Graham / Olson / Howard Cyber Security Essentials

Erscheinungsjahr 2011
ISBN: 978-1-4398-5126-5
Verlag: Taylor & Francis
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 342 Seiten

The sophisticated methods used in recent high-profile cyber incidents have driven many to need to understand how such security issues work. Demystifying the complexity often associated with information assurance, Cyber Security Essentials provides a clear understanding of the concepts behind prevalent threats, tactics, and procedures.

To accomplish this, the team of security professionals from VeriSign’s iDefense® Security Intelligence Services supply an extensive review of the computer security landscape. Although the text is accessible to those new to cyber security, its comprehensive nature makes it ideal for experts who need to explain how computer security works to non-technical staff. Providing a fundamental understanding of the theory behind the key issues impacting cyber security, the book:

- Covers attacker methods and motivations, exploitation trends, malicious code techniques, and the latest threat vectors

- Addresses more than 75 key security concepts in a series of concise, well-illustrated summaries designed for most levels of technical understanding

- Supplies actionable advice for the mitigation of threats

- Breaks down the code used to write exploits into understandable diagrams

This book is not about the latest attack trends or botnets. It’s about the reasons why these problems continue to plague us. By better understanding the logic presented in these pages, readers will be prepared to transition to a career in the growing field of cyber security and enable proactive responses to the threats and attacks on the horizon.

Zielgruppe

Mid-level to senior level security executives, IT management and staff.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Graham, James

Olson, Ryan

Howard, Rick

Fachgebiete

• Mathematik | Informatik EDV | Informatik Technische Informatik Computersicherheit

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Cyber Security Fundamentals

Network and Security Concepts Information Assurance Fundamentals Basic Cryptography Symmetric Encryption Public Key Encryption The Domain Name System (DNS) Firewalls Virtualization Radio-Frequency Identification
Microsoft Windows Security Principles Windows Tokens Window Messaging Windows Program Execution The Windows Firewall
Attacker Techniques and Motivations
How Hackers Cover Their Tracks (Anti-forensics) How and Why Attackers Use Proxies Tunneling Techniques
Fraud Techniques Phishing, Smishing, Vishing and Mobile Malicious Code Rogue Anti-Virus Click Fraud

Threat Infrastructure Botnets Fast-Flux Advanced Fast-Flux

Exploitation

Techniques to Gain a Foothold Shellcode Integer Overflow Vulnerabilities Stack-Based Buffer Overflows Format-String Vulnerabilities SQL Injection Malicious PDF Files Race Conditions Web Exploit Tools DoS Conditions Brute-Force and Dictionary Attacks

Misdirection, Reconnaissance and Disruption Methods Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) Social Engineering WarXing DNS Amplification Attacks

Malicious Code

Self-Replicating Malicious Code Worms Viruses

Evading Detection and Elevating Privileges Obfuscation Virtual Machine Obfuscation Persistent Software Techniques Rootkits Spyware Attacks against Privileged User Accounts and Escalation of Privileges Token Kidnapping Virtual Machine Detection

Stealing Information and Exploitation Form Grabbing Man-in-the-Middle Attacks DLL Injection Browser Helper Objects

Defense and Analysis Techniques

Memory Forensics Why Memory Forensics Is Important Capabilities of Memory Forensics Memory Analysis Frameworks Dumping Physical Memory Installing and Using Volatility Finding Hidden Processes Volatility Analyst Pack
Honeypots

Malicious Code Naming

Automated Malicious Code Analysis Systems Passive Analysis Active Analysis Physical or Virtual Machines
Intrusion Detection Systems iDefense Special File Investigation Tools

Über Autor(innen)

This book is the direct result of the outstanding efforts of a talented pool of security analysts, editors, business leaders and security professionals, all of whom work for iDefense® Security Intelligence Services; a business unit of VeriSign, Inc.

iDefense is an open-source, cyber security intelligence operation that maintains expertise in vulnerability research and alerting, exploit development, malicious code analysis, underground monitoring and international actor attribution. iDefense provides intelligence products to Fortune 1,000 companies and "three-letter agencies" in various world governments. iDefense also maintains the Security Operations Center for the Financial Sector Information Sharing and Analysis Center (FS-ISAC); one of 17 ISACs mandated by the US government to facilitate information sharing throughout the country’s business sectors.

iDefense has the industry-unique capability of determining not only the technical details of cyber security threats and events (the "what", the "when" and the "where"), but because of their international presence, iDefense personnel can ascertain the most likely actors and motivations behind these attacks (the "who" and the "why").

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