Hacking exposed malware and rootkits : security secrets & solutions / Christopher C. Elisan [and three others].

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Elisan, Christopher C., author.

Davis, Michael, author.

Bodmer, Sean, author.

LeMasters, Aaron, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Computer security.

Computer networks--Security measures.

Computer networks.

Malware (Computer software).

Rootkits (Computer software).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1 volume) : illustrations

Edition:

Second edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : McGraw-Hill Education, [2017]

System Details:

text file

Summary:

Arm yourself for the escalating war against malware and rootkits Thwart debilitating cyber-attacks and dramatically improve your organization’s security posture using the proven defense strategies in this thoroughly updated guide. Hacking Exposed™ Malware and Rootkits: Security Secrets & Solutions, Second Edition fully explains the hacker’s latest methods alongside ready-to-deploy countermeasures. Discover how to block pop-up and phishing exploits, terminate embedded code, and identify and eliminate rootkits. You will get up-to-date coverage of intrusion detection, firewall, honeynet, antivirus, and anti-rootkit technology. • Learn how malware infects, survives, and propagates across an enterprise • See how hackers develop malicious code and target vulnerable systems • Detect, neutralize, and remove user-mode and kernel-mode rootkits • Use hypervisors and honeypots to uncover and kill virtual rootkits • Defend against keylogging, redirect, click fraud, and identity theft • Block spear phishing, client-side, and embedded-code exploits • Effectively deploy the latest antivirus, pop-up blocker, and firewall software • Identify and stop malicious processes using IPS solutions

Contents:

Malware propagation

Malware functionality

User-mode rootkits

Kernell-mode rootkits

Virtual rootkits

The future of rootkits

Antivirus

Host protection systems

Host-based intrusion prevention

Rootkit detection

General Security practices.

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780071825757

0071825754

OCLC:

968714981