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The Art of Intrusion
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Kevin Mitnick, the world's most celebrated hacker, now devotes his life to
helping businesses and governments combat data thieves, cybervandals, and other
malicious computer intruders. In his bestselling The Art of Deception, Mitnick
presented fictionalized case studies that illustrated how savvy computer
crackers use "social engineering" to compromise even the most technically secure
computer systems. Now, in his new book, Mitnick goes one step further, offering
hair-raising stories of real-life computer break-ins-and showing how the victims
could have prevented them. Mitnick's reputation within the hacker community gave
him unique credibility with the perpetrators of these crimes, who freely shared
their stories with him-and whose exploits Mitnick now reveals in detail for the
first time, including:

* A group of friends who won nearly a million dollars in Las Vegas by
reverse-engineering slot machines
* Two teenagers who were persuaded by terrorists to hack into the Lockheed
Martin computer systems
* Two convicts who joined forces to become hackers inside a Texas prison
* A "Robin Hood" hacker who penetrated the computer systems of many
prominent companies-andthen told them how he gained access

With riveting "you are there" descriptions of real computer break-ins,
indispensable tips on countermeasures security professionals need to implement
now, and Mitnick's own acerbic commentary on the crimes he describes, this book
is sure to reach a wide audience-and attract the attention of both law
enforcement agencies and the media.

Table of Contents

Ch. 1 Hacking the casinos for a million bucks 1
Ch. 2 When terrorists come calling 23
Ch. 3 The Texas prison hack 49
Ch. 4 Cops and robbers 69
Ch. 5 The Robin Hood hacker 91
Ch. 6 The wisdom and folly of penetration testing 115
Ch. 7 Of course your bank is secure - right? 139
Ch. 8 Your intellectual property isn't safe 153
Ch. 9 On the continent 195
Ch. 10 Social engineers - how they work and how to stop them 221
Ch. 11 Short takes 247

Product Details

* ISBN: 0764569597
* ISBN-13: 9780764569593
* Format: Hardcover, 304pp
* Publisher: Wiley, John & Sons, Incorporated
* Pub. Date: February 2005

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