It also covers the testing methods used by ethical hackers to expose the security loopholes in the system. Once familiar with the basic concept of hacking in this book, even dummies can hack a system. Not only beginners but peers will also like to try hands-on exercise given in the book.
Table Of Content
Chapter 1: Introduction
1. What is hacking?
2. Common hacking terminologies
3. What is Cybercrime?
4. What is ethical hacking?
Chapter 2: Potential Security Threats
1. What is a threat?
2. What are Physical Threats?
3. What are Non-physical Threats?
Chapter 3: Hacking Tools & Skills
1. What is a programming language?
2. What languages should I learn?
3. What are hacking tools?
4. Commonly Used Hacking Tools
Chapter 4: Social Engineering
1. What is social engineering?
2. Common Social Engineering Techniques
3. Social Engineering Counter Measures
Chapter 5: Cryptography
1. What is cryptography?
2. What is cryptanalysis?
3. What is cryptology?
4. Encryption Algorithms
5. Hacking Activity: Hack Now!
Chapter 6: Cracking Password
1. What is password cracking?
2. What is password strength?
3. Password cracking techniques
4. Password Cracking Tools
5. Password Cracking Counter Measures
Chapter 7: Trojans, Viruses and Worms
1. What is a Trojan?
2. What is a worm?
3. What is a virus?
4. Trojans, viruses and worms counter measures
Chapter 8: Network Sniffers
1. What is IP and MAC Addresses
2. What is network sniffing?
3. Passive and Active Sniffing
4. What is ARP Poisoning?
5. What is a MAC Flooding?
6. Sniffing the network using Wireshark
Chapter 9: Hack Wireless Networks
1. What is a wireless network?
2. How to access a wireless network?
3. Wireless Network Authentication
4. How to Crack Wireless Networks
5. Cracking Wireless network WEP/WPA keys
Chapter 10: DoS(Denial of Service) Attacks
1. What is DoS Attack?
2. Type of DoS Attacks
3. How DoS attacks work
4. DoS attack tools
Chapter 11: Hack a Web Server
1. Web server vulnerabilities
2. Types of Web Servers
3. Types of Attacks against Web Servers
4. Web server attack tools
Chapter 12: Hack a Website
1. What is a web application? What are Web Threats?
2. How to protect your Website against hacks ?
3. Hacking Activity: Hack a Website !
Chapter 13: SQL Injection
1. What is a SQL Injection?
2. How SQL Injection Works
3. Other SQL Injection attack types
4. Automation Tools for SQL Injection