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Advanced Python Scripting for Cybersecurity

Howard Poston

Python is one of the most popular and widely-used programming languages in the world, due to its high usability and large collection of libraries. This learning path provides an application-driven introduction to using advanced Python features for offensive and defense cybersecurity. This path demonstrates how some of the advanced functionality in Python packages can be applied to cybersecurity and how to automate multi-stage attack chains and defensive operations using Python. This Advanced Python Scripting for Cybersecurity Skills Path builds on the Python for Cybersecurity skills path to demonstrate advanced applications of Python for cybersecurity.

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Three courses

Advanced Python - Reconnaissance

Welcome to advanced Python for Cybersecurity. The Reconnaissance course demonstrates the use of Python to automate the process of performing reconnaissance on target environments. We will also demonstrate how Python can be used to automate a password guessing attack to gain initial access to a target environment.

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Establishing Command-and-Control and Finding Credentials

This course shows how to use Python to set up command-and-control channels between a target environment and the attackers infrastructure. It also shows how to use Python to collect information on a system, including both user credentials and other sensitive data.

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Defensive Python

This course demonstrates the use of Python for network analysis to detect and hijack suspicious connections.

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Learning objectives

Learn how to use python for offensive and defensive cybersecurity
Establish command-and-control between the target environment and the attackers infrastructure

Use python to automate gaining access to a target environment

Learn how to use python for offensive and defensive cybersecurity
Establish command-and-control between the target environment and the attackers infrastructure
Use python to automate gaining access to a target environment

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Howard Poston

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