penetration testing (computer security)

"A crash course in modern hacking techniques, Ethical Hacking is already being used to prepare the next generation of offensive security experts. In its many hands-on labs, you'll explore crucial skills for any aspiring penetration tester, security researcher, or malware analyst. You'll begin with the basics: capturing a victim's network traffic with an ARP spoofing attack and then viewing it in Wireshark. From there, you'll deploy reverse shells that let you remotely run commands on a victim's computer, encrypt files by writing your own ransomware in Python, and fake emails like the ones used in phishing attacks. In advanced chapters, you'll learn how to fuzz for new vulnerabilities, craft trojans and rootkits, exploit websites with SQL injection, and escalate your privileges to extract credentials, which you'll use to traverse a private network." --.

"This book provides an introduction to the experience of hacking, with hands-on activities demonstrating phishing attacks, malware, password cracking, web hacking, and more. Readers learn how to set up a network of virtual machines to safely and ethically practice attacks, with step-by-step instructions guiding them through each hack"--.

"Go behind the scenes and be mentored . . . to find out what it's really like, and what it really takes, to become an ethical hacker"--Dust jacket.

"Builds a foundation of Linux skills; this guide also addresses MySQL, postgresql, and Python scripting. Provides access to numerous real-world examples and hands-on exercises"--.

Cybercrime affects everyone--from individuals to companies, colleges and universities, government agencies, and the military. Annual damage from cybercrime is expected to cost the companies, government agencies, and individuals $6 trillion annually by 2021. A career as a professional hacker is the perfect choice for those who want to use their computer skills to fight cybercriminals. In this book, you'll learn about career paths for professional hackers, the most common types of cyberattacks, typical educational paths for professional hackers, the traits you'll need to be successful in the field, methods of exploring the career while in school, average salaries, and much more. Professional Hacker is just one of ten exciting titles in the Cool Careers in Science series. Readers will discover ten cutting-edge science, technology, and engineering careers, and dozens of subspecialties. You will also learn why these careers are some of the most exciting, best paying, and fastest growing occupations in the world.

Readers learn the differences among white hat, black hat, and gray hat hackers and their ways of working concerning computer networks today.

Provides information on computer hacking and hacking as a career in the security department of a company or government agency.

Technology specialists, or white hat hackers, know how to make products strong, secure, and private.

Provides information on computer hacking and hacking as a career in the security department of a company or government agency.