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The course Ethical Hacking: Evading IDS, Firewalls, and Honeypots is a technical deep dive led by cybersecurity expert Malcolm Shore . It focuses on the methodologies attackers use to bypass perimeter defenses and how security professionals can test and harden these systems. Core Focus Areas
Create a sock puppet account that mirrors a real junior employee at a competitor or partner firm. Use a VPN that exits in the target’s city. Warm up the account for 30 days (connections, posts, likes). LinkedIn Learning The course Ethical Hacking: Evading IDS,
Modern defenses (Next-Gen Firewalls [NGFW], IPS/IDS, and Deception Networks [Honeypots]) have evolved from simple packet filters into behavioral analysis engines. If you are still running nmap -sS -p- 10.0.0.1 and expecting silence, you are going to set off every alarm in the SOC. Analyze the join date: A VP of Security
- Analyze the join date: A VP of Security who joined 3 days ago and has 500+ connections? Suspicious.
- Reverse image search the profile picture: Honeypots often use stock photos or AI-generated faces (check for asymmetrical ears or bad teeth).
- Check the job history: If a "Senior DevOps Engineer" claims to have worked at Google and Amazon simultaneously but has zero endorsements for Kubernetes—it’s a trap.