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Finding weaknesses in cryptosystems is not simply an exercise for cryptanalysts but also a goal of hackers. This course explores cryptographic and wireless attacks and will prepare you for the Security+ SY0-501 exam.

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Objectives

Cryptographic Attacks start the course recognize brute-force and dictionary attacks demonstrate brute-force tools describe birthday, known plaintext, and cipher attacks compare online vs. offline attacks define collisions describe downgrade attacks Wireless Attacks recognize replay attacks specify initialization vector weaknesses compare evil twins and rogue apps describe jamming compare bluejacking and bluesnarfing define WPS attacks recognize disassociation attacks compare RFID and near field communication (NFC) Practice: Crypto and Wireless Attacks recognize cryptographic and wireless attacks