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- Arm yourself with the knowledge to fight cybercrime
- Criminal activity involving computers continues to grow, making it critical for law enforcement personnel, legislators, and IT pros to develop the knowledge to prevent, detect, report, and prosecute cybercrime. In this chapter from Scene of the Cybercrime, 2nd Edition, Deb Shinder and coauthor Michael Cross discuss cybercrime definitions and categories,...
- Tags: Cybercrime, Knowledge, Syngress, Strategy, Management
- Book chapters 2008-07-10
- Defend the network layer from malicious attack
- The network layer is key to the operation of the stack. In this sample chapter from Hack the Stack: Using Snort and Ethereal to Master the 8 Layers of an Insecure Network, begin by reviewing the protocols that reside here, such as Internet Protocol IP, Internet Control...
- Tags: Snort, Network, Malicious Attack, Syngress, Chapter Coverage, Networking
- Book chapters 2007-06-22
- Audit your code for security problems
- If you're a developer who has joined a development project already in progress or have decided to use third-party code, or if you're an administrator who is worried about the quality of code your internal developers are putting on your system, then you need a way to...
- Tags: Developer, Security, Audit, Auditing, Web Application, Syngress, Chapter Coverage
- Book chapters 2007-06-08
- Discover valuable IT security lessons by tracing the history of cybercrime
- The phenomenon of cybercrime is as old computers themselves. As soon as the first computer networks were built, some people were looking for ways to exploit them for their own illegal purposes. In this sample chapter from Scene of the Cybercrime: Computer Forensics Handbook, trace the history of cybercrime from...
- Tags: Cybercrime, IT Security, Information Technology, Computer, Syngress, Chapter Coverage, Productivity
- Book chapters 2007-05-17
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- Track a (fictional) character across the Web with these hacker techniques and strategies
- The first three books in this fictional series, Stealing the Network: How to Own the Box, Stealing the Network: How to Own a Continent, and Stealing the Network: How to Own an Identity, have become classics in the hacker and Infosec communities because of their chillingly realistic depictions...
- Tags: Strategy, Technique, Web, Network, Productivity, Networking
- Download resources 2007-09-27
- Deploy virtual machines in Xen
- Xen virtual machine deployment is at the heart of Xen's functionality. In this chapter download from Virtualization with Xen: Including XenEnterprise, XenServer, and XenExpress, learn different techniques for provisioning XenVMs. Chapter coverage includes: Workload planning and virtual machine placement Installing modified guests Installing unmodified guests...
- Tags: Xen, Virtual Machine, Xen Virtual Machine Deployment, Chapter Coverage
- Book chapters 2007-09-27
- Ease Windows administration by delegating sections of Microsoft Information Services (IIS) 7.0 configuration to non-administrators
- Some Windows system administrators loved the old Microsoft Internet Information Services IIS metabase, but it was hated by most because it was difficult to read and provided no mechanism for delegating to non-adminstrators. Enter IIS 7.0, which was built on the successful and highly popular .config infrastructure ASP.NET used to...
- Tags: Microsoft IIS 7.0, Administration, Information Service, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft IIS Server, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software
- Book chapters 2007-08-16
- Use display and capture filters in Wireshark to find the network information you want and screen out what you don't
- If you're trying to pinpoint a network problem or understand how a particular network operation works, the amount of extraneous traffic on the network can be overwhelming and prevent you from accomplishing your goal. Filters are the way to manage this huge amount of information. Capture filters allow...
- Tags: Network, Networking
- Book chapters 2007-08-16
- Secure your network for free with Snort
- In this chapter download from How to Cheat at Configuring Open Source Security Tools, gain a practical understanding of the open-source IDS known as Snort and how it can help you with your network security concerns. Learn about the history of Snort, how the Snort architecture works, and its system...
- Tags: Snort, Network, Chapter Coverage, Networking, Security
- Book chapters 2007-08-08
- Customize Microsoft Windows Vista desktop properties
- Microsoft Windows Vista offers a rich range of options for customizing your desktop. Since many users will request assistance in customizing theirs, it is essential that administrators master these options. In this chapter download from How to Cheat at Microsoft Vista Administration, learn how to customize menus, taskbars, toolbars, screensavers,...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Corp., Desktops, Microsoft Windows, Hardware, Operating Systems, Software
- Book chapters 2007-08-03
- Enhance Wireshark with these coding and leveraging tools
- In this chapter download from Writing Security Tools and Exploits, learn how to enhance and tweak Wireshark formerly known as Ethereal, focusing on the leveraging and coding tools used to interact with it. Program a protocol dissector to see how Wireshark calls a dissector and learn how to...
