Originally, the term was defined as:
HACKER noun. 1. A person who enjoys learning the details of computer systems and how to stretch their capabilities…. 2. One who programs enthusiastically or who enjoys programming rather than just theorizing about programming.

11. What is a Hacker?
Old School Hackers: 1960s style Stanford or MIT hackers. Do not have malicious intent, but do have lack of concern for privacy and proprietary information. They believe the Internet was designed to be an open system.
Script Kiddies or Cyber-Punks: Between 12-30; predominantly white and male; bored in school; get caught due to bragging online; intent is to vandalize or disrupt systems.
Professional Criminals or Crackers: Make a living by breaking into systems and selling the information.
Coders and Virus Writers: See themselves as an elite; programming background and write code but won’t use it themselves; have their own networks called “zoos”; leave it to others to release their code into “The Wild” or Internet. (

12. What is Ethical Hacking?
Ethical hacking – defined “methodology adopted by ethical hackers to discover the vulnerabilities existing in information systems’ operating environments.”
With the growth of the Internet, computer security has become a major concern for businesses and governments.
In their search for a way to approach the problem, organizations came to realize that one of the best ways to evaluate the intruder threat to their interests would be to have independent computer security professionals attempt to break into their computer systems.

13. Who are Ethical Hackers?
“One of the best ways to evaluate the intruder threat is to have an independent computer security professionals attempt to break their computer systems”
Successful ethical hackers possess a variety of skills. First and foremost, they must be completely trustworthy.
Ethical hackers typically have very strong programming and computer networking skills.
They are also adept at installing and maintaining systems that use the more popular operating systems (e.g., Linux or Windows 2000) used on target systems.
These base skills are augmented with detailed knowledge of the hardware and software provided by the more popular computer and networking hardware vendors.

14. What do Ethical Hackers do?
An ethical hacker’s evaluation of a system’s security seeks answers to these basic questions:
What can an intruder see on the target systems?
What can an intruder do with that information?
Does anyone at the target notice the intruder’s at tempts or successes?
What are you trying to protect?
What are you trying to protect against?
How much time, effort, and money are you willing to expend to obtain adequate protection?

15. How much do Ethical Hackers get Paid?
Globally, the hiring of ethical hackers is on the rise with most of them working with top consulting firms.
In the United States, an ethical hacker can make upwards of $120,000 per annum.
Freelance ethical hackers can expect to make $10,000 per assignment.
Some ranges from $15,000 to
$45,000 for a standalone ethical
hack.

16. Certified Ethical Hacker (C|EH) Training
InfoSec Academy
Five-day Certified Ethical Hacker (C|EH) Training Camp Certification Training Program
(C|EH) examination
C|EH Certified Ethical
Hacker Training Camp (5-Day Package)$3,595 ($2,580 training only)
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17. Learning Competencies

18. Required Skills of an Ethical Hacker
Routers: knowledge of routers, routing protocols, and access control lists
Microsoft: skills in operation, configuration and management.
Linux: knowledge of Linux/Unix; security setting, configuration, and services.
Firewalls: configurations, and operation of intrusion detection systems.
Mainframes
Network Protocols: TCP/IP; how they function and can be manipulated.
Project Management: knowledge of leading, planning, organizing, and controlling a penetration testing team.
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19. Modes of Ethical Hacking
Insider attack
Outsider attack
Stolen equipment attack
Physical entry
Bypassed authentication attack (wireless access points)
Social engineering attack
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20. Anatomy of an attack:
Reconnaissance – attacker gathers information; can include social engineering.
Scanning – searches for open ports (port scan) probes target for vulnerabilities.
Gaining access – attacker exploits vulnerabilities to get inside system; used for spoofing IP.
Maintaining access – creates backdoor through use of Trojans; once attacker gains access makes sure he/she can get back in.
Covering tracks – deletes files, hides files, and erases log files. So that attacker cannot be detected or penalized.
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21. Black hats – highly skilled, malicious, destructive “crackers”
Hacker classes
Black hats – highly skilled,
malicious, destructive “crackers”
White hats – skills used for
defensive security analysts
Gray hats – offensively and
defensively; will hack for different
reasons, depends on situation.
Hactivism – hacking for social and political cause.
Ethical hackers – determine what attackers can gain access to, what they will do with the information, and can they be detected.
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22. Teaching Resources: Ethical Hacking Textbooks

