Ethical Hacking: Malware Threats
by Dale Meredith
Malware is specifically designed to gain access or damage systems without the knowledge of the victim. This course will teach you how malware is created, utilized, and detected. You’ll learn all that is needed for the CEH 312-50 exam concerning malware.
What you'll learn
The easiest way to get into a system or network is…to get someone to let us in. Malware is on the rise due to the sheer volume of new devices and users being added daily to network infrastructures. In this course, Ethical Hacking: Malware Threats, you’ll learn how malware is created, utilized, and detected on networks. First, you’ll explore the different concepts and types of trojans, viruses, and worms. Next, you’ll discover malware concepts and components. Finally, you’ll learn the different countermeasures every organization should be following. When you’re finished with this course, you’ll have the skills and knowledge of malware threats needed for the CEH 312-50 exam.
About the author
Dale Meredith has been a Certified Ethical Hacker/Instructor EC-Council for the past 15 years, and Microsoft Certified Trainer for over 20 years. Dale also has an additional 7 years of senior IT management experience and worked as a CTO for a popular ISP provider. Dale's expertise is in explaining difficult concepts and ensuring his students have an actionable knowledge of the course material. Straddling the line of fun and function, Dale's instruction is memorable and entertaining. Dale's knowl... moreedge and understanding of current trends in technology and applications have led to many opportunities, such as: training various Inc 500 companies, universities, and Divisions of the Department of Homeland Security for the United States government.
Along with authoring for Pluralsight, consulting, and IT classroom training, you can catch Dale on stage speaking at IT conferences, helping IT teams keep their companies safe, relevant, and "breach" aware. Outside of the professional sphere, Dale spends quite a bit of his time giving back by speaking at adult and youth non-profit community gatherings and posting on his 'Dale Dumbs IT Down' social media sites. Dale uses these speaking engagements and social media sites to 'Dumb Down IT' concepts with the intent to help everyone be safe and smart with their technology and personal devices.
Dale also specializes in Active Directory, Exchange Server, IIS, PowerShell, SharePoint, System Center/Desktop Deployment, and Private Cloud