Hacking For Dummies (For Dummies (Computer/Tech)) 1st Edition by Kevin Beaver (PDF)

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While you’re reading this, a hacker could be prying and spying his way into your company’s IT systems, sabotaging your operations, stealing confidential information, shutting down your Web site, or wreaking havoc in other diabolical ways. Hackers For Dummies helps you hack into a hacker’s mindset and take security precautions to help you avoid a hack attack. It outlines computer hacker tricks and techniques you can use to assess the security of your own information systems, find security vulnerabilities, and fix them before malicious and criminal hackers can exploit them. It covers: Hacking methodology and researching public information to see what a hacker can quickly learn about your operationsSocial engineering (how hackers manipulate employees to gain information and access), physical security, and password vulnerabilitiesNetwork infrastructure, including port scanners, SNMP scanning, banner grabbing, scanning, and wireless LAN vulnerabilitiesOperating systems, including Windows, Linux, and Novell NetWareApplication hacking, including malware (Trojan horses, viruses, worms, rootkits, logic bombs, and more), e-mail and instant messaging, and Web applicationsTests, tools (commercial, shareware, and freeware), and techniques that offer the most bang for your ethical hacking buckWith this guide you can develop and implement a comprehensive security assessment plan, get essential support from management, test your system for vulnerabilities, take countermeasures, and protect your network infrastructure. You discover how to beat hackers at their own game, with:A hacking toolkit, including War dialing software, password cracking software, network scanning software, network vulnerability assessment software, a network analyzer, a Web application assessment tool, and moreAll kinds of countermeasures and ways to plug security holesA list of more than 100 security sites, tools, and resourcesEthical hacking helps you fight hacking with hacking, pinpoint security flaws within your systems, and implement countermeasures. Complete with tons of screen shots, step-by-step instructions for some countermeasures, and actual case studies from IT security professionals, this is an invaluable guide, whether you’re an Internet security professional, part of a penetration-testing team, or in charge of IT security for a large or small business.

User’s Reviews

Editorial Reviews: Review “…a good read…a price well-worth paying, because such works are invaluable…” (InfoSecurity News Magazine, August 2004) “…an excellent aide…” (PC Home, August 2004)“…should be of interest to both ethical and malicious hackers…” (Publishing News, 22nd March 2004) From the Back Cover Find out if your system is vulnerable to hack attacks! “The coverage of security topics in this book can help you avoid a hack attack.” — Stuart McClure”To catch a thief, think like a thief.” Here’s the guide that will help you do just that! It shows you how to become a “white hat hacker,” exploring your own system for vulnerabilities the unscrupulous hacker could exploit. And it’s loaded with tips, suggestions, and recommendations to help you plug any holes you find.The Dummies WayExplanations in plain English”Get in, get out” informationIcons and other navigational aidsTear-out cheat sheetTop ten listsA dash of humor and funDiscover how to:Recognize and counter common hack attacksGain support for your security planTest the security of Windows®, Linux®, NetWare®, and moreReport your finds to upper managementProtect your network infrastructure About the Author Kevin Beaver is a consultant who specializes in security assessments and incident response. He is a regular columnist and expert advisor for SearchSecurity.com and SearchMobileComputing.com. Read more

Reviews from Amazon users which were colected at the time this book was published on the website:

⭐I work in the developer and IT industry and purchased this book to get a mind set of the criminal mind when it comes to hacking. This book is great for checking your security infrastructure and ensuring its safety, by allowing you to ‘hack’ your own network, and then patch it to ensure others can not. Great book and easy read, I love all of the ‘For Dummies’ books and they are a great reference for my growing computer references.

⭐Good intro to the world of Hacking. My job is based around the world of IT security so I needed to pick up the base knowledge quickly so I could market our company and this allowed me to that.

⭐item was as described, good price and fast shipment

⭐Price was right, lots of info

⭐the book is realy good . also came on time It also sold at a good price. thanks

⭐When the book came it was very musty smelling, like from a smoker. However, it was definitely what my son wanted and he was happy.

⭐it’s a good book for have an overwiev in security and,of course, hacking but I don’t like almost half of the book spent only for generic and common stories…maybe I’ve this idea since I was looking for a book with much more code and explanation to realize hacking!! 🙂

⭐I think all the Dummies books are good specially for the people who are dummy in the field and dummy in life as well. By dummy in life I mean they cant even use their common sense for thing. For example Although it did gave some good hacking sites but then it took so many pages explaining that you can also hack by looking over the shoulder of a person who is entering his userid/pwd I would call it DUHHHH!!.

⭐Best book ever…

⭐Nice

⭐Good but pretty old-school. The explanation is very easily comprehensible.

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