Practical Cyber Hacking Skills for Beginners - The Hacking Methodology

The video delves into the hacking methodology, emphasizing its importance for both ethical and black hat hackers. It outlines the general steps involved, starting with reconnaissance, where information about the target is gathered. This is followed by exploitation, privilege escalation, establishing persistence, the attack phase, and finally, covering up to avoid detection. The video stresses that while there is no standard playbook, understanding these steps is crucial.

Why is it important to understand the hacking methodology?

• To ensure all hackers follow the same steps

• To effectively combat or engage in hacking activities

• To make hacking legal

• To create a standard guide for hacking

What is the main difference between passive and active reconnaissance?

• Passive reconnaissance is illegal, active is legal

• Passive involves gathering public information, active involves finding vulnerabilities

• Active reconnaissance is faster than passive

• Passive reconnaissance requires special tools

Which of the following is an example of exploitation?

• Searching for open ports

• Sending phishing emails

• Creating new user accounts

• Gathering email addresses

What does privilege escalation aim to achieve?

• To gather more information about the target

• To increase control over the target

• To cover up the hacking activities

• To establish a backdoor

How does a hacker establish persistence?

• By deleting event logs

• By using ICMP tunnels

• By adding backdoors and remote access

• By exploiting weak passwords

What is the main goal during the attack phase?

• To escalate privileges

• To gather more information

• To exploit vulnerabilities

• To achieve the hacker's main objectives

What is the purpose of the cover-up phase?

• To gain initial access

• To avoid detection

• To gather more data

• To escalate privileges