Extreme Exploits : Advanced Defenses Against Hardcore Hacks

Take network security to the next level!

This book has never before published advanced security techniques and step-by-step instructions showing how to defend against devastating vulnerabilities to systems and network infrastructure.

Just about every day the media is reporting another hard-core hack against some organisation. It was reported mid-March that hackers had taken over one of Lexis Nexis’ databases gaining access to the personal files of as many as 32,000 people.

Extreme Exploits provides advanced methodologies and solutions needed to defend against sophisticated exploits by showing them how to use the latest advanced security tools. The book teaches you how little-known vulnerabilities have been successfully exploited in the real world and have wreaked havoc on large-scale networks.

Victor is an accomplished author, speaker, and teacher in the field of network security and a specialized consultant to some of the worlds most admired companies. Victors open source software has been distributed to hundreds of thousands of computers worldwide and some is used in graduate-level college curricula to demonstrate advanced networking techniques. Early in his career as an engineer, Victor developed portions of the backbone systems infrastructure for Genuity, the first Internet data center company. Later, as a senior architect for BBN and GTE Internetworking, Victor developed security-related products and services centered on public key infrastructure (PKI). A great deal of Victor's professional career has been dedicated to tactical engineering and consulting for global telecom operators and critical infrastructure organizations in industries such as power and water, financial services, and defense. Some of the largest global companies frequently call upon Victor to perform advanced vulnerability assessments, provide expert counsel, and navigate complex regulatory issues concerning information security. An accomplished executive and engineer in network security, data hosting services, and software development, Victor also holds US intellectual property patents in distributed adaptive routing and wireless consumer applications.

Oliver Friedrichs is a Senior Manager in Symantec Security Response, the organization responsible for the delivery of AntiVirus definitions, intrusion detection updates, and early warning technologies within Symantec. Mr. Friedrichs served as co-founder and Director of Engineering at SecurityFocus until the companys acquisition by Symantec in 2002. At SecurityFocus, Mr. Friedrichs managed the development of the industrys first early warning technology for Internet attacks, the DeepSight Threat Management System. Mr. Friedrichs also created and grew the DeepSight Threat Analyst team providing thorough analysis of emerging Internet threats. Prior to SecurityFocus, he served as co-founder and Vice President of Engineering at Secure Networks, Inc., which was acquired by Network Associates in 1998. At Secure Networks, Friedrichs architected and managed the development of Ballista network security auditing software, later rebranded CyberCop Scanner by Network Associates. At Network Associates Mr. Friedrichs also founded COVERT (Computer Vulnerability Exploitation Research Team) with the exclusive goal of researching and discovering new security vulnerabilities. Mr. Friedrichs also architected and developed a prototype of the industrys first commercial penetration testing product, CORE Impact, developed and sold by CORE Security Technologies. Mr. Friedrichs has over 13 years of expertise in security technologies, including network assessment, intrusion detection systems, firewalls, penetration testing, and honeypots. As a frequent speaker, he has shared his expertise with many of the worlds most powerful organizations, including the Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Secret Service, the IRS, the DOD, NASA, AFOSI, and the Canadian DND.

Brett has 17 years experience in network architecture and security, including large-scale IP networking, optical networking, and security and vulnerability assessments. Brett helped deploy and maintain the original MCI and Genuity IP backbones, and designed the first metropolitan IP-over-Gigibit Ethernet product for Metromedia Fiber Networks. Brett has spent the last three years performing custom network and vulnerability assessments, and consulting on information security issues for some of the largest healthcare, water, and power industries in the United States. In addition, Brett holds a patent for one of the first large-scale, content distribution platforms known as Hopscotch.