Book

Hacking / by Kevin Beaver, CISSP.

Summary:

Hacking For Dummies takes you on an easy-to-follow cybersecurity voyage that will teach you the essentials of vulnerability and penetration testing so that you can find the holes in your network before the bad guys exploit them. You will learn to secure your Wi-Fi networks, lock down your latest Windows 11 installation, understand the security implications of remote work, and much more.

Record details

ISBN: 9781119872191
ISBN: 1119872197
Physical Description: xii, 396 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Edition: 7th edition.
Publisher: Hoboken, NJ : John Wiley & Sons, Inc., [2022]
Copyright: ©2022

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

pt. I. Building the foundation for security testing. Introduction to vulnerability and penetration testing ; Cracking the hacker mindset ; Developing your security testing plan ; Hacking methodology -- pt. II. Putting security testing in motion. Information gathering ; Social engineering ; Physical security ; Passwords -- pt. III. Hacking network hosts. Network infrastructure systems ; Wireless networks ; Mobile devices -- pt. IV. Hacking operating systems. Windows ; Linux and macOS -- pt. V. Hacking applications. Communication and messaging systems ; Web applications and mobile apps ; Databases and storage systems -- pt. VI. Security testing aftermath. Reporting your results ; Plugging your security holes ; Managing security processes -- pt. VII. The part of tens. Ten tips for getting security buy-in ; Ten reasons hacking is the only effective way to test ; Ten deadly mistakes.