CVF 1205 - Scripting and Python for Cybersecurity Professionals

1. Python Scripting - Language Essentials
   • Introduction to Interpreted Languages and Python
   • Data Types and variables
   • Operators and Expressions
   • Program Structure and Control
   • Functions and Functional Programming
   • Classes, Objects and other OOPS concepts
   • Modules, Packages and Distribution
   • Python in Linux and Unixes
   • Python in Windows
   • Python in Mobiles: iPhone and Androids
   • Python in Embedded Devices: Routers
   • Program Portability
   • Lab Exercises Module
2. System Programming and Security
   • I/O in Python
   • File and Directory Access
   • Multithreading and Concurrency
   • Inter Process Communication (IPC)
   • Permissions and Controls
   • Case Studies
   • Lab Exercises Module
3. Network Security Programming - Sniffers and Packet Injectors
   • Raw Socket basics
   • Socket Libraries and Functionality
   • Programming Servers and Clients
   • Programming Wired and Wireless Sniffers
   • Programming arbitrary packet injectors
   • PCAP file parsing and analysis
   • Case Studies
   • Lab Exercises Modeule
4. Web Application Security
   • Web Servers and Client scripting
   • Web Application Fuzzers
   • Scraping Web Applications - HTML and XML file analysis
   • Web Browser Emulation
   • Attacking Web Services
   • Application Proxies and Data Mangling
   • Automation of attacks such as SQL Injection, XSS etc.
   • Case Studies
   • Lab Exercises Module
5. Exploitation Techniques
   • Exploit Development techniques
   • Immunity Debuggers and Libs
   • Writing plugins in Python
   • Binary data analysis
   • Exploit analysis Automation
   • Case Studies
   • Lab Exercises Module
6. Malware Analysis and Reverse Engineering
   • Process Debugging basics
   • Pydbg and its applications
   • Analyzing live applications
   • Setting breakpoints, reading memory etc.
   • In-memory modifications and patching
   • Case Studies
   • Lab Exercises Module
7. Attack Task Automation
   • Task Automation with Python
   • Libraries and Applications
   • Case Studies
   • Lab Exercises Module
8. Further Study and Roadmap
   • Course consolidation
   • Interesting project ideas to pursue Module
9. Exam Pattern and Mock Exam
   • Exam format
   • Example Questions
   • Mock Exam

1. use Python to launch Metasploit basics and framework organization.
2. create server and client side exploitation using Python.
3. launch Meterpreter - extensions and scripting using Python.
4. write a script to launch database integration and automated exploitation.
5. write Python script to create Post Exploitation Kung-Fu.
6. create a token stealing and impersonation, backdoors and rootkits, pivoting and port forwarding using Python.
7. use Python script to create Railgun and custom scripting, backdoor an executable.
8. write Metasploit modules - auxiliary and exploit using batch and Python script.
9. create exploit research with Metasploit- buffer overflows, SEH using Python.
10. design Social Engineering Toolkit (SET) and Armitage with Python script.
11. use Python and scripting solution to solve a scenario-based hacking using Metasploit.

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