Stealing the Network: How to Own the Box is a unique book in the fiction department. It combines stories that are fictional with technology that is real.While none of these specific events have happened, there is no reason why they could not.You could argue it provides a roadmap for criminal hackers, but I say it does something else: It provides a glimpse into the creative minds of some of today’s best hackers, and even the best hackers will tell you that the game is a mental one.The phrase “Root is a state of mind,” coined by K0resh and printed on shirts from DEF CON, sums this up nicely.While you may have the skills, if you lack the mental fortitude, you will never reach the top.This is what separates the truly elite hackers from the wannabe hackers.

The Ethical Hack: A Framework for Business Value Penetration Testing lays out the underlying methodologies and concepts required for performing successful and valuable penetration testing. The author discusses the process of penetration testing from a consultative point of view to ensure that the true value of the test is realized. He supplies a technical perspective of the common tools and exploits used by attackers along with the rational for why they are used and the information they provide the attacker. Finally, the text brings it all together in the form of attack scenarios to show the complete cycle of the attack from the hacker's perspective to the client's.

In Hacking a Terror Network, Russ Rogers uses a fictional scenario to demonstrate how terrorists may use the Internet to coordinate and launch a new series of terrorist attacks.While the scenario may be fictitious, the techniques and technologies that Russ uses are drawn straight from the computer security world, making this not only an interesting literary read but also a technical manual on how covert channels work and how law enforcement and intelligence organizations can go about discovering and defeating them.This book is packed with real-life examples of how tools work, including screenshots and narrative tutorials. Both amateurs and seasoned security professionals will benefit

Defend your system against the real threat of computer viruses with help from this comprehensive resource. Up-do-date and informative, this book presents a full-scale analysis on computer virus protection. Through use of case studies depicting actual virus infestations, this guide provides both the technical knowledge and practical solutions necessary to guard against the increasing threat of virus attacks.

This concise, high-end guide shows experienced administrators how to customize and extend popular open source security tools such as Nikto, Ettercap, and Nessus. It also addresses port scanners, packet injectors, network sniffers, and web assessment tools. Network Security Tools is the one resource you want at your side when locking down your network.