Ethical Hacking
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Ethical Hacking Syllabus — Unit-wise Content
The official GTU curriculum for Ethical Hacking (subject code 3174802) as prescribed for CS-Cyber · Semester 7 divides the course into 10 units, covering 28 listed topics. The unit-wise breakdown below is read from the GTU syllabus document for this subject code, so you can check what the course actually covers before deciding which papers to attempt.
Download the official syllabus PDF (3174802)Unit 1 Introduction to Ethical Hacking
- Security fundamentals
- security testing
- differences between hackers and crackers
- legal considerations, and ethical guidelines in hacking
Unit 2 The Technical Foundations of Hacking
- The attacker’s process
- the ethical hacker’s methodology
- system security layers and the stack
Unit 3 Footprinting and Scanning
- Techniques for information gathering
- identifying network ranges
- detecting active machines
- open ports, and OS fingerprinting
Unit 4 Vulnerability Assessment and Penetration Testing
- Importance of vulnerability assessment
- risk mitigation, and regulatory compliance
Unit 5 Enumeration and System Hacking
- Techniques of enumeration
- system hacking methodologies
- DoS and DDoS attacks, and sniffers
Unit 6 Malware Threats
- Types of malware including viruses
- covert communications
- keystroke logging and spyware
Unit 7 Sniffers, Session Hijacking and Denial of Service
- Network sniffing
- session hijacking strategies, and denial of service threats
Unit 8 Web Server, Application, and Database Hacking
- Exploiting web servers and applications
- attacking databases, and web session hijacking
Unit 9 Wireless Technologies and Mobile Security
- Wireless protocols
- vulnerabilities in WLANs
- mobile device security, and pentesting for mobile systems
Unit 10 IDS, Firewalls and Honeypots
- Overview of Intrusion Detection Systems
- firewall types and configurations, and the role of honeypots
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