Hacking For Dummies

Kevin Beaver

John Wiley & Sons, Dec 16, 2015 - Computers - 408 pages

Learn to hack your own system to protect against malicious attacks from outside

Is hacking something left up to the bad guys? Certainly not! Hacking For Dummies, 5th Edition is a fully updated resource that guides you in hacking your system to better protect your network against malicious attacks. This revised text helps you recognize any vulnerabilities that are lurking in your system, allowing you to fix them before someone else finds them. Penetration testing, vulnerability assessments, security best practices, and other aspects of ethical hacking are covered in this book, including Windows 10 hacks, Linux hacks, web application hacks, database hacks, VoIP hacks, and mobile computing hacks. Additionally, you have access to free testing tools and an appendix detailing valuable tools and resources.

Ethical hacking entails thinking like the bad guys to identify any vulnerabilities that they might find in your system—and fixing them before they do. Also called penetration testing, ethical hacking is essential to keeping your system, and all of its data, secure. Understanding how to perform effective ethical hacking can improve the safety of your network.

• Defend your system—and all of the data it holds—against the latest Windows 10 and Linux hacks
• Develop an effective ethical hacking plan that keeps your system safe
• Protect your web applications, databases, laptops, and smartphones by going beyond simple hacking strategies
• Leverage the latest testing tools and techniques when using ethical hacking to keep your system secure

Hacking For Dummies, 5th Edition is a fully updated resource that guides you in hacking your own system to protect it—and it will become your go-to reference when ethical hacking is on your to-do list.

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Contents

• Foreword: xv
• Putting Security Testing in Motion 59: 6
• Building the Foundation for Security Testing: 9
• Cracking the Hacker Mindset: 25
• Developing Your Ethical Hacking Plan: 37
• Hacking Methodology: 49
• Building the Foundation for Security Testing 7: 50
• Information Gathering 61 Chapter 6 Social Engineering: 67
• Physical Security: 83
• Passwords: 93
• Hacking Network Hosts: 121
• Hacking Network Hosts: 124
• Network Infrastructure Systems 123 Chapter 10 Wireless Networks 159 Chapter 11 Mobile Devices 187 Part IV Hacking Operating Systems: 201
• Exploiting Missing Patches: 220
• Linux: 231
• Hacking Applications: 253
• Hacking Applications: 256
• Communication and Messaging Systems 255 Chapter 15 Web Applications and Mobile Apps: 279
• Databases and Storage Systems: 305
• Security Testing Aftermath: 317
• Security Testing Aftermath: 320
• Plugging Security Holes: 325
• Managing Security Processes: 331
• The Part of Tens: 339
• Ten Deadly Mistakes: 351
• Tools and Resources: 355
• Index: 373

About the author

Kevin Beaver is an independent information security consultant, expert witness, professional speaker, and writer with Atlanta, GA-based Principle Logic, LLC. You can connect with Kevin through his website www.principlelogic.com and on Twitter at @kevinbeaver.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Hacking For Dummies
• Author: Kevin Beaver
• Edition: 5
• Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, 2015
• ISBN: 1119154693, 9781119154693
• Length: 408 pages
• Subjects: Computers / Networking / General; Computers / Security / General