Hacking For Dummies, 4th Edition
Updated for Windows 8 and the latest version of Linux
The best way to stay safe online is to stop hackers before they attack â€" first, by understanding their thinking and second, by ethically hacking your own site to measure the effectiveness of your security. This practical, top-selling guide will help you do both. Fully updated for Windows 8 and the latest version of Linux, Hacking For Dummies, 4th Edition explores the malicious hacker’s mindset and helps you develop an ethical hacking plan (also known as penetration testing) using the newest tools and techniques.
More timely than ever, this must-have book covers the very latest threats, including web app hacks, database hacks, VoIP hacks, and hacking of mobile devices.
- Guides you through the techniques and tools you need to stop hackers before they hack you
- Completely updated to examine the latest hacks to Windows 8 and the newest version of Linux
- Explores the malicious hackers’s mindset so that you can counteract or avoid attacks completely
- Suggests ways to report vulnerabilities to upper management, manage security changes, and put anti-hacking policies and procedures in place
If you’re responsible for security or penetration testing in your organization, or want to beef up your current system through ethical hacking, make sure you get Hacking For Dummies, 4th Edition.
Table of Contents
Introduction
Part I: Building the Foundation for Ethical Hacking
Chapter 1: Introduction to Ethical Hacking
Chapter 2: Cracking the Hacker Mindset
Chapter 3: Developing Your Ethical Hacking Plan
Chapter 4: Hacking Methodology
Part II: Putting Ethical Hacking in MotionÂ
Chapter 5: Social Engineering
Chapter 6: Physical Security
Chapter 7: Passwords
Part III: Hacking Network HostsÂ
Chapter 8: Network Infrastructure
Chapter 9: Wireless LANs
Chapter 10: Mobile Devices
Part IV: Hacking Operating Systems
Chapter 11: Windows
Chapter 12: Linux
Part V: Hacking ApplicationsÂ
Chapter 13: Communication and Messaging Systems
Chapter 14: Websites and Applications
Chapter 15: Databases and Storage Systems
Part VI: Ethical Hacking AftermathÂ
Chapter 16: Reporting Your Results
Chapter 17: Plugging Security Holes
Chapter 18: Managing Security Processes
Part VII: The Part of TensÂ
Chapter 19: Ten Tips for Getting Upper Management Buy-In
Chapter 20: Ten Reasons Hacking Is the Only Effective Way to Test
Chapter 21: Ten Deadly Mistakes
Book Details
Hacking For Dummies, 4th Edition
- By: Kevin Beaver
- Publisher:Â For Dummies
- Pub. Date:Â 01/2013
- Print ISBN-13:Â 978-1-1183-8093-2
- Pages in Print Edition:Â 408
- File Size : 5.38 MB
- Format : PDF
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