{"id":301,"date":"2026-05-05T19:57:40","date_gmt":"2026-05-05T19:57:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/student.wp.odu.edu\/ihenr002\/?page_id=301"},"modified":"2026-05-05T20:54:17","modified_gmt":"2026-05-05T20:54:17","slug":"threat-knowledge","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/student.wp.odu.edu\/ihenr002\/?page_id=301","title":{"rendered":"Threat Knowledge"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-large-font-size\">Linux Systems<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>One assignment that I think integrates Linux basics with cybersecurity operations is the <strong>password cracking<\/strong> 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 &#8220;easy&#8221; passwords compared to the more &#8220;complex&#8221; passwords. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div data-wp-interactive=\"\" class=\"wp-block-file\"><object data-wp-bind--hidden=\"!selectors.core.file.hasPdfPreview\" hidden class=\"wp-block-file__embed\" data=\"https:\/\/student.wp.odu.edu\/ihenr002\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35258\/2026\/05\/CYSE270-Assignment-6.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:600px\" aria-label=\"Embed of CYSE270-Assignment-6.\"><\/object><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-f5cc8a55-5be2-46f0-bf39-d6ea94b0e48f\" href=\"https:\/\/student.wp.odu.edu\/ihenr002\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35258\/2026\/05\/CYSE270-Assignment-6.pdf\">CYSE270-Assignment-6<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/student.wp.odu.edu\/ihenr002\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35258\/2026\/05\/CYSE270-Assignment-6.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-f5cc8a55-5be2-46f0-bf39-d6ea94b0e48f\">Download<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-large-font-size\">Cybersecurity Techniques and Operations<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-regular-font-size\"><strong>Traffic sniffing:<\/strong> 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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div data-wp-interactive=\"\" class=\"wp-block-file\"><object data-wp-bind--hidden=\"!selectors.core.file.hasPdfPreview\" hidden class=\"wp-block-file__embed\" data=\"https:\/\/student.wp.odu.edu\/ihenr002\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35258\/2026\/05\/CYSE-301-Assignment-2-2.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:600px\" aria-label=\"Embed of CYSE-301-Assignment-2-2.\"><\/object><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-6b5f7764-40bc-49a2-81f0-573c88716f23\" href=\"https:\/\/student.wp.odu.edu\/ihenr002\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35258\/2026\/05\/CYSE-301-Assignment-2-2.pdf\">CYSE-301-Assignment-2-2<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/student.wp.odu.edu\/ihenr002\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35258\/2026\/05\/CYSE-301-Assignment-2-2.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-6b5f7764-40bc-49a2-81f0-573c88716f23\">Download<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div data-wp-interactive=\"\" class=\"wp-block-file\"><object data-wp-bind--hidden=\"!selectors.core.file.hasPdfPreview\" hidden class=\"wp-block-file__embed\" data=\"https:\/\/student.wp.odu.edu\/ihenr002\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35258\/2026\/05\/wireshark-pt2-2.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:600px\" aria-label=\"Embed of wireshark-pt2-2.\"><\/object><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-e331b34e-0811-4d95-9c6c-b2929cf2e418\" href=\"https:\/\/student.wp.odu.edu\/ihenr002\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35258\/2026\/05\/wireshark-pt2-2.pdf\">wireshark-pt2-2<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/student.wp.odu.edu\/ihenr002\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35258\/2026\/05\/wireshark-pt2-2.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-e331b34e-0811-4d95-9c6c-b2929cf2e418\">Download<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div data-wp-interactive=\"\" class=\"wp-block-file\"><object data-wp-bind--hidden=\"!selectors.core.file.hasPdfPreview\" hidden class=\"wp-block-file__embed\" data=\"https:\/\/student.wp.odu.edu\/ihenr002\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35258\/2026\/05\/Wireshark-3.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:600px\" aria-label=\"Embed of Wireshark-3.\"><\/object><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-c9fa03f6-393f-4aef-b517-8ecbf0616b71\" href=\"https:\/\/student.wp.odu.edu\/ihenr002\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35258\/2026\/05\/Wireshark-3.pdf\">Wireshark-3<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/student.wp.odu.edu\/ihenr002\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35258\/2026\/05\/Wireshark-3.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-c9fa03f6-393f-4aef-b517-8ecbf0616b71\">Download<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-large-font-size\">Digital Forensics<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The final for digital forensics is a mock-forensics investigation. This investigation, as summarized in the abstract, looked into the items of a &#8220;congressman&#8221; that was suspected of having communication with &#8220;Russian adversaries&#8221;. 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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div data-wp-interactive=\"\" class=\"wp-block-file\"><object data-wp-bind--hidden=\"!selectors.core.file.hasPdfPreview\" hidden class=\"wp-block-file__embed\" data=\"https:\/\/student.wp.odu.edu\/ihenr002\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35258\/2026\/05\/Digital-Forensics-Final-1.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:600px\" aria-label=\"Embed of Digital-Forensics-Final-1.\"><\/object><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-00ef278a-8458-4bc5-aa4b-17edd1113ed8\" href=\"https:\/\/student.wp.odu.edu\/ihenr002\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35258\/2026\/05\/Digital-Forensics-Final-1.pdf\">Digital-Forensics-Final-1<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/student.wp.odu.edu\/ihenr002\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35258\/2026\/05\/Digital-Forensics-Final-1.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-00ef278a-8458-4bc5-aa4b-17edd1113ed8\">Download<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Linux Systems One assignment that I think integrates Linux basics with cybersecurity operations is the password cracking assignment. 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