Features
- Cover Type: Paperback with 408 pages
- Published by: For Dummies
- Edition: 2nd Edition October 30, 2006
- Written in: English
- ISBN 10 Number: 047005235X
- ISBN 13 Number: 978-0470052358
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Book Dimensions:
9.1 x 7.4 x 0.9 inches
- Weighs: 1.3 pounds
Publishing News, 22nd March 2004
"should be of interest to both ethical and malicious hackers"
--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
Product Description
Are you worried about external hackers and rogue insiders breaking into your systems? Whether it’s social engineering, network infrastructure attacks, or application hacking, security breaches in your systems can devastate your business or personal life. In order to counter these cyber terrible guys, you must become a hacker yourself—an ethical hacker.
Hacking for Dummies shows you just how vulnerable your systems are to attackers. It shows you how to find your weak spots and perform penetration and other security tests. With the information found in this handy, straightforward book, you will be able to develop a plan to keep your information safe and sound. You’ll discover how to:
- Work ethically, respect privacy, and save your system from crashing
- Develop a hacking plan
- Treat social engineers and preserve their honesty
- Counter war dialing and scan infrastructures
- Understand the vulnerabilities of Windows, Linux, and Novell NetWare
- Prevent breaches in messaging systems, web applications, and databases
- Report your results and managing security changes
- Avoid deadly mistakes
- Get management involved with defending your systems
As we enter into the digital era, protecting your systems and your company has never been more important. Don’t let skepticism delay your decisions and put your security at risk. With
Hacking For Dummies, you can strengthen your defenses and prevent attacks from every angle!
Reader Reviews
This review is from: Hacking for Dummies (Paperback)
The media often mistakenly characterize hackers as bored technical geniuses. In truth, most hackers, as the media use the term, are not geniuses; they are simply adept at downloading hacking tools that do all of the dirty work for them. These so-called script kiddies often do not know what they are doing until the damage is done. From the perspective of the victimized company, however, it's not really important who is doing the attacking; all that matters is how organizations can protect themselves from myriad attacks and tools. Hacking for Dummies is written on the premise that to catch a hacker, you have to think and behave like one. This is a well-written and engrossing book that helps the reader understand how hackers compromise computer systems and networks. Its clear, easy-to-read style won't intimidate readers unfamiliar with abstruse security terms and concepts. The 19 chapters progress from the basics of security to the hardening of an operating system and the hacking of Web applications. While the reader is not expected to have a deep technical background, the book does go into some detail, as it must to provide a hands-on approach. For a high-level theoretical approach to network defense, look elsewhere. This is a down-and-dirty tool for ensuring that the organization's systems and network are secure.
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