Gray Hat Hacking: The Ethical Hacker's Handbook

Livro digital

Título:
Gray Hat Hacking: The Ethical Hacker's Handbook

Autor:
Allen Harper, Jonathan Ness, Chris Eagle, Shon Harris, Gideon Lenkey, Terron Williams

Categoria:
Tecnologia > DevOps

Doador:
Raffaello D. N.

Sinopse:
Security professionals who only study defensive tools remain perpetually one step behind attackers who understand both offense and defense. From lock picking and social engineering gambits to exploiting SCADA industrial control systems, the modern threat landscape demands practitioners who can replicate adversary techniques across every domain—not just the network perimeter. Across five parts and 29 chapters, this handbook moves from ethical and legal foundations through hands-on penetration testing with BackTrack Linux and the Metasploit Framework, then dives deep into exploit development for both Linux and Windows environments. Readers build shellcode from scratch, reverse-engineer binaries with IDA Pro, fuzz protocols using the Sulley framework, and dissect the Windows Access Control Model to find elevation-of-privilege paths that automated scanners miss. Dedicated sections on VoIP attacks, client-side browser exploitation via heap spraying, and malware collection through honeynet deployments round out the offensive toolkit. The book's signature value lies in its refusal to treat ethical hacking as a narrow technical discipline. It pairs exploit mechanics with the legal and disclosure frameworks professionals actually need—covering cyberlaw statutes, coordinated vulnerability disclosure models, and penetration testing engagement management—so that technical skill translates directly into defensible professional practice. Readers walk away capable of conducting a full-scope adversarial engagement, from physical intrusion to binary patch development, with a clear ethical compass guiding each decision.