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Train With CyberQ Skill Pack Challenges

CyberQ Skillpacks are designed to test your skills in a variety of different challenges with limited guidance. Each challenge runs independently as its own “Self-Paced Capture the Flag.” Launching a Skill Pack challenge will reserve your very own space in our CyberQ Data Center, we will raise the Attack Console, as well as the down-range vulnerable targets for you to practice and challenge your skills.

Each challenge includes a set of distinct challenge flags, in order to solve the flags you must perform a variety of procedures in the target environment including basic host discovery, service discovery, vulnerability analysis, attack procedures, privilege escalation, and more.

Please note, this is not a learning lab. Skill packs are designed intentionally with challenges, puzzles, and preconfigured targets that will test your ability to identify, analyze, exploit, and own the targets. If you are new to Cyber and have never participated in a cyber challenge or competition, Skill packs may be too advanced. So, feel free to browse our learning products if this describes you, however, if you are ready for a challenge, enjoy solving complex puzzles and testing your limits, CyberQ challenges are a great way to hone your trade craft.

Vulnerability Research Techniques for Hackers and Penetration Testers Skill Pack

This Skill Pack will challenge your skills in salient web application hacking and penetration testing techniques including; Remote Code Execution, Local File Inclusion (LFI), SQL Injection, Arbitrary File Upload, Directory Traversal, Web Application Enumeration, Command Injection, Remote Buffer Overflow, Credential Attack, Shell Injection, and SSH Bruteforce Attacks.

Each challenge contains a fully designed target network with live virtual machines, servers, web hosts, and vulnerable sites and applications. Launching a challenge will open the CyberQ Console and safely connect you to our live attack environment right through your browser. Depending on the challenge, you will land in your attack machine, either Kali or Parrot, where you will have instant access to the full suite of attack tools required to carry out your challenge. Targets are preconfigured with host and application vulnerabilities which you will uncover as you progress through the challenges. CyberQ is a fully automated Cyber Range platform providing you with a self-driven ‘Capture-the-flag‘ experience in each challenge. 

Register for CyberQ, and

Gain direct hands-on practical experience on Industry’s leading Cyber Range Platform – CyberQ. Successful Completion of this Web Application Hacking and Penetration Testing Skill Pack will gain you Job-ready Cyber skills and execution efficiency against cyber challenges.

Purchasing this product will activate the Skill Pack in your CyberQ Account providing up to three- one hour attempts for each challenge. Please first, Register for our leading Cyber Range platform – CyberQ.

About Vulnerability Research Skill Pack

Vulnerability research is the process of analyzing protocols, services, and configurations to discover the vulnerabilities and design flaws that will expose an operating system and its applications to exploit, attack, or misuse.
A security administrator needs vulnerability research:
  • To gather information about security trends, newly discovered threats, attack surfaces, attack vectors and techniques.
  • To find weaknesses in the OS and applications and alert the network administrator before a network attack.
  • To understand information that helps prevent security problems.
  • To know how to recover from a network attack.
An ethical hacker or a pen tester needs to keep up with the most recently discovered vulnerabilities and exploits to stay one step ahead of attackers through vulnerability research, which includes:
  • Discovering the system design faults and weaknesses that might allow attackers to compromise a system.
  • Staying updated about new products and technologies and reading news related to current exploits.
  • Checking underground hacking web sites (Deep and Dark websites) for newly discovered vulnerabilities and exploits.
  • Checking newly released alerts regarding relevant innovations and product improvements for security systems.
  • Security experts and vulnerability scanners classify vulnerabilities by:

Vulnerability Research Techniques Covered in the Skill Pack

Gain related NICE skills for Steganography

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Skill in conducting vulnerability scans and recognizing vulnerabilities in security systems.

S0009

Skill in assessing the robustness of security systems and designs.

S0044

Skill in mimicking threat behaviors.

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Skill in the use of penetration testing tools and techniques.

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Skill in conducting application vulnerability assessments.

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Skill to develop insights about the context of an organization’s threat environment.

Related Job Roles for Steganography

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