CompTIA Security+ (SY0-501) Complete Course & Practice Exam

This quiz will test your knowledge of the topics covered in this section of the course.

This lesson provides an overview of the methods of malware infection.

This lesson covers the most common infection vectors: software, messaging, and media.

This demonstration will show you how easy it is to be tricked by a phishing email and how to prevent it.

This lesson covers botnets and zombies.

This lesson covers active interception and privilege escalation.

This demonstration will show you how an attacker might gain access to a system by using an exploit that provides privilege escalation.

This lesson covers backdoors and logic bombs.

This lesson covers the symptoms of a malware infection.

This lesson provides the steps to take to remove malware.

This lesson provides tips for preventing malware from infecting your systems.

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This lesson provides an overview of this section of the course.

This lesson describes software firewalls, how they are different from our network firewalls, and the most commonly used software firewalls in today's computers.

This demonstration shows how to set up Windows and OSX firewalls.

This lesson covers the concepts of host-based intrusion detection systems and how they are used in our enterprise networks.

This lesson covers the use of pop-up blockers and how they can help us avoid adware and malware.

This lesson covers the concepts of Data Loss Prevention systems.

This lesson covers the different ways to implement security features from your computer's BIOS.

This lesson discusses how removable storage and network storage can be better secured.

This lesson discusses how the contents of your hard drive can be encrypted to secure your files.

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This lesson provides an overview of this section of the course.

This lesson discusses the importance of securing your wireless devices and peripherals.

This lesson covers mobile malware and botnets.

This lesson covers SIM Cloning and how an attacker can bypass two-factor authentication by taking over your phone number.

This lesson covers bluejacking and bluesnarfing.

This lesson covers the issues involved with mobile device theft.

This lesson covers the dangers of mobile apps.

This lesson covers the dangers of Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) policies.

This lesson provides a summary of the type of actions you can take to best harden your mobile devices.

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This lesson discusses the concept of hardening and how it applies to our operating systems and organizations.

This lesson discusses the concept of least functionality and how it is applied by removing unnecessary applications. 

This lesson describes the concepts of application whitelist and blacklist. 

This demonstration will teach you how to stop and disable a service in Windows and Linux. 

This lesson discusses what makes an operating system a Trusted Operating System. 

This lesson discusses the importance of updates, patches, and hotfixes.

This lesson discusses how to properly perform patch management.

This lesson discusses group policies and shows how they are created.

This demonstration shows how to use the group policy editor to whitelist or blacklist an application. 

This lesson discusses the various ways to harden file systems and hard drives.

This quiz will test your knowledge of the topics covered in this section of the course.

This lesson discusses the concept of virtualization, its types, and how they are utilized in our organizations.

This lesson focuses on the hypervisor and its two types.

This demonstration shows how to install and create a virtual machine in VirtualBox.

This lesson discusses the security threats related to virtual machines.

This lesson discusses the ways to best secure a virtual machine.

This demonstration will show you how to encrypt the virtual machine's files on the host system and to isolate a virtual machine from the network and host computer. 

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This lesson provides an overview of the topics covered in this section of the course. 

This lesson focuses on how to best secure your web browser.

This lesson focuses on the various threats and concerns associated with web browser security. 

This demonstration will show you how to best configure your web browser on Windows for a secure environment. 

This lesson discusses methods to secure Microsoft Office and other applications on your workstation. 

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This lesson discusses secure software development and the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC).

This lesson discusses how the principles of the CIA triad are applied to SDLC and DevOps.

This lesson discusses the various testing methods used in SDLC and DevOps.

This lesson discusses some basic software vulnerabilities and exploits, like backdoors, zero day attacks, directory traversals, arbitrary code execution, and remote code execution.

This lesson discusses how a buffer overflow attack occurs.

This demonstration will show how a buffer overflow is manually performed.

This lesson discusses cross-site scripting and cross-site request forgery.

This lesson discusses SQL injections, LDAP injections, and XML injections.

This demonstration will show how a SQL injection is performed.

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In this lesson, you will learn what is covered in this section of the course and what you should already know from your Network+ studies before taking the Security+ exam. 

This lesson provides a quick review of the 7 layers of the OSI model and the various data types used in our networks. 

This lesson discusses the role of network switches and what types of attacks they are subject to. 

This lesson discusses the role of routers in our networks and how to begin securing them. 

In this lesson, we will discuss the different types of network zones, including LANs, WANs, DMZs, extranets, and intranets. 

This lesson discusses the concepts of Network Access Control (NAC). 

This lesson discusses how VLANs are used to secure our networks. 

This lesson discusses how subnetting can be used to secure your network. 

This lesson discusses how to use NAT to hide an entire network from attackers. 

This lesson discusses telephony in networks, such as modems, PBX equipment, and VoIP devices. 

This quiz will test your knowledge of the topics covered in this section of the course.