Ethical Hacking Lab

Lecturer: Prof. Dr.-Ing. Alexandra Dmitrienko

Contact: Dr. Venkata Marella, Behrad Bayat

Kick-off meeting: 20.10.2026, 11:00-12:00, SM 205

Testat: 19.01.2027, 10:00-12:00, SM 205

Lab Sessions: 01.02.2027 - 12.02.2027,  10:00-12:00

Location: Please check the LSF

Language: English

Moodle Page: Lehr-Moodle UDE

LSF: Ethical Hacking Lab

 

Description:

The Ethical Hacking Lab course provides a practice-oriented introduction to software security, covering popular attack techniques, common vulnerabilities, and corresponding defense mechanisms. The lab is interleaved with Cisco Netacad.
The practicum is divided into two parts. First, the theoretical part is provided all semester long and offers an overview of software and network security and its technical basics.  It covers key topics such as Windows and Linux, networking, attack classification, network monitoring, cryptography, endpoint investigations, security alerts, intrusion analysis, and incident response. This part must be completed online and serves as a prerequisite for the lab sessions. The second part is a lab session part that focuses on hands-on offensive security and dives into the security of software. Students need to qualify for the second part by passing a theory exam.