No tech hacking : a guide to social engineering, dumpster diving, and shoulder surfing /
As the clich reminds us, information is power. In this age of computer systems and technology, an increasing majority of the world's information is stored electronically. It makes sense then that as an industry we rely on high-tech electronic protection systems to guard that information. As a p...
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Syngress ; Elsevier Science [distributor],
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Publisher Address: | Rockland, Mass. : Oxford : |
Publication Dates: | 2008. |
Literature type: | eBook |
Language: | English |
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http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/book/9781597492157 |
Summary: |
As the clich reminds us, information is power. In this age of computer systems and technology, an increasing majority of the world's information is stored electronically. It makes sense then that as an industry we rely on high-tech electronic protection systems to guard that information. As a professional hacker, I get paid to uncover weaknesses in those systems and exploit them. Whether breaking into buildings or slipping past industrial-grade firewalls, my goal has always been the same: extract the informational secrets using any means necessary. After hundreds of jobs, I discovered the se |
Item Description: | Includes index. |
Carrier Form: | 1 online resource (xxiv, 285 pages) : illustrations |
Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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9781597492157 1597492159 9780080558752 0080558755 |
Index Number: | QA76 |
CLC: | TP309-532 |
Contents: | Chapter 1: Reading People -- Chapter 2: Social Engineering -- Chapter 3: Shoulder Surfing -- Chapter 4: Dumpster Diving -- Chapter 5: Physical Security -- Chapter 6: Death of a Road Warrior -- Chapter 7: Google and P2P Hacking -- Chapter 8: Anatomy of a Break-In. |