Gujarat Technological University: W.E.F. AY 2018-19

GUJARAT TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY
Bachelor of Engineering
Subject Code: 3150714
Semester – V
Subject Name: Cyber Security
Type of course: Undergraduate (Open Elective)
Prerequisite: None
Rationale: In this digital age, the information and data are immense and need to be secured. The cyber crimes
have increased as attackers see it as gaining big rewards. There is a need to examine the cyber attack patterns
and provide security measures for them and also need to learn the cyber laws formed to effectively act upon
cyber crimes.
Teaching and Examination Scheme:
Teaching Scheme Credits Examination Marks Total

L T P C Theory Marks Practical Marks Marks
ESE (E) PA (M) ESE (V) PA (I)
2 0 2 3 70 30 30 20 150
Content:
Sr. Content Total Marks

No. Hrs Weight
age
(%)
1 Systems Vulnerability Scanning Overview of vulnerability scanning, Open Port / Service 08 25
Identification, Banner / Version Check, Traffic Probe, Vulnerability Probe, Vulnerability
Examples, OpenVAS, Metasploit. Networks Vulnerability Scanning - Netcat, Socat,
understanding Port and Services tools - Datapipe, Fpipe, WinRelay, Network
Reconnaissance – Nmap, THC-Amap and System tools. Network Sniffers and Injection
tools – Tcpdump and Windump, Wireshark, Ettercap, Hping Kismet
2 Network Defense tools Firewalls and Packet Filters: Firewall Basics, Packet Filter Vs 06 25
Firewall, Packet Characteristic to Filter, Stateless Vs Stateful Firewalls, Network Address
Translation (NAT) and Port Forwarding, Snort: Introduction Detection System
3 Web Application Tools Scanning for web vulnerabilities tools: Nikto, W3af, HTTP 06 25
utilities - Curl, OpenSSL and Stunnel, Application Inspection tools – Zed Attack Proxy,
Sqlmap. DVWA, Webgoat, Password Cracking and Brute-Force Tools – John the Ripper,
L0htcrack, Pwdump, HTC-Hydra
4 Introduction to Cyber Crime and law Cyber Crimes, Types of Cybercrime, Hacking, Attack 03 10
vectors, Cyberspace and Criminal Behavior, Clarification of Terms, Traditional Problems
Associated with Computer Crime, Introduction to Incident Response, Digital Forensics,
Realms of the Cyber world, Recognizing and Defining Computer Crime,
Contemporary Crimes, Contaminants and Destruction of Data, Indian IT ACT 2000.
5 Introduction to Cyber Crime Investigation Keyloggers and Spyware, Virus and Warms, 05 15
Trojan and backdoors, Steganography, DOS and DDOS attack, SQL injection, Buffer
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Overflow, Attack on wireless Networks.
Suggested Specification table with Marks (Theory): (For BE only)

Distribution of Theory Marks
R Level U Level A Level N Level E Level C Level
20 30 20 -- -- --
Legends: R: Remembrance; U: Understanding; A: Application, N: Analyze and E: Evaluate C:
Create and above Levels (Revised Bloom’s Taxonomy)
Course Outcomes: Students will be able to

Marks %
Sr. No. CO statement
weightage
CO-1 Describe system and web vulnerability. 40
CO-2 Evaluate network defence tools. 30
CO-3 Understand the cyber laws 10
CO-4 Investigate a cybercrime, prepare report and apply laws for the case 20
Reference Books:
1. Cyber Security Understanding Cyber Crimes, Computer Forensics and Legal Perspectives by Nina
Godbole and Sunit Belpure, Publication Wiley
2. Cyber Security and Cyber Laws Paperback – 2018 by Alfred Basta, Nadine Basta , Mary Brown ,
Ravinder Kumar, publication Cengage
3. 3. Anti-Hacker Tool Kit (Indian Edition) by Mike Shema, Publication Mc Graw Hill.
4. Cyber security and laws – An Introduction, Madhumita Chaterjee, Sangita Chaudhary, Gaurav Sharma, Staredu
Solutions
List of Open Source Software/learning website:

www.wireshark.org
List of Practical:
1. Install Kali Linux. Examine the utilities and tools available in Kali Linux and find out which tool is
the best for finding cyber attack/vulnerability.
2. Evaluate network defense tools for following
(i) IP spoofing
(ii) DOS attack
3. Explore the Nmap tool and list how it can be used for network defence.
4. Explore the NetCat tool.
5. Use Wireshark tool and explore the packet format and content at each OSI layer.
6. Examine SQL injection attack.
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7. Perform SQL injection with SQLMap on vulnerable website found using
google dorks.
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8. Examine software keyloggers and hardware keyloggers.
9. Perform online attacks and offline attacks of password cracking.
10. Consider a case study of cyber crime, where the attacker has performed on line credit card fraud.
Prepare a report and also list the laws that will be implemented on attacker..
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GUJARAT TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY

Type of course: Undergraduate (Open Elective)

Teaching and Examination Scheme:

Teaching Scheme Credits Examination Marks Total

Sr. Content Total Marks

Suggested Specification table with Marks (Theory): (For BE only)

Course Outcomes: Students will be able to

List of Open Source Software/learning website:

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