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The Art of Attack: Attacker Mindset for Security Professionals

Develop a proactive cybersecurity mindset and skills based on real-world threats and attack techniques.

(ATK-MINDSEC.AE1) / ISBN : 978-1-64459-406-3
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About This Course

Ever wondered what it’s like to think like an attacker? Our Art of Cyber Attack course gives you a behind-the-scenes look at the field of cybersecurity. You’ll learn everything from threat hunting to penetration testing, all without breaking any laws. We’ll teach you how to spot vulnerabilities in systems, understand the psychology behind attacks, and even create your own defense strategies.

Skills You’ll Get

  • Access and penetrate systems to simulate attacks and identify weaknesses before they can be exploited by malicious actors 
  • Hack ethically to gain a deeper understanding of attacker techniques and develop effective defense strategies 
  • Engineer socially to understand how attackers manipulate people to gain unauthorized access 
  • Analyze malware to understand its functionality, behavior, and potential impact 
  • Investigate digital evidence to uncover cybercrimes and gather evidence for legal proceedings 
  • Respond to incidents effectively to minimize damage and restore systems
  • Script automation using languages like Python or Bash to streamline tasks and create custom tools
  • Master networking protocols such as TCP/IP and HTTP to analyze network traffic and identify anomalies 
  • Manage databases using SQL to extract and manipulate data for analysis

 

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1

Introduction

  • Who Is This Course For?
  • What This Course Covers
2

What Is the Attacker Mindset?

  • Using the Mindset
  • The Attacker and the Mindset
  • AMs Is a Needed Set of Skills
  • Summary
3

Offensive vs. Defensive Attacker Mindset

  • The Offensive Attacker Mindset
  • Defensive Attacker Mindset
  • Summary
4

The Attacker Mindset Framework

  • Development
  • Ethics
  • Social Engineering and Security
  • Summary
5

The Laws

  • Law 1: Start with the End in Mind
  • Law 2: Gather, Weaponize, and Leverage Information
  • Law 3: Never Break Pretext
  • Law 4: Every Move Made Benefits the Objective
  • Summary
6

Curiosity, Persistence, and Agility

  • Curiosity
  • The Exercise: Part 1
  • The Exercise: Part 2
  • Persistence
  • Skills and Common Sense
  • Summary
7

Information Processing: Observation and Thinking Techniques

  • Your Brain vs. Your Observation
  • Observation vs. Heuristics
  • Observation vs. Intuition
  • Observing People
  • Observation Exercise
  • AMs and Observation
  • Tying It All Together
  • Critical and Nonlinear Thinking
  • Vector vs. Arc
  • Education and Critical Thinking
  • Workplace Critical Thinking
  • Critical Thinking and Other Psychological Constructs
  • Nonlinear Thinking
  • Tying Them Together
  • Summary
8

Information Processing in Practice

  • Reconnaissance
  • Recon: Passive
  • Recon: Active
  • OSINT
  • Signal vs. Noise
  • Summary
9

Attack Strategy

  • Attacks in Action
  • Strategic Environment
  • The Necessity of Engagement and Winning
  • The Attack Surface
  • AMs Applied to the Attack Vectors
  • Summary
10

Psychology in Attacks

  • Setting The Scene: Why Psychology Matters
  • Ego Suspension, Humility & Asking for Help
  • Introducing the Target-Attacker Window Model
  • Target Psychology
  • Thin-Slice Assessments
  • Default to Truth
  • Summary
11

Staying Protected—The Individual

  • Attacker Mindset for Ordinary People
  • Behavioral Security
  • Amygdala Hijacking
  • Analyze Your Attack Surface
  • Summary
12

Staying Protected—The Business

  • Testing and Red Teams
  • The Complex Policy
  • Antifragile
  • The Full Spectrum of Crises
  • Final Thoughts
  • Summary

1

What Is the Attacker Mindset?

  • Exploiting a Website Using SQL Injection
2

Offensive vs. Defensive Attacker Mindset

  • Using the NsLookup Tool
  • Using theHarvester
3

The Attacker Mindset Framework

  • Using a Social Engineering Technique
4

Information Processing in Practice

  • Using Recon-ng
  • Performing Passive Reconnaissance
  • Performing Active Reconnaissance
  • Footprinting a Website
  • Displaying Metadata Information
5

Attack Strategy

  • Using Anti-Phishing Tools
  • Performing a Phishing Attack
6

Psychology in Attacks

  • Gathering OSINT
  • Performing a Spoofing Attack
7

Staying Protected—The Individual

  • Creating a VPN Connection
  • Analyzing Pwned Passwords

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The attacker mindset is the ability to think like a hacker and understand the tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs) used by attackers. Cybersecurity professionals need to anticipate threats, identify vulnerabilities, and develop effective defense & offensive security training strategies.

The cyber attack strategies course is designed to be accessible to individuals with varying levels of cybersecurity experience. While some prior knowledge might be beneficial, the course will provide the necessary foundation for understanding ethical hacking.

Yes, acquiring hacking techniques for security professionals from this course can enhance your job prospects in the cybersecurity field.

The course may prepare you for various cybersecurity certifications, such as Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH), Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP), or Certified Penetration Testing Engineer (CPTE).

Potential career paths include cybersecurity analyst, penetration tester, ethical hacker, security engineer, and information security manager.

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