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Hacking the Hacker

by Roger A. Grimes

May 2017

Beginner

320 pages

6h 47m

English

Wiley

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Most Hackers Aren’t GeniusesDefenders Are Hackers PlusHackers Are SpecialHackers Are PersistentHacker Hats
The Secret to HackingHacking Ethically
For More Information on Bruce Schneier
Social Engineering MethodsSocial Engineering Defenses
For More Information on Kevin Mitnick
Number of Software VulnerabilitiesWhy Are Software Vulnerabilities Still a Big Problem?Defenses Against Software VulnerabilitiesPerfect Software Won’t Cure All Ills

For More Information on Michael Howard
For More Information on Gary McGraw
Malware TypesNumber of Malware ProgramsMostly Criminal in OriginDefenses Against Malware
For More Information on Susan Bradley
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What Is Cryptography?Why Can’t Attackers Just Guess All the Possible Keys?Symmetric Versus Asymmetric KeysPopular CryptographyHashesCryptographic UsesCryptographic Attacks
For More Information on Martin Hellman
Traits of a Good Security Event MessageAdvanced Persistent Threats (APTs)Types of Intrusion DetectionIntrusion Detection Tools and Services
For More Information on Dr. Dorothy E. Denning
For More Information on Michael Dubinsky
What Is a Firewall?
For More Information on William Cheswick
What Is a Honeypot?InteractionWhy Use a Honeypot?Catching My Own Russian SpyHoneypot Resources to Explore
For More Information on Lance Spitzner
Authentication ComponentsHacking PasswordsPassword Defenses
For More Information on Dr. Cormac Herley
The Wireless WorldTypes of Wireless HackingSome Wireless Hacking ToolsWireless Hacking Defenses
For More Information on Thomas d’Otreppe de Bouvette
My Penetration Testing HighlightsHow to Be a Pen Tester
For More Information on Aaron Higbee
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Types of DDoS AttacksDDoS Tools and ProvidersDDoS Defenses
For More Information on Brian Krebs
How to Secure an Operating SystemSecurity Consortiums
For More Information on Joanna Rutkowska
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Types of Network AttacksNetwork Attack Defenses
For More Information on Laura Chappell
How Do Hackers Hack IoT? IoT Defenses
For More Information on Dr. Charlie Miller
StandardsPoliciesProceduresFrameworksRegulatory LawsGlobal ConcernsSystems Support
For More Information on Jing de Jong‐Chen
Why Threat Model?Threat Modeling ModelsThreat Actors
For More Information on Adam Shostack
Computer Security Training TopicsTraining Methods
For More Information on Stephen Northcutt
Privacy OrganizationsPrivacy‐Protecting Applications
For More Information on Eva Galperin
Patching FactsCommon Patching Problems
For More Information on Window Snyder
Computer Security Writing OutletsProfessional Writing Tips
For More Information on Fahmida Y. Rashid
Signs Your Kid Is HackingNot All Hacking Is BadHow to Turn Around Your Malicious Hacker
Hacker Code of Ethics

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23Wireless Hacking

Today’s computing world works on wireless networking. It’s a rarity that anyone plugs in a network cable to their desktop or laptop computer, and no one does that for their cell phones and other computing devices, even though the wired world is faster and more secure. It is a wireless world—a world that hackers are constantly attacking.

The Wireless World

The wireless world is big and broad. The wireless networking that we have on our home network access points is the 802.11 Wi‐Fi standard, but the term “wireless” encompasses a huge swath of the electromagnetic spectrum, which includes X‐rays, light, radio, and other forms of wireless energy. The identification and allocation of a portion of the wireless spectrum is determined by the number of waves per second (i.e. frequency) and distance of the wavelength. 802.11 is the wireless networking standard among the 900 MHz and 2.4, 3.6, 5.0, 5.8, and 60 GHz frequencies. The computers in our lives use many different wireless technologies, including magnetism, light, satellite, terrestrial radio, Bluetooth, Near Field Communications (NFC), RFID, and microwave. Much of the wireless spectrum is controlled by laws and regulatory bodies, which is good because without them much of the spectrum would be unusable and unsafe.

Types of Wireless Hacking

Each part of the wireless spectrum and the various communication standards for it determine the types of hacking that are likely to be performed on them, although the ...