- Tags: Chapter, Publisher, Tool, Wireshark, Productivity, Advertising & Promotion, Marketing
- Book chapters 2007-08-03
- Securely manage user sessions and create strong user authentication tokens in ASP.NET
- Investigate threats to your Web application code in Hacking the Code: ASP.NET Web Application Security, then consider a menu of solutions, coding considerations and examples, and security policies for every defined threat. In this chapter download from the book, learn how to securely manage user sessions and how to create...
- Tags: User Authentication, Microsoft ASP.NET, Chapter Coverage, .Net, Middleware, Security, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Enterprise Software, Software
- Book chapters 2007-08-03
- Defend against format string attacks
- Printf functions and the bugs due to the misuse of them have been around for years, but in 2000, the security world became aware of a new type of security vulnerability in software that became known as format string bugs, a completely new method for exploiting programming bugs...
- Tags: Bug, Buffer-overflow, Attack, Chapter Coverage, Security, Development Tools, Viruses And Worms, Software Development, Software/Web Development
- Book chapters 2007-07-06
- Troubleshoot network problems via network analysis or sniffing
- If you are a systems administrator, network engineer, or security engineer, you constantly field questions like "Why is the network slow?" "Why is my computer acting strange?" or "Why can't I get to the shared drive?" Thus begins the complex and sometimes tedious or painful journey of troubleshooting....
- Tags: Network, Analysis, Network Analysis, Chapter Coverage, Networking
- Book chapters 2007-07-06
- Use Metasploit Framework to develop functional exploits faster and with less effort
- The security tool Metasploit Framework MSF was the first open-source and freely available exploit development framework, and since 2003, it has grown to be one of the security community's most popular tools. Investigate the usefulness of the Metasploit project suite of tools while bridging the gap between exploitation theory and...
- Tags: Security, Exploit, Tool, Productivity
- Book chapters 2007-06-15
- Demystify Cisco networking technologies, routers, and switches
- Cisco is almost synonymous with networking. Routers, switches, firewalls, management software — you name it, and Cisco makes it. It can be quite an undertaking to locate and acquire all the information needed to configure, monitor, and manage all these discrete Cisco parts of a network, but it is important...
- Tags: Router, Network, Networking Technology, Cisco Systems Inc., Chapter Coverage, Networking, Routers & Switches, Network Technology
- Book chapters 2007-06-08
- Manage Snort intrusion detection logs with Log Parser
- Snort is an open-source intrusion detection system IDS used in a wide variety of network environments. It is a lightweight but extremely powerful tool for detecting malicious traffic on your network. However, Snort users quickly learn that reporting is not its strength, and an intrusion detection system is...
- Tags: Snort, Intrusion Detection System, Chapter Coverage, Intrusion Detection, Network Security, Security, Networking
- Book chapters 2007-06-08
- Hack proof your identity
- In this sample chapter from Hack Proofing Your Identity in the Information Age, investigate the forms of identification that make up your identity in an Internet-enabled world. Begin by focusing on physically securing the sources of information that identify you as an individual, using tangible security methods, then...
- Tags: Identity, Chapter Coverage, Identity Theft, Internet, Security
- Book chapters 2007-05-31
- Defend your Windows system against these lesser-known security attacks
- To date, the computer industry has seen many attacks specifically directed at Windows-based platforms. Due to the overwhelming market share commanded by Microsoft, these attacks receive massive amounts of media exposure and attention. In this sample chapter from Intrusion Prevention and Active Response: Deploying Network and Host IPS, explore three...
- Tags: Attack, Chapter Coverage, Intrusion Prevention, Microsoft Windows, Security, Operating Systems, Software
- Book chapters 2007-05-31
- Successfully deploy Windows Server Update Services (WSUS) in the enterprise
- Deploying Windows Server Update Services WSUS on anything but a one-server network introduces a layer of complexity that requires further research and reading. In this chapter from How to Cheat at Managing Windows Server Update Services, take a guided tour through the many features, enhancements, and "gotchas" that...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Server, Microsoft Windows Server Update Services, Chapter Coverage, Microsoft Windows, Servers, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware
- Book chapters 2007-05-17
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