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And most of the time, they fail because they
have come up against people who have
knowledge about which attack vectors are
likely to be deployed against a network and
then securing it against them.
This book covers a lot of ground. It starts with
enlightening us about the myriad of ways an
attacker can gather information needed to
execute the attack: dumpster giving, social
engineering, scouring the social networks for
information, etc.
Everyone should be made aware that the old
division between trusted and untrusted zones
and individuals can no longer be applied, that
network protocols offer many dangers because
they are were not built with security in
mind and that every application has at least
one vulnerability that can be exploited. It is not
necessary for everyone to know how to fix
these problems, but in this case, a little paranoia
goes a long way.
There are all these helpful and wonderful tools
and technologies out there, and we use them
every day to work and play and run errands.
This book gives us an insight into all the bad
things that can happen - so that we can make
sure they don't.
Final thoughts
Zeljka Zorz is a News Editor for Help Net Security and (IN)SECURE Magazine.
Hacking: The Next Generation is an extremely
thorough, enjoyable and easy read. The
authors aimed the book at anyone interested
in learning the techniques that attackers use
presently. I would say that it should be read by
everybody whose work depends on computers
- well, at least some of the chapters.
It says everything it should without the endless
repeating and rephrasing so that readers
would understand the concept, because it was
so clearly explained the first time. This is a
book that will get and keep your attention, and
a must-read book for everyone dealing with
computer and information security.
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