- Title Page
- Copyright
- Dedication
- About the Author
- Preface
- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
- Chapter 1: An Introduction to Cybersecurity
- Chapter 2: Attack Targets on the Internet
- How the Internet Works
- TCP/IP: The Backbone of the Internet
- Public vs. Private Networks
- How the Internet Looks to a Black Hat
- The Black Hat Attack Methodology
- Reconnaissance
- Weaponization
- Delivery
- Exploitation and Installation
- Command and Control, and Attack on Objectives
- How Black Hats Find You
- Example 1: The Merger
- Example 2: Social Media Hunting
- How to Hide from Black Hats
- The Internet Is Open
- The Internet Is Public
- The Internet Is Forever
- Exercise: Analyzing Your Network
- Network Command Line Tools
- Using Shodan
- Conclusion
- Chapter 3: Phishing Tactics
- What Is Phishing?
- An Obvious Phish
- Not All Phishing Is Obvious
- Using Details for a More Convincing Phish
- Vishing and Other Non-Email Phishing
- How to Protect Yourself Against Phishing
- How Black Hats Trick You with URLs
- Typosquatting
- Complex URLs and Redirects
- Modifying DNS Records
- Hoaxes
- Why Black Hats Love Phishing
- Think Twice to Avoid Phishing
- Take an Alternate Route
- Listen to Your Spidey Sense
- Exercise: Analyzing a Phishing Email
- Phishing Email Indicators
- Header Analysis
- URL Analysis
- Conclusion
- Chapter 4: Malware Infections
- What Is Malware?
- Types of Malware
- Viruses
- Worms
- Trojans
- Ransomware
- Spyware and Adware
- Rootkits and Bootkits
- Polymorphic Malware
- How Black Hats Deploy Malware
- How to Defend Against Malware
- Exercise: Analyzing Malware and Managing Antivirus Settings
- Analyzing Malware in Attachments
- Reviewing Antivirus Settings
- Conclusion
- Chapter 5: Password Thefts and Other Account Access Tricks
- Authentication
- Types of Authentication
- Multi-Factor Authentication
- Authorization
- Mandatory Access Control
- Rule-Based Access Control
- Role-Based Access Control
- Attribute-Based Access Control
- Discretionary Access Control
- Accounting
- Logging
- Auditing
- Indicators of Attack
- Exercise: Setting Up Accounts in Windows 10 and macOS
- Windows 10
- Access Control on macOS
- Conclusion
- Chapter 6: Network Tapping
- The Basics of Network Design
- Attacking Your Network
- How Black Hats See Your Traffic
- Man-in-the-Middle Attacks
- Denial of Service
- Distributed Denial of Service
- Defense Against Network Attacks
- Firewalls
- Intrusion Detection Systems
- Intrusion Prevention Systems
- Exercise: Setting Up Your Firewall
- Windows
- macOS
- Conclusion
- Chapter 7: Attacks in the Cloud
- How Cloud Computing Works
- Software as a Service
- Platform as a Service
- Infrastructure as a Service
- Security as a Service
- Attacking the Cloud
- Web Application Attacks
- Defending the Cloud
- Exercise: Performing SQL Injection on the Damn Vulnerable Web Application
- Installing Docker and the DVWA
- Listing Users
- Finding Database Table Names
- Finding Passwords
- Conclusion
- Chapter 8: Wireless Network Pirating
- How Wireless Networks Work
- Wireless Standards
- Wireless Security
- Wireless Authentication
- Wireless Encryption
- Wireless Attacks
- Rogue Access Points
- Disassociation Attacks
- Jamming
- Setting Up a Wireless Network with Security in Mind
- Exercise: Secure Your WAP
- Setting Up Your Access Point
- Setting Up Wireless Security
- Enabling Filtering
- Conclusion
- Chapter 9: Encryption Cracking
- What Is Cryptography?
- What We Encrypt
- Early Cryptography
- Substitution Ciphers
- Transposition Ciphers
- Modern Cryptography
- Symmetric Cryptography
- Asymmetric Cryptography
- Validating Public Keys
- Hashing
- What Happens When You Visit a Website?
- How Black Hats Steal Your Keys
- Cryptanalysis
- Asymmetric Algorithm Attacks
- Protecting Your Keys
- How Black Hats Break Hashes
- Salting Your Hashes
- Exercise: Encrypting and Hashing Files
- Encrypting and Hashing a File in Windows 10
- Protecting Files Using macOS
- Using ssh-keygen to Generate a Public Key (Windows 10 or macOS)
- Conclusion
- Chapter 10: How to Defeat Black Hats
- Index
How Cybersecurity Really Works
A Hands-on Guide for Total Beginners
by Sam Grubb
San Francisco
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