23. Certified Ethical Hacker
Ec-Council
Certified Ethical Hacker
ISBN

24. Ec-Council Topics Covered
Introduction to Ethical Hacking
Footprinting
Scanning
Enumeration
System Hacking
Trojans and Backdoors
Sniffers
Denial of Service
Social Engineering
Session Hijacking
Hacking Web Servers

25. Ec-Council (Cont.) Web Application Vulnerabilities
Web Based Password Cracking Techniques
SQL Injection
Hacking Wireless Networks
Viruses
Novell Hacking
Linux Hacking
Evading IDS, Firewalls and Honeypots
Buffer Overflows
Cryptography

26. Certified Ethical Hacker Exam Prep
ISBN

27. Certified Ethical Hacker Exam Prep
The Business Aspects of Penetration Testing
The Technical Foundations of Hacking
Footprinting and Scanning
Enumeration and System Hacking
Linux and automated Security Assessment Tools
Trojans and Backdoors
Sniffers, Session Hyjacking, and Denial of Service

28. Certified Ethical Hacker Exam Prep (Cont.)
Web Server Hacking, Web Applications, and Database Attacks
Wireless Technologies, Security, and Attacks
IDS, Firewalls, and Honeypots
Buffer Overflows, Viruses, and Worms
Cryptographic Attacks and Defenses
Physical Security and Social Engineering

29. Hands-On Information Security Lab Manual, Second Edition
1. Footprinting 2. Scanning and Enumeration 3. Operating System Vulnerabilities and Resolutions 4. Network Security Tools and Technologies 5. Security Maintenance 6. Information Security Management 7. File System Security and Cryptography 8. Computer Forensics
ISBN X

30. Hacking Tools: Footprinting and Reconnaissance

31. Whois

32. Whois (cont.)

33. Whois (cont.)

34. Sam Spade

35. Sam Spade (Cont.)

36. Nslookup

37. Nslookup Options

38. Traceroute

39. Ping

40. Ping Options

41. Hacking Tools: Scanning and Enumeration

42. nmap

43. NMapWin

44. SuperScan

45. SuperScan (Cont.)

46. IP Scanner

47. Hyena

48. Retina

49. LANguard

50. Hacking Tools: System Hacking

51. telnet

52. Snadboy

53. Password Cracking with LOphtcrack

54. Keylogger

55. Hacking Tools: Trojans and Backdoors

56. NetBus

57. Game Creates Backdoor for NetBus

58. SubSeven

59. Hacking Tools: Sniffers

60. Spoofing a MAC address Original Configuration

61. Spoofed Mac

62. Ethereal

63. Iris

64. Snort

65. Hacking Tools: Web Based Password Cracking

66. Cain and Abel

67. Cain and Abel (Cont.)

68. Cain and Abel (Cont.)

69. Legion

70. Brutus

71. Hacking Tools: Covering Tracks

72. ImageHide

73. ClearLogs

74. ClearLogs (Cont.)

75. Hacking Tools: Google Hacking and SQL Injection

76. Google Hacking

77. Google Cheat Sheet

78. SQL Injection Allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary database
commands
Relies on poorly formed database queries and insufficient
input validation
Often facilitated, but does not rely on unhandled
exceptions and ODBC error messages
Impact: MASSIVE. This is one of the most dangerous
vulnerabilities on the web.

79. Common Database Query

80. Problem: Unvalidated Input

81. Piggybacking Queries with UNION

82. Hacker Challenge Websites

85. Hackthissite.org

86. Answers revealed in code

87. Hackits

88. Additional Web Sites

89. Legion of Ethical Hacking

90. Legion of Ethical Hacking (Cont.)

91. Hacker Highschool

92. Hacker Highschool

93. johnny.ihackstuff.com/

94. HappyHacker.org

95. Foundstone

96. Insecure.org

97. SANS Institute

98. Questions & Answers