Greg Hoglund - Exploiting Software - How to Break Code - pdf [TKRG]

Greg Hoglund - Exploiting Software - How to Break Code - pdf [TKRG]



Genre: CompTIA, Testing, Systems Analysis & Design
Publisher: Addison-Wesley Professional
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0201786958
ISBN-13: 978-0201786958
Format: PDF

How does software break? How do attackers make software break on purpose? Why are firewalls, intrusion detection systems, and antivirus software not keeping out the bad guys? What tools can be used to break software? This book provides the answers.

Exploiting Software is loaded with examples of real attacks, attack patterns, tools, and techniques used by bad guys to break software. If you want to protect your software from attack, you must first learn how real attacks are really carried out.

This must-have book may shock you--and it will certainly educate you.Getting beyond the script kiddie treatment found in many hacking books, you will learn about

Why software exploit will continue to be a serious problem
When network security mechanisms do not work
Attack patterns
Reverse engineering
Classic attacks against server software
Surprising attacks against client software
Techniques for crafting malicious input
The technical details of buffer overflows
Rootkits
Exploiting Software is filled with the tools, concepts, and knowledge necessary to break software.