Defense against the black arts : how hackers do what they do and how to protect against it / Jesse Varsalone, Matthew McFadden ; with Sean Morrissey [and others] ; foreword by Joe McCray.
Hacking the Windows OS -- Obtaining Windows passwords -- Imaging and extraction -- Bypassing web filters -- Muking with the Web -- Finding it all on the net -- Research time -- Capturing network traffic -- Finding the vulnerabilities -- Metasploit -- Other attack tools -- Social engineering with Web 2.0 -- Hack the Macs -- Wireless hacking.
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Summary
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. Amon.