With the advent of rich Internet applications, the explosion of social
media, and the increased use of powerful cloud computing
infrastructures, a new generation of attackers has added cunning new
techniques to its arsenal. For anyone involved in defending an
application or a network of systems, Hacking: The Next Generation is
one of the few books to identify a variety of emerging attack vectors.
You'll not only find valuable information on new hacks that attempt to
exploit technical flaws, you'll also learn how attackers take advantage
of individuals via social networking sites, and abuse vulnerabilities in
wireless technologies and cloud infrastructures. Written by seasoned
Internet security professionals, this book helps you understand the
motives and psychology of hackers behind these attacks, enabling you to
better prepare and defend against them.
- Learn how "inside out" techniques can poke holes into protected
networks
- Understand the new wave of "blended threats" that take advantage of
multiple application vulnerabilities to steal corporate data
- Recognize weaknesses in today's powerful cloud infrastructures and how
they can be exploited
- Prevent attacks against the mobile workforce and their devices
containing valuable data
- Be aware of attacks via social networking sites to obtain confidential
information from executives and their assistants
- Get case studies that show how several layers of vulnerabilities can
be used to compromise multinational corporations
