CEH^® Certified Ethical Hacker Study Guide

by Kimberly Graves

• ISBN13: 9780470642863
• ISBN10: 0470642866
• Format: eBook
• Copyright: 2010-04-01
• Publisher: Sybex

Summary

Prepare for the new version of CEH certification with this advanced guide. Once you learn the thought processes of unethical hackers, you can figure out how to secure your computer systems to defend against them. That's the philosophy behind ethical hacking, and it's a growing field. Prepare for certification in this important area with this advanced study guide that covers all exam objectives for the challenging CEH Certified Ethical Hackers exam. The book provides full coverage of exam topics, real-world examples, and a CD with additional materials for extra review and practice. Covers ethics and legal issues, footprinting, scanning, enumeration, system hacking, trojans and backdoors, sniffers, denial of service, social engineering, session hijacking, hacking Web servers, Web application vulnerabilities, and more * Walks you through exam topics and includes plenty of real-world scenarios to help reinforce concepts * Includes a CD with review questions, bonus exams, and more study tools. This is the ideal guide to prepare you for the new CEH certification exam.

Table of Contents

Introduction to Ethical Hacking, Ethics, and Legality

Gathering Target Information: Reconnaissance, Footprinting, and Social Engineering

Gathering Network and Host Information: Scanning and Enumeration

System Hacking: Password Cracking, Escalating Privileges, and Hiding Files

Installing Software on Target Systems: Spyware, Trojans, Backdoors, Viruses, and Worms

Gathering Data from Networks: Sniffers

Denial of Service and Session Hijacking

Web Hacking: Google, Web Servers, Web Application Vulnerabilities, and Web-Based Password Cracking Techniques

Attacking Applications: SQL Injection and Buffer Overflows

Wireless Network Hacking

Physical Site Security

Hacking Linux Systems

Bypassing Network Security: Evading IDS, Honeypots, and Firewalls

Understanding Cryptography

Performing a Penetration Test

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