Hacking for Penetration Testers
BFOR-615-6084
University at Albany
- Semester
- Spring 2026
- Instructor
- Yansi Keim
- Start Date
- 01-21-2026
- Total Credits
- 3
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- 518-442-5140
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This course teaches students to test the defenses of a network and identify the vulnerabilities in the system by deploying tools used by hackers to anticipate how hackers might compromise networks. The course starts with an overview of the network fundamentals including protocols at different levels of the network stack. It then takes the student through the various steps of network intrusion starting with gathering information of the target network from open source intelligence, conducting reconnaissance of the network, identifying the tools to exploit the vulnerabilities, and launching attacks. The attacks covered include, spoofing, session hijacking, denial-of-services, etc. This course cannot be taken if BFOR415 is taken.
Course Area: Information Science
Level: Graduate
Dates: 01-21-2026 - 05-05-2026
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- Local Course ID: 26SP_ALB_BFOR615_1
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