Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur

Ethical Hacking Essentials

Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur

Cyber Security

About Programme

Build strong foundations in ethical hacking, penetration testing, and cybersecurity attack and defence techniques

Hands on ethical hacking training with live instructor led weekday sessions.
Learn core hacking techniques used in CEH style cybersecurity roles.
Work on real world hacking tools, lab environments and live projects.
Batch-wise Course Start Dates: Batch 1: 3rd August 2026 | Batch 2: 7th September 2026 | Batch 3: 5th October 2026 | Batch 4: 16th November 2026

What you'll learn

Understand core ethical hacking concepts, attack methodologies and security fundamentals
Perform network scanning, vulnerability assessment and system level attacks.
Learn web, wireless, mobile, IoT and cloud security attack techniques.
Apply defensive strategies, countermeasures and security best practices.

Skills you'll gain

Network ScanningVulnerability AssessmentSystem HackingSniffing, DoS, SQL Injection and Session HijackingWireless, Mobile and IoT HackingBasics of Cloud Security and Cryptography

Programme Content

Introduction to Ethical Hacking

  • What is hacking
  • Incident management process
  • Penetration testing
  • Information security

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    Footprinting and Reconnaissance

  • Various types of footprinting
  • Footprinting tools
  • Footprinting countermeasures

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    Scanning Networks

  • Network scanning techniques
  • Scanning countermeasures

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    Enumeration

  • Enumeration techniques
  • Enumeration countermeasures

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    Vulnerability Analysis

  • Vulnerability analysis using different tools

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    System Hacking

  • System hacking methodology
  • Steganography
  • Steganalysis attacks
  • Covering tracks

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    Malware Threats

  • Different types of Trojans
  • Trojan analysis
  • Trojan countermeasures
  • Working of viruses
  • Virus analysis
  • Computer worms
  • Malware analysis

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    Sniffing

  • Packet sniffing techniques
  • How to defend against sniffing

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    Social Engineering

  • Social engineering techniques
  • Identity theft
  • Social engineering countermeasures

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    Denial of Service

  • DoS and DDoS attack techniques
  • Botnets
  • DDoS attack tools
  • DoS and DDoS countermeasures

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    Session Hijacking

  • Session hijacking techniques
  • Session hijacking countermeasures

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    Hacking Webservers

  • Different types of webserver attacks
  • Attack methodology
  • Hacking webserver countermeasures

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    Hacking Web Applications

  • Different types of web application attacks
  • Web application hacking methodology
  • Web application countermeasures

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    Hacking Wireless Networks

  • Wireless encryption
  • Wireless hacking methodology
  • Wireless hacking tools
  • Wi-Fi security tools

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    Hacking Mobile Platforms

  • Mobile platform attack vectors
  • Android vulnerabilities
  • Jailbreaking iOS
  • Windows phone 8 vulnerabilities
  • Mobile security guidelines

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    Evading IDS, Firewalls and Honeypots

  • Firewall concepts
  • IDS and honeypot evasion techniques
  • Evasion tools
  • Countermeasures

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    SQL Injection

  • SQL injection attacks
  • Injection detection tools

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    IoT Hacking

  • IoT attack types
  • Securing IoT devices

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    Cloud Computing

  • Cloud computing concepts
  • Cloud attacks
  • Cloud security techniques

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    Cryptography

  • Types of cryptographic ciphers
  • Public Key Infrastructure
  • Cryptography attacks
  • Cryptanalysis tools

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