NEPTUN Biography



PRESTON RAKOVSKY, ESP Teacher



Major: Cybersecurity and Business

College/Employer: NEU

Year of Graduation: 2023

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Past Classes

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Cybersecurity: The Coffee Shop Hacker in Splash Fall 2019
Your password must include at least 8 characters, a mix of uppercase letters, two symbols, no quotes... ok but who cares? Hopefully you will, after I teach you how to steal passwords. The Internet's revolutionary successes depend on good security. Moreover, the job field is high paying with big demand. We will start with common exploits like script injection (XSS) and packet sniffing (MitM). Mitigation strategies for these attacks will also be discussed. After these examples of offensive security, we will mention basic security principles, encryption, and password storage. You will also have the chance to try using the Linux shell.