CEH v11: Hijacking Concepts & Countermeasures

Sessions are like a verified conversation between trusted systems which makes session hijacking a common form of attack. In this course you;ll learn about session hijacking including how it accomplished and the different types. Session hijacking attacks can be performed at the network level so you;ll also explore common network-based session hijacking attacks such as UDP TCP and RST hijacking. Next you;ll move on to examine common application level session hijacking attacks such as man-in-the-middle man-in-the-browser cross-site scripting and cross-site request forgery. Finally you;ll learn about common session hijacking security controls and countermeasures as well as best practices like using encrypted protocols and secure session handling techniques. This course is one in a series that helps to prepare you for the Certified Ethical Hacker v11 (312-50) exam.