Defense against the Black Arts

Autorentext
Jesse Varsalone has been teaching for 18 years. He taught high school for eight years, five in the Baltimore City Public Schools. After teaching high school, Jesse started teaching computer classes at the Computer Career Institutes at Johns Hopkins University and Stevenson University. He currently teaches online as an adjunct professor at Champlain College in Burlington, Vermont. Jesse holds a number of certifications in the IT field. Matthew McFadden researches, develops, and instructs network intrusion investigations. Matthew has spent several years in the field of information technology specializing in information assurance and security, network intrusion, malware analysis, and forensics. Matthew has performed research projects, consulted, and presented, and has worked in network administration. He also holds industry IT certifications.

Zusammenfassung

As technology has developed, computer hackers have become increasingly sophisticated, mastering the ability to hack into even the most impenetrable systems. The best way to secure a system is to understand the tools hackers use and know how to circumvent them. Defense against the Black Arts: How Hackers Do What They Do and How to Protect against It provides hands-on instruction to a host of techniques used to hack into a variety of systems.
Exposing hacker methodology with concrete examples, this book shows you how to outwit computer predators at their own game. Among the many things you'll learn:

How to get into a Windows operating system without having the username or password
Vulnerabilities associated with passwords and how to keep them out of the hands of hackers
How hackers use the techniques of computer forensic examiners to wreak havoc on individuals and companies
Hiding one's IP address to avoid detection
Manipulating data to and from a web page or application for nefarious reasons
How to find virtually anything on the internet
How hackers research the targets they plan to attack
How network defenders collect traffic across the wire to indentify intrusions
Using Metasploit to attack weaknesses in systems that are unpatched or have poorly implemented security measures

The book profiles a variety of attack tools and examines how Facebook and other sites can be used to conduct social networking attacks. It also covers techniques utilized by hackers to attack modern operating systems, such as Windows 7, Windows Vista, and Mac OS X. The author explores a number of techniques that hackers can use to exploit physical access, network access, and wireless vectors. Using screenshots to clarify procedures, this practical manual uses step-by-step examples and relevant analogies to facilitate u

Inhalt
Hacking Windows OS. Obtaining Windows Passwords. Imaging and Extraction. Bypassing Web Filters. Mucking with the Web. Finding It All on the Netv5. Research Time. Capturing Network Traffic. Research Time: Finding the Vulnerabilities. Metasploit. Other Attack Tools. Social Engineering with Web 2.0. Hack the Macs. Wireless Hacking. Index.