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.
Contents at a Glance
Foreword...................................................................xvii
Introduction .................................................................1
Part I: Building the Foundation for Ethical Hacking .......7
Chapter 1: Introduction to Ethical Hacking ...................................................................9
Chapter 2: Cracking the Hacker Mindset ......................................................................21
Chapter 3: Developing Your Ethical Hacking Plan .......................................................29
Chapter 4: Hacking Methodology ..................................................................................39
Part II: Putting Ethical Hacking in Motion ..................53
Chapter 5: Social Engineering ........................................................................................55
Chapter 6: Physical Security ..........................................................................................69
Chapter 7: Passwords ...79
Part III: Network Hacking ........................................103
Chapter 8: War Dialing ..................................................................................................105
Chapter 9: Network Infrastructure ..............................................................................117
Chapter 10: Wireless LANs ...........................................................................................147
Part IV: Operating System Hacking ..........................165
Chapter 11: Windows ...167
Chapter 12: Linux ...193
Chapter 13: Novell NetWare .........................................................................................215
Part V: Application Hacking .....................................235
Chapter 14: Malware ...237
Chapter 15: Messaging Systems ..................................................................................257
Chapter 16: Web Applications .....................................................................................279
Part VI: Ethical Hacking Aftermath ..........................297
Chapter 17: Reporting Your Results ............................................................................299
Chapter 18: Plugging Security Holes ...........................................................................305
Chapter 19: Managing Security Changes ....................................................................311
Part VII: The Part of Tens .........................................317
Chapter 20: Ten Tips for Getting Upper Management Buy-In ..................................319
Chapter 21: Ten Deadly Mistakes ................................................................................323
Part VIII: Appendixes ...............................................327
Appendix A: Tools and Resources................................................................................329
Appendix B: About the Book Web Site.........................................................................337
Index .......................................................................339
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