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Identifying Plaintext Storage of a Password
This lab on Plaintext Storage of Passwords assesses the learner‚s understanding of how an existing Credentials Management Error in the database
supporting an ecommerce application can be discovered and exploited.
Course Overview
Learning Objectives
After completing this lab, the learner will understand how adversaries can exploit such vulnerabilities to:
- Obtain passwords that should have been protected by defense in depth measures
- Compromise a database
- Expose plaintext and weakly encoded passwords
Framework Connections
The materials within this course focus on the NICE Framework Task, Knowledge, and Skill statements identified within the indicated NICE Framework component(s):
Competency Areas
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