Hacking Exposed Malware & Rootkits: Security Secrets and Solutions, Second Edition - Softcover

Elisan, Christopher C.; Davis, Michael A.; Bodmer, Sean M.; LeMasters, Aaron

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0071823077 ISBN 13: 9780071823074

Publisher: McGraw Hill, 2017

Synopsis

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Arm yourself for the escalating war against malware and rootkits

Thwart debilitating cyber-attacks and dramatically improve your organization’s security posture using the proven defense strategies in this thoroughly updated guide. Hacking Exposed™ Malware and Rootkits: Security Secrets & Solutions, Second Edition fully explains the hacker’s latest methods alongside ready-to-deploy countermeasures. Discover how to block pop-up and phishing exploits, terminate embedded code, and identify and eliminate rootkits. You will get up-to-date coverage of intrusion detection, firewall, honeynet, antivirus, and anti-rootkit technology.

· Learn how malware infects, survives, and propagates across an enterprise
· See how hackers develop malicious code and target vulnerable systems
· Detect, neutralize, and remove user-mode and kernel-mode rootkits
· Use hypervisors and honeypots to uncover and kill virtual rootkits
· Defend against keylogging, redirect, click fraud, and identity theft
· Block spear phishing, client-side, and embedded-code exploits
· Effectively deploy the latest antivirus, pop-up blocker, and firewall software
· Identify and stop malicious processes using IPS solutions

About this title

About the Author:

Christopher C. Elisan, a seasoned reverse engineer and malware researcher, is the principal malware scientist at RSA NetWitness. He frequently contributes expert opinion about malware, botnets, and advance persistent threats for leading publications, including USA Today, InformationWeek, and Dark Reading.

About this edition

• Publisher: McGraw Hill
• Publication date: 2017
• ISBN 10: 0071823077
• ISBN 13: 9780071823074
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 384