Hacking: Beginner to Expert Guide to Computer Hacking, Basic Security, and Penetration Testing (Computer Science Series)

93 Pages·2016·0.41 MB·English

by  James Patterson

Hacking

Beginner to Expert Guide to Computer Hacking, Basic Security, and
Penetration Testing

By James Patterson
Introduction

I want to thank you and congratulate you for downloading the book, “Hacking: Beginner's Guide to
Computer Hacking, Basic Security, and Penetration Testing. ”

This book will teach you how you can protect yourself from most common hacking attacks -- by knowing
how hacking actually works! After all, in order to prevent your system from being compromised, you need
to stay a step ahead of any criminal hacker. You can do that by learning how to hack and how to do a
counter-hack.

Within this book are techniques and tools that are used by both criminal and ethical hackers – all the things
that you will find here will show you how information security can be compromised and how you can
identify an attack in a system that you are trying to protect. At the same time, you will also learn how you
can minimize any damage in your system or stop an ongoing attack.

Thanks again for downloading this book. I hope you enjoy it!
Table of Contents

Introduction
Table of Contents
Chapter 1: Hacking 101
Who Hacks?
Is Hacking for Everyone?
What You Will Get Here
Is It Difficult to Learn and Understand?
Skills That You Need to Have
Chapter 2: How Hackers Find Their Targets
Things That Hackers Search For
Establishing a Hacking Plan
Setting Goals
Chapter 3: Mapping Out Your Hacks
Organizing Your Project
When Should You Start Hacking?
What Do Others See?
Mapping the Network
Doing System Scans
A Look at System Vulnerabilities
Chapter 4: About Attacks
What is a Passive Attack?
What is an Active Attack?
Chapter 5: Hacking Tools
Chapter 6: How to Fool Targets
Spoofing
Man-in-the-Middle Attacks
Chapter 7: Hacking Passwords
How to Crack Passwords
Notes on Password Encryption
Other Ways to Uncover Passwords
Chapter 8: Hacking Network Connections
Hacking a WEP Connection
The Evil Twin Hack
Chapter 9: Introduction to Mobile Hacking
Hacking Mobile Apps
Exploiting a Mobile Device Remotely
Chapter 10: Social Engineering
Social Engineering as Art and Science
How Social Engineering Happens
Types of Social Engineering Attacks
What You Can Do Against Social Engineering
Chapter 11: Physical Attacks
Why Physical Attacks Work
Discovering Vulnerabilities
Securing the Periphery
Conclusion
Chapter 1: Hacking 101

Whenever you encounter the word hacking, you probably associate it with sending an encrypted program
to another user, and then being able to get unauthorized access on a remote computer.

However, the term hacking was used to define any act of tinkering a computer’s hardware or software
other than its intended use, in order to improve it and find out how electronic devices can work
electronically.

While that definition technically still holds true, hacking has definitely made a whole new turn especially
when it comes to how another person can access someone else’s computer. Before you think that hacking
is all about getting past securities to wreak havoc on somebody else’s digital device, you might need to
know the types of hackers that exist nowadays.