Linux Systems

One assignment that I think integrates Linux basics with cybersecurity operations is the password cracking assignment. To do this assignment, I created multiple users with passwords of various difficulties, then I used JohnTheRipper to find the passwords. With the limited time I allowed JohnTheRipper to run, the result of the assignment shows how fast the tool can crack “easy” passwords compared to the more “complex” passwords.

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Cybersecurity Techniques and Operations

Traffic sniffing: Prior to the assignment, we learned about the basics of IP addresses and Subnets: an IP being a unique, 32-bit, global address and subnetting is a technique that divides a larger network into smaller, more secure and efficient, sub-networks. During this time we also went over the Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) standards and addressed how they work together to securely transmit data from sender to receiver.

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Digital Forensics

The final for digital forensics is a mock-forensics investigation. This investigation, as summarized in the abstract, looked into the items of a “congressman” that was suspected of having communication with “Russian adversaries”. Reflecting on the experience, I do think there are some sections that I could have expanded more on; however, I do think this is an accurate reflection of what I learned during the course through labs.

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