SecOps Tools and 2021 Security Incidents: Colonial Pipeline

Skillsoft issued completion badges are earned based on viewing the percentage required or receiving a passing score when assessment is required. Cybersecurity professionals often will be tasked with studying breaches that have impacted other organizations to protect their own assets. This knowledge helps to identify potential threats and understand how threat actors are operating in a modern environment. Begin this course by exploring the background of the Colonial Pipeline breach and how it was discovered. Then, examine how the data breach happened, focusing on credential harvesting methods typically used to capture login data. Next, investigate the different tools that could be used to conduct a similar type of attack, including Maltego CE, theHarvester, the Social-Engineer Toolkit and Zphisher. Finally, take a look at the cybersecurity community response and cybersecurity implications resulting from the Colonial Pipeline incident. Once you have completed this course, you will be able to use tools to conduct an attack similar to the Colonial Pipeline breach and identify potential threats to other organizations.