Hacking for dummies

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Beaver, Kevin (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Edition:6th. edition
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • 1.Introduction
  • 2. Building the foundation for security testing. Introduction to ethical hacking ; Cracking the hacker mindset ; Developing your ethical hacking plan ; Hacking methodology
  • 2. Putting security testing in motion. Information gathering ; Social engineering ; Physical security ; Passwords
  • 3. Hacking network hosts. Network infrastructure systems ; Wireless networks ; Mobile devices
  • 4. Hacking operating systems. Windows ; Linux
  • 5. Hacking applications. Communication and messaging systems ; Web applications and mobile apps ; Databases and storage systems
  • 6. Security testing aftermath. Reporting your results ; Plugging security holes ; Managing security processes
  • 7. The part of tens. Ten tips for getting security buy-in ; Ten reasons hacking is the only effective way to test ; Ten deadly mistakes ; Appendix: tools and resources