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Ethical Hacking - Enumeration

Name: Ethical Hacking - Enumeration
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Ethical Hacking – Enumeration is a focused cybersecurity course that dives into one of the most critical phases of ethical hacking and penetration testing: enumeration. This phase bridges the gap between scanning and exploitation, allowing attackers—and defenders— to extract meaningful,...

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Ethical Hacking

Videos: 57

Time: 1.5 hours

Level: Beginner

Enrolled: 25467 Students

Lectures: 57

Language: English

Certificate: Yes

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Ethical Hacking – Enumeration is a focused cybersecurity course that dives into one of the most critical phases of ethical hacking and penetration testing: enumeration. This phase bridges the gap between scanning and exploitation, allowing attackers—and defenders— to extract meaningful, actionable intelligence from target systems.

This course teaches enumeration strictly from an ethical, defensive, and professional security perspective, helping learners understand how attackers gather deep system details and how organizations can detect, limit, and prevent enumeration-based attacks.

What You’ll Learn

What enumeration is and why it is critical in ethical hacking
Common services and protocols abused during enumeration
How misconfigurations and default settings expose sensitive data
Real-world enumeration techniques used by attackers
Effective countermeasures to reduce enumeration risks

Course Modules

1. Enumeration Explained & the Techniques Used

What enumeration is and how it differs from scanning
Why enumeration is a high-value attack phase
Information attackers seek during enumeration
Active vs passive enumeration

2. Enumerating via Defaults & NetBIOS

How default configurations expose systems
NetBIOS basics and common weaknesses
User, share, and host discovery
Risks of legacy Windows services

3. Enumerating via SNMP

SNMP fundamentals and common misconfigurations
Community strings and information leakage
Device, service, and network mapping via SNMP
Monitoring vs attack surface considerations

4. Enumerating via LDAP

LDAP and directory services overview
User and group enumeration risks
Active Directory exposure through LDAP
Common LDAP security mistakes

5. Enumerating via NTP

NTP protocol fundamentals
How time services leak system details
Using NTP for reconnaissance
Securing time synchronization services

6. Enumerating via SMTP

Email servers as an enumeration target
User and mailbox enumeration techniques
Risks of improperly configured mail servers
Preventing SMTP-based reconnaissance

7. Enumerating via DNS

DNS as a critical intelligence source
Zone transfers and record enumeration
Subdomain discovery techniques
DNS hardening best practices

8. Linux Isn’t Safe Either

Common Linux enumeration targets
Services, users, and configuration exposure
Misconceptions about Linux security
Reducing Linux enumeration attack surface

9. Countermeasures for Enumeration

Service hardening and configuration best practices
Principle of least privilege
Monitoring and logging enumeration attempts
Reducing information leakage across protocols

Who This Course Is For

Ethical hacking and penetration testing students
Cybersecurity and SOC analysts
System and network administrators
Blue team and defensive security professionals

Why Enumeration Matters

Enumeration is often the turning point in a cyber attack. Poorly configured services can reveal usernames, shares, system details, and trust relationships—making exploitation significantly easier.

By mastering enumeration techniques and defenses, you gain the ability to think like an attacker while building stronger, quieter, and more resilient systems.

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