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Live hacking : the ultimate guide to hacking techniques & countermeasures for ethical hackers & IT security experts / Ali Jahangiri.

By: Jahangiri, Ali.
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: New York : Dr. Ali Jahangiri, 2009Description: xx, 194 p. ; 24 cm. + pbk.ISBN: 9780984271504.Subject(s): Computer crimes | Computer crimes -- InvestigationDDC classification: 005.8
Contents:
Essential terminology -- Reconnaissance -- Google hacking -- Scanning -- Enumeration -- Password cracking -- Windows hacking -- Malware -- Data packet Sniffers -- Web server and web application hacking -- Denial of service (DOS) -- Wireless network hacking.
Summary: Dr. Ali Jahangiri, a world-renowned information technology (IT) expert, brings us the next must-have in IT training: Live Hacking, the definitive and comprehensive guide to computer hacking. Groundbreaking, insightful, and practical, this guide serves to inform IT professionals about and challenge existing conceptions of hacking, its victims, and its consequences, but with an eye to empowering prospective victims with the knowledge they need to thwart the criminal elements in cyberspace.

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Dr. Ali Jahangiri, a world-renowned information technology (IT) expert, brings us the next must-have in IT training: Live Hacking, the definitive and comprehensive guide to computer hacking. Groundbreaking, insightful, and practical, this guide serves to inform IT professionals about and challenge existing conceptions of hacking, its victims, and its consequences, but with an eye to empowering prospective victims with the knowledge they need to thwart the criminal elements in cyberspace. Whether you work in a Fortune 500 company or if you're just looking to protect your home office from hackers, this book will provide you with all the information you need to protect your valuable information. Live Hacking is straightforward, easy to read, and a reference that you'll use again and again. It's the kind of book you'll want to keep in your back pocket! With a user-friendly writing style and easy-to-follow diagrams and computer screenshots.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 187-188) and index.

Essential terminology -- Reconnaissance -- Google hacking -- Scanning -- Enumeration -- Password cracking -- Windows hacking -- Malware -- Data packet Sniffers -- Web server and web application hacking -- Denial of service (DOS) -- Wireless network hacking.

Dr. Ali Jahangiri, a world-renowned information technology (IT) expert, brings us the next must-have in IT training: Live Hacking, the definitive and comprehensive guide to computer hacking. Groundbreaking, insightful, and practical, this guide serves to inform IT professionals about and challenge existing conceptions of hacking, its victims, and its consequences, but with an eye to empowering prospective victims with the knowledge they need to thwart the criminal elements in cyberspace.