- What is CYB 421 at the University of Uyo?
- CYB 421 (Ethical Hacking and Reverse Engineering) is a 2-unit, 400 Level course taught in the Second Semester at the University of Uyo, Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria. Advanced offensive security: perimeter defences, privilege escalation, malware and social engineering, system and network hacking, web/wireless/mobile attacks, and reverse engineering of code and network exploits as a method for developing countermeasures.
- What topics are covered in CYB 421?
- The CYB 421 outline covers 9 topics: Ethical hacking strategies; how perimeter defences work and how intruders escalate privileges; Intrusion detection, policy creation, and social engineering; Attack phases; footprinting, reconnaissance, and scanning networks; Enumeration, system hacking, and malware threats; sniffing; physical security; Password vulnerabilities and cracking passwords; Denial of service, session hijacking; hacking web servers and web applications, SQL injection; Hacking wireless networks and mobile platforms; Evading IDS, firewalls, and honeypots; Reverse engineering of code and network exploits for countermeasure development.
- What textbooks are recommended for CYB 421?
- Recommended reading for CYB 421: Hacking: The Art of Exploitation by Jon Erickson; Practical Malware Analysis by Sikorski & Honig.
- How do I pass CYB 421?
- Ghidra (from the NSA — free) is the primary tool for this course: practise weekly from 300L onward Buffer overflows become clearer once you understand assembly and memory layout — invest the time Malware.analysis.me and ANY.RUN provide safe malware samples and sandboxes for practice OSCP certification aligns almost perfectly with this course — consider it post-graduation
- Where can I find CYB 421 lecture notes and past questions?
- Areté (https://www.aretecyb.tech/courses/cyb-421) carries 2 recommended textbooks for CYB 421, plus an AI tutor that has read the outline. It is free for University of Uyo students — sign in with your email, no password.