CompTIA Security+ SY0-501: Cryptographic and Wireless Attacks

Course Overview

Finding weaknesses in cryptosystems is not simply an exercise for cryptanalysts but also a goal of hackers. This course explores cryptographic and wireless attacks and will prepare you for the Security+ SY0-501 exam.

Target Audience

IT security professionals with a minimum of two years' experience in IT administration with a focus on security; users with basic day-to-day technical information security experience; those interested in gaining a broader and deeper knowledge of security concerns and implementation; and learners preparing for the Security+ SY0-501 exam

Learning Objectives

• recognize brute-force and dictionary attacks
• demonstrate brute-force tools
• describe birthday, known plaintext, and cipher attacks
• compare online vs. offline attacks
• define collisions
• describe downgrade attacks
• recognize replay attacks
• specify initialization vector weaknesses
• compare evil twins and rogue apps
• describe jamming
• compare bluejacking and bluesnarfing
• define WPS attacks
• recognize disassociation attacks
• compare RFID and near field communication (NFC)
• recognize cryptographic and wireless attacks