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Books: Hackers & Intrusion Detection

 |  | Keith J. Jones, Mike Shema, Bradley C. Johnson: Anti-Hacker Tool KitGet in–depth details on the most effective security tools and learn how to use them with this hands-on resource. A must-have companion to the best-selling security book Hacking Exposed, this toolkit includes tips and configuration advice for getting the best results from the creators of the top hacking tools in use today. Pages: 711 Price: 34,33 EUR ISBN: 0072222824 Order this book... |  |  |  | Ed Skoudis: Counter Hack: A Step-by-Step Guide to Computer Attacks and Effective DefensesIn defending your systems against intruders and other meddlers, a little knowledge can be used to make the bad guys--particularly the more casual among them--seek out softer targets. Counter Hack aims to provide its readers with enough knowledge to toughen their Unix and Microsoft Windows systems against attacks in general, and with specific knowledge of the more common sorts of attacks that can be carried out by relatively unskilled "script kiddies." The approach author Ed Skoudis has chosen is effective, in that his readers accumulate the knowledge they need and generally enjoy the process. (Amazon.com) Pages: 592 Price: 28,61 EUR ISBN: 0130332739 Order this book... |  |  |  | Henry S. Warren Jr.: Hacker's DelightA computer scientist deeply embedded in IBM has compiled small programming tricks he has come across over his four decades in the field. Most work only on computers that represent integers in two's- complement form, and are easily adapted to machines with various register sizes, though a 32-bit machine is assumed when the register length is relevant. He gives proofs only when the algorithm is not obvious, and not always then.Book News, Inc.®, Portland, OR Pages: 320 Price: 28,61 EUR ISBN: 0201914654 Order this book... |  |  |  | Kevin D. Mitnick, William L. Simon: The Art of Deception: Controlling the Human Element of SecurityThe Art of Deception is about gaining someone's trust by lying to them and then abusing that trust for fun and profit. Hackers use the euphemism "social engineering" and hacker-guru Kevin Mitnick examines many example scenarios.
After Mitnick's first dozen examples anyone responsible for organisational security is going to lose the will to live. It's been said before but people and security are antithetical. Organisations exist to provide a good or service and want helpful friendly employees to promote the good or service. People are social animals who want to be liked. Controlling the human aspects of security means denying someone something. This circle can't be squared.
Considering Mitnick's reputation as a hacker guru the least and last point of attack for hackers using social engineering are computers. Most of the scenarios in The Art of Deception work just as well against computer-free organisations and were probably known to the Pheonicians. Technology simply makes it all easier. Phones are faster than letters after all and large organisations mean dealing with lots of strangers. (Amazon.co.uk) Pages: 352 Price: 13,21 EUR ISBN: 076454280X Order this book... |  |
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