TDDE61 · 6 credits · Advanced level (A1N) · Informationsteknologi, Datateknik, Datavetenskap
Ethical Hacking
Active · next start VT 2027
100%
passed the latest regular sitting
DAK1 · 2 Feb 2026 · 60 students
98%
passed the regular sittings, all sittings over the last 5 years
DAK1 · 133 students
10%
Harder than 10% of courses at advanced level
Compared with 285 courses at the same level, ordinary exams over the last three academic years. 133 students.
Part of 4 programmes
Other module
DAK1 Computer examination
- G
- U
Main rounds
98% passed · 133 students
- 100%60
- 96%73
Later rounds
93% passed · 14 students
- 100%6
- 88%8
- Pass a later round: 93% (14 students), compared with 98% (133 students) on the ordinary exam
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Other modules
Partial exams, hand-ins and labs. They are not part of the figures at the top.
Hand-in or lab
UPG2 Online quiz
- G
Main rounds
100% passed · 129 students
- 100%58
- 100%71
Later rounds
100% passed · 79 students
- 100%5
- 100%74
- Pass a later round: 100% (79 students), compared with 100% (129 students) on the ordinary exam
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Hand-in or lab
UPG1 Seminar
- G
Main rounds
100% passed · 182 students
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- 100%72
- 100%40
Later rounds
100% passed · 22 students
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- Pass a later round: 100% (22 students), compared with 100% (182 students) on the ordinary exam
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LAB1 Computer labs
- 5
- 4
- 3
Main rounds
100% passed · 196 students
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- 100%76
- 100%57
Later rounds
No sittings with at least 5 students.
- Get 4 or 5: 89% (196 students)
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Other module
DAT1 Computer examination
- G
Main rounds
100% passed · 69 students
- 100%69
Later rounds
No sittings with at least 5 students.
About the course
Aim
After completing the course, the student must be able to
- Explain laws, regulations and policies related to ethical hacking (DAK1).
- Reflect orally and in writing on ethics of work and studies related to cyber security (UPG1).
- Perform reconnaissance and identification of systems, protocols, software, vulnerabilities and possible attack vectors (LAB1).
- Adapt and analyze existing exploits, and use these to attack isolated test systems in multiple stages (LAB1).
- Protect systems attacked by others (LAB1).
- Identify and explain relevant concepts in, for example, vulnerability analysis, threat modeling, and incident management (UPG2).
Content
- Basic rules and ethics
- Reconnaissance, information sources and tools
- Penetration testing (according to Mitre)
- Red/blue team practice
- Practice with industrial control systems
- Guest lectures
- Examiner
- Mikael Asplund
- Scheduled hours
- 48 h
- Main field of study
- Informationsteknologi, Datateknik, Datavetenskap