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Hacking, by Kevin Beaver, CISSP

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Hacking, by Kevin Beaver, CISSP

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Hacking

Nature of contents

bibliography

Responsibility statement

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

Table Of Contents

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 ; Appendix: tools and resources

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Hacking for dummies

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