The art of intrusion : the real stories behind the exploits of hackers, intruders & deceivers / Kevin D. Mitnick, William L. Simon.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mitnick, Kevin, 1963-2023, author.

Simon, William L., 1930- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Computer security.

Hackers.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (270 pages) : illustrations

Edition:

1st edition

Other Title:

Real stories behind the exploits of hackers, intruders and deceivers

Place of Publication:

Wiley 2009

Language Note:

English

System Details:

text file

Summary:

Hacker extraordinaire Kevin Mitnick delivers the explosive encore to his bestselling The Art of Deception Kevin Mitnick, the world's most celebrated hacker, now devotes his life to helping businesses and governments combat data thieves, cybervandals, and other malicious computer intruders. In his bestselling The Art of Deception, Mitnick presented fictionalized case studies that illustrated how savvy computer crackers use "social engineering" to compromise even the most technically secure computer systems. Now, in his new book, Mitnick goes one step further, offering hair-raising stories of real-life computer break-ins-and showing how the victims could have prevented them. Mitnick's reputation within the hacker community gave him unique credibility with the perpetrators of these crimes, who freely shared their stories with him-and whose exploits Mitnick now reveals in detail for the first time, including: A group of friends who won nearly a million dollars in Las Vegas by reverse-engineering slot machines Two teenagers who were persuaded by terrorists to hack into the Lockheed Martin computer systems Two convicts who joined forces to become hackers inside a Texas prison A "Robin Hood" hacker who penetrated the computer systems of many prominent companies-andthen told them how he gained access With riveting "you are there" descriptions of real computer break-ins, indispensable tips on countermeasures security professionals need to implement now, and Mitnick's own acerbic commentary on the crimes he describes, this book is sure to reach a wide audience-and attract the attention of both law enforcement agencies and the media.

Contents:

Hacking the casinos for a million bucks

When terrorists come calling

The Texas prison hack

Cops and robbers

The Robin Hood hacker

The wisdom and folly of penetration testing

Of course your bank is secure, right?

Your intellectual property isn't safe

On the continent

Social engineers : how they work and how to stop them

Short takes.

Notes:

Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9786610252572

9780470503829

0470503823

9781280252570

128025257X

9780764589423

0764589423

OCLC:

788498554