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Applied Network Security

By : Arthur Salmon, Michael McLafferty, Warun Levesque
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Applied Network Security

By: Arthur Salmon, Michael McLafferty, Warun Levesque

Overview of this book

Computer networks are increasing at an exponential rate and the most challenging factor organisations are currently facing is network security. Breaching a network is not considered an ingenious effort anymore, so it is very important to gain expertise in securing your network. The book begins by showing you how to identify malicious network behaviour and improve your wireless security. We will teach you what network sniffing is, the various tools associated with it, and how to scan for vulnerable wireless networks. Then we’ll show you how attackers hide the payloads and bypass the victim’s antivirus. Furthermore, we’ll teach you how to spoof IP / MAC address and perform an SQL injection attack and prevent it on your website. We will create an evil twin and demonstrate how to intercept network traffic. Later, you will get familiar with Shodan and Intrusion Detection and will explore the features and tools associated with it. Toward the end, we cover tools such as Yardstick, Ubertooth, Wifi Pineapple, and Alfa used for wireless penetration testing and auditing. This book will show the tools and platform to ethically hack your own network whether it is for your business or for your personal home Wi-Fi.
Table of Contents (18 chapters)

A deeper look into USB

Before we start toying with any injectable device, let's refresh on some what the development and functions of a universal serial board. Around the mid-1990s, several of the leading tech companies joined forces to create a more reliable, efficient means of connecting personal computers with external electronics with more feasibility and streamlining better transfer rate, with less configuration to be dealt with from previous standards (like the PS/2 connectors). This led to several changes for other peripherals and network development. We could classify them into four different categories. Input peripherals would be your keyboard and mice or even a scanner and output devices such as speakers and printers.

One USB device worth mentioning is the USB hub with its main purpose for providing an extension for a single port expansion into multiple ports allowing multiple functions to be connected...