35 videos: the MrBrownCS revision series, Computerphile deep dives, and films from TED, Cisco and IBM. Watch, then answer the “watch and think” questions.
Why attackers target organisations, and what they are after.
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Viruses, worms, trojans, ransomware and spyware compared.
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How infected devices are combined to knock services offline.
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Stretch: a close look at the ransomware worm that hit hospitals in 2017.
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How brute-force password attacks work.
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SQL injection, DoS and interception in one short video.
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Stretch: a real SQL injection demonstrated on a test site.
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Stretch: how a script typed into a page can run in other people’s browsers.
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Stretch: how cracking tools guess hashed passwords.
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The main social engineering attacks and how to spot them.
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More social engineering methods and their impact on organisations.
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How an attacker sits between you and a website, and a real case where laptops shipped with the problem.
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Stretch: how a DNS server can be tricked into sending users to the wrong site.
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Stretch: a real weakness found in Wi-Fi security and why patches mattered.
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Technical and human vulnerabilities in organisations.
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A security researcher shows how cars, pacemakers and phones can be attacked.
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An attack through an unsecured smart thermostat on an unsegmented network.
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Accidental and deliberate threats from inside an organisation.
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Locks, access control and biometrics.
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More physical protection for sites and equipment.
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Anti-malware, updates and other defences.
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Detecting and preventing attacks on systems.
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A tour of prevention measures used by organisations.
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One key or a key pair: how each works.
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What a hash is and why it is used for passwords.
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The colour-mixing explanation of agreeing a key in public.
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How two-factor authentication works and why it helps.
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A clear case for turning on 2FA everywhere.
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What a password manager stores and how it is protected.
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Full, incremental and differential backups and where to keep them.
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What penetration testers do and why it must be authorised.
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How firewalls filter traffic with rules.
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How an attack unfolds, and where monitoring and segregation help.
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Confidentiality, integrity and availability explained by a security architect.
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Stretch: how identity, authentication, authorisation and accounting work in real networks.
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