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Authors: Nitesh Dhanjani, Billy Rios and Brett Hardin I Pages: 296 I Publisher: OʼReilly I
We have all been witnessing new kinds of attacks
emerging thanks to new technologies
and ways of using our computers and networks.
The use of social media, an increasingly
mobile workforce, cloud computing -
these are just a few of the latest trends that
increase the possibility of being breached.
This book explains them all and gives you insight
into the techniques and mindset of today's
attackers.
About the authors
Nitesh Dhanjani is a well known information
security researcher and speaker. He is the
author of many books about hacking and
computer security, and is Senior Manager in
the Advisory practice At Ernst and Young.
Billy Rios is a security engineer and used to
be a penetration tester for both VeriSign and
Ernst and Young. He made his living by outsmarting
security teams, bypassing security
measures, and demonstrating the business
risk of security exposures.
Brett Hardin is a Security Research Lead with
McAfee. Before that, he was a penetration
tester for Ernst and Young's Advanced Security
Center assessing web application and intranet
security for Fortune 500 companies.
Inside the book
If there is one adjective that fits all successful
cyber attackers, it's "resourceful". They dig up
information through any means they can find
and use it effectively to reach their goal.
Whether the reason behind the attack is
vengeance, fame, political or plain, old fashion
greed, they always seem to be one step
ahead of the defenders.
But, that is not exactly true - for every attack
that succeeds, there are hundreds or thousands
that fail.
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