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    Hacking : Guide to Computer Hacking and Penetration Testing
    Hacking : Guide to Computer Hacking and Penetration Testing
    Hacking : Guide to Computer Hacking and Penetration Testing
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    Hacking : Guide to Computer Hacking and Penetration Testing

    By Alex Nordeen

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    If you are attracted to Hacking world, this book must be your first step. This book teaches you how to think like hackers and protect your computer system from malware, viruses, etc. It will give you insight on various techniques and tools used by hackers for hacking. The book demonstrates how easy it is to penetrate other system and breach cyber security. At the same time, you will also learn how to fight these viruses with minimum damage to the system. Irrespective of your background, you will easily understand all technical jargons of hacking covered in the book.


    It also covers the testing methods used by ethical hackers to expose the security loopholes in the system. Once familiar with the basic concept of hacking in this book, even dummies can hack a system. Not only beginners but peers will also like to try hands-on exercise given in the book.


    Practical Hacking Guide. Covers the following


    Table Of Content


    Chapter 1: Introduction


    What is hacking?


    Common hacking terminologies


    What is Cybercrime?


    What is ethical hacking?


    Chapter 2: Potential Security Threats


    What is a threat?


    What are Physical Threats?


    What are Non-physical Threats?


    Chapter 3: Hacking Tools & Skills


    What is a programming language?


    What languages should I learn?


    What are hacking tools?


    Commonly Used Hacking Tools


    Chapter 4: Social Engineering


    What is social engineering?


    Common Social Engineering Techniques


    Social Engineering Counter Measures


    Chapter 5: Cryptography


    What is cryptography?


    What is cryptanalysis?


    What is cryptology?


    Encryption Algorithms


    Hacking Activity: Hack Now!


    Chapter 6: Cracking Password


    What is password cracking?


    What is password strength?


    Password cracking techniques


    Password Cracking Tools


    Password Cracking Counter Measures


    Chapter 7: Trojans, Viruses and Worms


    What is a Trojan?


    What is a worm?


    What is a virus?


    Trojans, viruses and worms counter measures


    Chapter 8: Network Sniffers


    What is IP and MAC Addresses


    What is network sniffing?


    Passive and Active Sniffing


    What is ARP Poisoning?


    What is a MAC Flooding?


    Sniffing the network using Wireshark


    Chapter 9: Hack Wireless Networks


    What is a wireless network?


    How to access a wireless network?


    Wireless Network Authentication


    How to Crack Wireless Networks


    Cracking Wireless network WEP/WPA keys


    Chapter 10: DoS(Denial of Service) Attacks


    What is DoS Attack?


    Type of DoS Attacks


    How DoS attacks work


    DoS attack tools


    Chapter 11: Hack a Web Server


    Web server vulnerabilities


    Types of Web Servers


    Types of Attacks against Web Servers


    Web server attack tools


    Chapter 12: Hack a Website


    What is a web application? What are Web Threats?


    How to protect your Website against hacks ?


    Hacking Activity: Hack a Website !


    Chapter 13: SQL Injection


    What is a SQL Injection?


    How SQL Injection Works


    Other SQL Injection attack types


    Automation Tools for SQL Injection

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherPublishdrive
    Release dateNov 12, 2021
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      Hacking - Alex Nordeen

      Table Of Content

      Chapter 1: Introduction

      What is hacking?

      Common hacking terminologies

      What is Cybercrime?

      What is ethical hacking?

      Chapter 2: Potential Security Threats

      What is a threat?

      What are Physical Threats?

      What are Non-physical Threats?

      Chapter 3: Hacking Tools & Skills

      What is a programming language?

      What languages should I learn?

      What are hacking tools?

      Commonly Used Hacking Tools

      Chapter 4: Social Engineering

      What is social engineering?

      Common Social Engineering Techniques

      Social Engineering Counter Measures

      Chapter 5: Cryptography

      What is cryptography?

      What is cryptanalysis?

      What is cryptology?

      Encryption Algorithms

      Hacking Activity: Hack Now!

      Chapter 6: Cracking Password

      What is password cracking?

      What is password strength?

      Password cracking techniques

      Password Cracking Tools

      Password Cracking Counter Measures

      Chapter 7: Trojans, Viruses and Worms

      What is a Trojan?

      What is a worm?

      What is a virus?

      Trojans, viruses and worms counter measures

      Chapter 8: Network Sniffers

      What is IP and MAC Addresses

      What is network sniffing?

      Passive and Active Sniffing

      What is ARP Poisoning?

      What is a MAC Flooding?

      Sniffing the network using Wireshark

      Chapter 9: Hack Wireless Networks

      What is a wireless network?

      How to access a wireless network?

      Wireless Network Authentication

      How to Crack Wireless Networks

      Cracking Wireless network WEP/WPA keys

      Chapter 10: DoS(Denial of Service) Attacks

      What is DoS Attack?

      Type of DoS Attacks

      How DoS attacks work

      DoS attack tools

      Chapter 11: Hack a Web Server

      Web server vulnerabilities

      Types of Web Servers

      Types of Attacks against Web Servers

      Web server attack tools

      Chapter 12: Hack a Website

      What is a web application? What are Web Threats?

      How to protect your Website against hacks ?

      Hacking Activity: Hack a Website !

      Chapter 13: SQL Injection

      What is a SQL Injection?

      How SQL Injection Works

      Other SQL Injection attack types

      Automation Tools for SQL Injection

      Chapter 1: Introduction

      Computers have become mandatory to run a successful businesses. It is not enough to have isolated computers systems; they need to be networked to facilitate communication with external businesses. This exposes them to the outside world and cybercrime. Cybercrime is using computers to commit fraudulent acts such as fraud, privacy invasion, stealing corporate/personal data etc. Cybercrimes cost many organizations millions of dollars every year. Businesses need to protect themselves against such attacks.

      How can they protect themselves?

      In this article, we will introduce you to ethical hacking.

      What is hacking?

      There are many definitions of hacking. In this article, we will define hacking as identifying weakness in computer systems and/or networks and exploiting the weaknesses to gain access. An example of hacking is using by passing the login algorithm to gain access to a system. A hacker is a person who finds and exploits weakness in computer systems and/or networks to gain access. Hackers are usually skilled computer programmers with knowledge of computer security.

      Before we go any further, let’s look at some of the most commonly used terminologies in the world of hacking.

      Types of Hackers

      Hackers are classified according to the intent of their actions. The following list classifies hackers according to their intent.

      What is Cybercrime?

      Cybercrime is the use of computers and networks to perform illegal activities such as spreading computer viruses, online bullying, performing unauthorized electronic fund transfers etc.  Most cybercrimes are committed through the internet. Some cybercrimes can also be carried out using mobile phones via SMS and online chatting applications.

      Type of Cybercrime

      The following list presents the common types of cybercrimes:

      Computerfraud:Intentional deception

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