Two interesting books by Kevin Mitnick
I would like to recommend you two excellent books of a fairly well-known hacker (social engineer, fricker).
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
By: Kevin D. Mitnick and William L. Simon
Hardcover, 360 pages.
Book on ozon.ru , books.ru
This book tells 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 fictional for greater indicativeness. After each story comes Mitnick's commentary, which tells how to avoid the incident or prevent it altogether.
By the way, the book can be read by almost any person, even a little bit familiar with all these hackers and other things, since many specific terms are explained right in the book.
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The book is divided into four parts.
In the first part are more visual stories that prove the ease of obtaining any information just using the phone.
The second part shows how to play on the trust of the victim, how to get the person’s disposition.
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 penetrations.
And for a snack, at the very end, Mitnick even formed a security policy for the organization and made a couple of flowcharts.
Also, in the book you can learn about the biography of Kevin and his problems with John Markov, who did not very honest with him.
In order not to give out all the interesting points 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 invasions of social engineers. In this consciously-secure era, we spend a lot of money on technology to protect our computer networks and data. This book shows how easy it is to deceive insiders and all this technological protection.
© Steve Wozniak
Publisher: DMK Press, IT Co., 2005
By: Kevin D. Mitnick and William L. Simon
Hardcover, 280 pages
Book on ozon.ru , books.ru
I read this book almost avidly, like a detective. You rarely see a detective with a technical bias, where it won't be written "... and then he entered the password password and hacked the Pentagon," Mitnick quite seriously described such things (no, not the Pentagon hacking, but simply descriptions of hacks).
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 is possible to learn something. One has only to take into account, as the author himself wrote, that most of the security holes described in the book have long been eliminated. However, this does not prevent us from simply revising our approach to security and gaining useful experience.
A very pleasant fact - most of the stories are not fictional, but actually happened.
And of course, who, if not the author himself, can characterize his book? Let me give you another quote, now Kevin Mitnick:
I think 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 still others will make you laugh at the ingenuity 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 peculiar lesson about how to increase the level of security in your company. If you do not have a relationship with technology and just like detective stories, stories about risky and courageous guys, then all this can be found on the pages of this book.
This concludes my review of these two works. I hope you read the article to the end and be sure to read these books.
PS Books are quite difficult to find on sale, so let me give you two links to download. Please - 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
By: Kevin D. Mitnick and William L. Simon
Hardcover, 360 pages.
Book on ozon.ru , books.ru
This book tells 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 fictional for greater indicativeness. After each story comes Mitnick's commentary, which tells how to avoid the incident or prevent it altogether.
By the way, the book can be read by almost any person, even a little bit familiar with all these hackers and other things, since many specific terms are explained right in the book.
')
The book is divided into four parts.
In the first part are more visual stories that prove the ease of obtaining any information just using the phone.
The second part shows how to play on the trust of the victim, how to get the person’s disposition.
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 penetrations.
And for a snack, at the very end, Mitnick even formed a security policy for the organization and made a couple of flowcharts.
Also, in the book you can learn about the biography of Kevin and his problems with John Markov, who did not very honest with him.
In order not to give out all the interesting points 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 invasions of social engineers. In this consciously-secure era, we spend a lot of money on technology to protect our computer networks and data. This book shows how easy it is to deceive insiders and all this technological protection.
© Steve Wozniak
Publisher: DMK Press, IT Co., 2005
By: Kevin D. Mitnick and William L. Simon
Hardcover, 280 pages
Book on ozon.ru , books.ru
I read this book almost avidly, like a detective. You rarely see a detective with a technical bias, where it won't be written "... and then he entered the password password and hacked the Pentagon," Mitnick quite seriously described such things (no, not the Pentagon hacking, but simply descriptions of hacks).
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 is possible to learn something. One has only to take into account, as the author himself wrote, that most of the security holes described in the book have long been eliminated. However, this does not prevent us from simply revising our approach to security and gaining useful experience.
A very pleasant fact - most of the stories are not fictional, but actually happened.
And of course, who, if not the author himself, can characterize his book? Let me give you another quote, now Kevin Mitnick:
I think 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 still others will make you laugh at the ingenuity 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 peculiar lesson about how to increase the level of security in your company. If you do not have a relationship with technology and just like detective stories, stories about risky and courageous guys, then all this can be found on the pages of this book.
This concludes my review of these two works. I hope you read the article to the end and be sure to read these books.
PS Books are quite difficult to find on sale, so let me give you two links to download. Please - Art of deception and the Art of invasion .
Source: https://habr.com/ru/post/84470/
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