Hack Proofing Your Network, 2nd Edition

Table of contents

1. Cover
2. Title page
3. Table of Contents
4. Solutions@syngress.com
5. Copyright
6. Acknowledgments
7. Contributors
8. From the First Edition
9. Technical Editor and Contributor
10. Foreword v 1.5
11. About the Web Site
12. Foreword v 1.0
13. Chapter 1: How To Hack
    1. Introduction
    2. What We Mean by “Hack”
    3. Knowing What To Expect in the Rest of This Book
    4. Understanding the Current Legal Climate
    5. Summary
    6. Frequently Asked Questions
14. Chapter 2: The Laws of Security
    1. Introduction
    2. Knowing the Laws of Security
    3. Client-Side Security Doesn’t Work
    4. You Cannot Securely Exchange Encryption Keys without a Shared Piece of Information
    5. Malicious Code Cannot Be 100 Percent Protected against
    6. Any Malicious Code Can Be Completely Morphed to Bypass Signature Detection
    7. Firewalls Cannot Protect You 100 Percent from Attack
    8. Any IDS Can Be Evaded
    9. Secret Cryptographic Algorithms Are Not Secure
    10. If a Key Is Not Required, You Do Not Have Encryption—You Have Encoding
    11. Passwords Cannot Be Securely Stored on the Client Unless There Is Another Password to Protect Them
    12. In Order for a System to Begin to Be Considered Secure, It Must Undergo an Independent Security Audit
    13. Security through Obscurity Does Not Work
    14. Summary
    15. Frequently Asked Questions
15. Chapter 3: Classes of Attack
    1. Introduction
    2. Identifying and Understanding the Classes of Attack
    3. Identifying Methods of Testing for Vulnerabilities
    4. Summary
    5. Solutions Fast Track
    6. Frequently Asked Questions
16. Chapter 4: Methodology
    1. Introduction
    2. Understanding Vulnerability Research Methodologies
    3. The Importance of Source Code Reviews
    4. Reverse Engineering Techniques
    5. Black Box Testing
    6. Summary
    7. Solutions Fast Track
    8. Frequently Asked Questions
17. Chapter 5: Diffing
    1. Introduction
    2. What Is Diffing?
    3. Exploring Diff Tools
    4. Troubleshooting
    5. Summary
    6. Solutions Fast Track
    7. Frequently Asked Questions
18. Chapter 6: Cryptography
    1. Introduction
    2. Understanding Cryptography Concepts
    3. Learning about Standard Cryptographic Algorithms
    4. Understanding Brute Force
    5. Knowing When Real Algorithms Are Being Used Improperly
    6. Understanding Amateur Cryptography Attempts
    7. Summary
    8. Solutions Fast Track
    9. Frequently Asked Questions
19. Chapter 7: Unexpected Input
    1. Introduction
    2. Understanding Why Unexpected Data Is Dangerous
    3. Finding Situations Involving Unexpected Data
    4. Using Techniques to Find and Eliminate Vulnerabilities
    5. Utilizing the Available Safety Features in Your Programming Language
    6. Using Tools to Handle Unexpected Data
    7. Summary
    8. Solutions Fast Track
    9. Frequently Asked Questions
20. Chapter 8: Buffer Overflow
    1. Introduction
    2. Understanding the Stack
    3. Understanding the Stack Frame
    4. Learning about Buffer Overflows
    5. Creating Your First Overflow
    6. Learning Advanced Overflow Techniques
    7. Advanced Payload Design
    8. Summary
    9. Solutions Fast Track
    10. Frequently Asked Questions
21. Chapter 9: Format Strings
    1. Introduction
    2. Understanding Format String Vulnerabilities
    3. Why and Where Do Format String Vulnerabilities Exist?
    4. How Can They Be Fixed?
    5. How Format String Exploits Work
    6. What to Overwrite
    7. Examining a Vulnerable Program
    8. Testing with a Random Format String
    9. Writing a Format String Exploit
    10. Summary
    11. Solutions Fast Track
    12. Frequently Asked Questions
22. Chapter 10: Sniffing
    1. Introduction
    2. What Is Sniffing?
    3. What to Sniff?
    4. Popular Sniffing Software
    5. Advanced Sniffing Techniques
    6. Exploring Operating System APIs
    7. Taking Protective Measures
    8. Employing Detection Techniques
    9. Summary
    10. Solutions Fast Track
    11. Frequently Asked Questions
23. Chapter 11: Session Hijacking
    1. Introduction
    2. Understanding Session Hijacking
    3. Examining the Available Tools
    4. Playing MITM for Encrypted Communications
    5. Summary
    6. Solutions Fast Track
    7. Frequently Asked Questions
24. Chapter 12: Spoofing: Attacks on Trusted Identity
    1. Introduction
    2. What It Means to Spoof
    3. Background Theory
    4. The Evolution of Trust
    5. Establishing Identity within Computer Networks
    6. Capability Challenges
    7. Desktop Spoofs
    8. Impacts of Spoofs
    9. Down and Dirty: Engineering Spoofing Systems
    10. Summary
    11. Solution Fast Track
    12. Frequently Asked Questions
25. Chapter 13: Tunneling
    1. Introduction
    2. Strategic Constraints of Tunnel Design
    3. Designing End-to-End Tunneling Systems
    4. Open Sesame: Authentication
    5. Command Forwarding: Direct Execution for Scripts and Pipes
    6. Port Forwarding: Accessing Resources on Remote Networks
    7. When in Rome: Traversing the Recalcitrant Network
    8. Not In Denver, Not Dead: Now What?
    9. Summary
    10. Solutions Fast Track
    11. Frequently Asked Questions
26. Chapter 14: Hardware Hacking
    1. Introduction
    2. Understanding Hardware Hacking
    3. Opening the Device: Housing and Mechanical Attacks
    4. Analyzing the Product Internals: Electrical Circuit Attacks
    5. What Tools Do I Need?
    6. Example: Hacking the iButton Authentication Token
    7. Example: Hacking the NetStructure 7110 E-commerce Accelerator
    8. Summary
    9. Solutions Fast Track
    10. Frequently Asked Questions
27. Chapter 15: Viruses, Trojan Horses, and Worms
    1. Introduction
    2. How Do Viruses, Trojans Horses, and Worms Differ?
    3. Anatomy of a Virus
    4. Dealing with Cross-platform Issues
    5. Proof that We Need to Worry
    6. Creating Your Own Malware
    7. How to Secure Against Malicious Software
    8. Summary
    9. Solutions Fast Track
    10. Frequently Asked Questions
28. Chapter 16: IDS Evasion
    1. Introduction
    2. Understanding How Signature-Based IDSs Work
    3. Using Packet Level Evasion
    4. Using Application Protocol Level Evasion
    5. Using Code Morphing Evasion
    6. Summary
    7. Solutions Fast Track
    8. Frequently Asked Questions
29. Chapter 17: Automated Security Review and Attack Tools
    1. Introduction
    2. Learning about Automated Tools
    3. Using Automated Tools for Penetration Testing
    4. Knowing When Tools Are Not Enough
    5. Summary
    6. Solutions Fast Track
    7. Frequently Asked Questions
30. Chapter 18: Reporting Security Problems
    1. Introduction
    2. Understanding Why Security Problems Need to Be Reported
    3. Determining When and to Whom to Report the Problem
    4. Deciding How Much Detail to Publish
    5. Summary
    6. Solutions Fast Track
    7. Frequently Asked Questions
31. Index