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Applied Network Security

By : Arthur Salmon, Michael McLafferty, Warun Levesque
Book Image

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)

Summary

Now that we have finished this chapter, you should have a better understanding of what the Veil-Framework is and how it functions. It is important to remember the need for antivirus software and to always keep it updated with the latest file signature databases. As we discussed, using outdated antivirus databases will render antivirus protection useless. After explaining what a zero day exploit is and why it is so effective, you can understand why zero days are nearly impossible to stop. Remember that a clear majority of zero day exploits will not be stopped by antivirus software, intrusion detection systems, or traditional cyber security methods. We will discuss later in this book how to use the threat hunter doctrine to mitigate zero day attacks. It would be wise to use the information you learned from this chapter and continue to advance your knowledge on analyzing file signatures. Having a mastery of...