February 16, 2010 at 18:10Two interesting books by Kevin Mitnik
I would like to recommend you two excellent books by a rather famous hacker (social engineer, phreaker).
Although, perhaps now he is not so popular. But these two books still remain relevant to this day.
These are the Art of Deception and the Art of Invasion .
Publisher: IT Co., 2004.
Author: Kevin D. Mitnik and William L. Simon
Hardcover, 360 pages.
Book on ozon.ru , books.ru
This book talks about the most vulnerable place in the security of any computer - about a person. There are a lot of different examples, some of which are quite real, some are fictitious for greater indications. After each story, there is a comment by Mitnik, which tells how to avoid the incident or not at all.
By the way, the book can be read by almost anyone, even a little familiar with all these hackers and others, since many specific terms are explained directly in the book.
The book is divided into four parts.
The first part contains more visual stories proving the ease of obtaining any information with just a telephone.
The second part shows how you can play on the trust of the victim, how to get the location of a person.
The third part talks about how a social engineer achieves his goal. How can he get into the building, bypassing all modern security systems and still get what he needs.
The fourth part describes how to protect your company from such intrusions.
And for a snack, at the very end, Mitnik even formed a security policy for the organization and made up a couple of flowcharts.
Also, in the book you can find out about the biography of Kevin and his problems with John Markov, who did not act very honestly with him.
In order not to give out all the interesting moments of the book, I will limit myself to a quote:
The Art of Deception shows how vulnerable we are all — government, business, and each of us personally — to the intrusions of social engineers. In this consciously safe era, we spend a lot of money on technology to protect our computer networks and data. This book shows how easy it is to fool insiders and all this technological protection.
© Steve Wozniak
Publisher: DMK Press, IT Co., 2005.
Author: Kevin D. Mitnik and William L. Simon
Hardcover, 280 pages.
Book on ozon.ru , books.ru
I read this book almost like a detective. It’s rare to find a detective with a technical bias, where it won’t say “... and then he entered the password password and hacked the Pentagon,” Mitnik’s things are described quite seriously (no, not the Pentagon’s hacking, but simply hacking descriptions).
Naturally, such a detective is not without good. In the course of the story, you can find a lot of interesting things for yourself, it’s possible to adopt something. One has only to take into account, as the author himself wrote, that most of the loopholes described in the book have long been eliminated in safety. Although this does not prevent you from simply reconsidering your approach to security and gaining useful experience.
A very pleasant fact - most of the stories are not made up, but actually happened.
And of course, who, if not the author himself, can characterize his book? I will allow myself to give another quote, now Kevin Mitnik:
I think that in the process of reading the book you will experience surprise, delight and even admiration for the fantastic tricks of these incredibly inventive hackers. Some of them may shock you, others will open their eyes, and others will make you laugh at the resourcefulness of these guys. If you are a professional in the field of information technology (IT) or security, each of the stories will be for you a kind of lesson on how to increase the level of security in your company. If you are not involved in technology and just love detective stories, stories about risky and courageous guys, then all this you will find on the pages of this book.
This concludes my review of these two works. I hope you have read the article to the end and will definitely read these books.
PS Books are pretty hard to find on sale, so let me give you two download links. Please - The Art of Deception and The Art of Invasion .
Although, perhaps now he is not so popular. But these two books still remain relevant to this day.
These are the Art of Deception and the Art of Invasion .
Publisher: IT Co., 2004.
Author: Kevin D. Mitnik and William L. Simon
Hardcover, 360 pages.
Book on ozon.ru , books.ru
This book talks about the most vulnerable place in the security of any computer - about a person. There are a lot of different examples, some of which are quite real, some are fictitious for greater indications. After each story, there is a comment by Mitnik, which tells how to avoid the incident or not at all.
By the way, the book can be read by almost anyone, even a little familiar with all these hackers and others, since many specific terms are explained directly in the book.
The book is divided into four parts.
The first part contains more visual stories proving the ease of obtaining any information with just a telephone.
The second part shows how you can play on the trust of the victim, how to get the location of a person.
The third part talks about how a social engineer achieves his goal. How can he get into the building, bypassing all modern security systems and still get what he needs.
The fourth part describes how to protect your company from such intrusions.
And for a snack, at the very end, Mitnik even formed a security policy for the organization and made up a couple of flowcharts.
Also, in the book you can find out about the biography of Kevin and his problems with John Markov, who did not act very honestly with him.
In order not to give out all the interesting moments of the book, I will limit myself to a quote:
The Art of Deception shows how vulnerable we are all — government, business, and each of us personally — to the intrusions of social engineers. In this consciously safe era, we spend a lot of money on technology to protect our computer networks and data. This book shows how easy it is to fool insiders and all this technological protection.
© Steve Wozniak
Publisher: DMK Press, IT Co., 2005.
Author: Kevin D. Mitnik and William L. Simon
Hardcover, 280 pages.
Book on ozon.ru , books.ru
I read this book almost like a detective. It’s rare to find a detective with a technical bias, where it won’t say “... and then he entered the password password and hacked the Pentagon,” Mitnik’s things are described quite seriously (no, not the Pentagon’s hacking, but simply hacking descriptions).
Naturally, such a detective is not without good. In the course of the story, you can find a lot of interesting things for yourself, it’s possible to adopt something. One has only to take into account, as the author himself wrote, that most of the loopholes described in the book have long been eliminated in safety. Although this does not prevent you from simply reconsidering your approach to security and gaining useful experience.
A very pleasant fact - most of the stories are not made up, but actually happened.
And of course, who, if not the author himself, can characterize his book? I will allow myself to give another quote, now Kevin Mitnik:
I think that in the process of reading the book you will experience surprise, delight and even admiration for the fantastic tricks of these incredibly inventive hackers. Some of them may shock you, others will open their eyes, and others will make you laugh at the resourcefulness of these guys. If you are a professional in the field of information technology (IT) or security, each of the stories will be for you a kind of lesson on how to increase the level of security in your company. If you are not involved in technology and just love detective stories, stories about risky and courageous guys, then all this you will find on the pages of this book.
This concludes my review of these two works. I hope you have read the article to the end and will definitely read these books.
PS Books are pretty hard to find on sale, so let me give you two download links. Please - The Art of Deception and The Art of Invasion .
