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Hacking For Dummies, 4th Edition
Using the Ethical Hacking Process ..............................................................18
Formulating your plan .........................................................................19
Selecting tools ......................................................................................20
Executing the plan ...............................................................................22
Evaluating results ................................................................................23
Moving on .............................................................................................23
Chapter 2: Cracking the Hacker Mindset . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .25
What You’re Up Against ................................................................................25
Who Breaks into Computer Systems ..........................................................27
Why They Do It ..............................................................................................29
Planning and Performing Attacks ................................................................32
Maintaining Anonymity .................................................................................34
Chapter 3: Developing Your Ethical Hacking Plan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .35
Establishing Your Goals ................................................................................36
Determining Which Systems to Hack ..........................................................38
Creating Testing Standards ..........................................................................40
Timing....................................................................................................41
Running specific tests .........................................................................41
Blind versus knowledge assessments ...............................................42
Picking your location ...........................................................................43
Responding to vulnerabilities you find .............................................43
Making silly assumptions ....................................................................44
Selecting Security Assessment Tools ..........................................................44
Chapter 4: Hacking Methodology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .47
Setting the Stage for Testing ........................................................................47
Seeing What Others See ................................................................................49
Gathering public information .............................................................49
Mapping the network ..........................................................................52
Scanning Systems ..........................................................................................54
Hosts ......................................................................................................55
Open ports ............................................................................................55
Determining What’s Running on Open Ports .............................................56
Assessing Vulnerabilities ..............................................................................58
Penetrating the System .................................................................................61
Part II: Putting Ethical Hacking in Motion ................... 63
Chapter 5: Social Engineering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .65
Introducing Social Engineering ....................................................................65
Starting Your First Social Engineering Tests ..............................................66
Why Attackers Use Social Engineering .......................................................68
Understanding the Implications ..................................................................69