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Explore essential tools and techniques to ethically penetrate and safeguard digital environments

Set up a malware lab and learn how to detect malicious code running on the network

Understand different attacker types, their profiles, and mindset, to enhance your cyber defense plan

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If you’re an ethical hacker looking to boost your digital defenses and stay up to date with the evolving cybersecurity landscape, then this book is for you. Hands-On Ethical Hacking Tactics is a comprehensive guide that will take you from fundamental to advanced levels of ethical hacking, offering insights into both offensive and defensive techniques. Written by a seasoned professional with 20+ years of experience, this book covers attack tools, methodologies, and procedures, helping you enhance your skills in securing and defending networks. The book starts with foundational concepts such as footprinting, reconnaissance, scanning, enumeration, vulnerability assessment, and threat modeling. Next, you’ll progress to using specific tools and procedures for hacking Windows, Unix, web servers, applications, and databases. The book also gets you up to speed with malware analysis. Throughout the book, you’ll experience a smooth transition from theoretical concepts to hands-on techniques using various platforms. Finally, you’ll explore incident response, threat hunting, social engineering, IoT hacking, and cloud exploitation, which will help you address the complex aspects of ethical hacking. By the end of this book, you’ll have gained the skills you need to navigate the ever-changing world of cybersecurity.

Who is this book for?

Hands-On Ethical Hacking Tactics is for penetration testers, ethical hackers, and cybersecurity enthusiasts looking to explore attack tools, methodologies, and procedures relevant to today's cybersecurity landscape. This ethical hacking book is suitable for a broad audience with varying levels of expertise in cybersecurity, whether you're a student or a professional looking for job opportunities, or just someone curious about the field.

What you will learn

Understand the core concepts and principles of ethical hacking

Gain hands-on experience through dedicated labs

Explore how attackers leverage computer systems in the digital landscape

Discover essential defensive technologies to detect and mitigate cyber threats

Master the use of scanning and enumeration tools

Understand how to hunt and use search information to identify attacks

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Brandon Lachterman May 28, 2024

So I absolutely recommend this to be added to your day to day library. Lets be real, there are so many general Ethical Hacking books out there, but this one finally isnt just for beginning tactics, it goes into detail where its needed to help the hungry ethical hacker progress their skills. Nice Job!

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Tomica Kaniski Jul 09, 2024

Really liked the hands-on, and to-the-point approach of this book! If (ethical) hacking is something you wanna learn about, or become better at, maybe you should take a look at this book. It explores everything that should be important for (ethical) hacking, does it well, and does it also hands-on. I'll keep this book near me, for sure. The best part - other than hacking, there is a considerable amount of the book related to defending yourself - so, maybe you will not start hacking, but maybe someone will hack you - learn how to protect yourself from this book. Did I mention labs?! I really liked doing the labs, and in practice testing what I learned.

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Glen Aug 10, 2024

After getting my hands on a printed copy and going through all the chapters, I can definitely say its a good resource to have when starting your journey in ethical hacking. The books covers a lot of essential topics and practical exercises to assist both aspiring and seasoned professionals in the industry.

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Seth Keyser Aug 07, 2024

This book does a wonderful job of laying the foundation for the everyday cybersecurity professional. The author does a tremendous job of explaining the core concepts of Ethical Hacking. This book is a great resource for learning, applying, and understanding Ethical Hacking. You will enjoy this book from start to finish!

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Savvy Shopper Aug 13, 2024

This book offers a well-rounded overview of cybersecurity principles with hacking and defending of some of the hacks. One of the standout features is the inclusion of live links to example code files, along with access to an extensive library of books and videos from Packt, which adds significant value to the learning experience. The quizzes provided throughout are reasonable, allowing folks to test their understanding of the material as they progress. However, while the reconnaissance section is informative, it could benefit from incorporating more modern techniques, such as using data brokers to gather information.The book provides a broad yet shallow dive into various sub-topics, making it accessible but sometimes lacking in depth. The illustrations are straightforward, though some feel slightly outdated. While the vulnerability scanning tools discussed are useful, the book would benefit from updating these tools, particularly those that are not open-source or free. The section on incident response raises a valid point about the use of out-of-band communications, though the suggestion to use Signal may be legally questionable in cases where litigation is likely. Additionally, the threat-hunting diagram could be improved by including a lifecycle component for situations where no threat is detected, suggesting a report on the frequency of alerts before converting them into an active alert.The discussion on social engineering defenses misses the crucial point that social media activity can make individuals more susceptible to attacks, although this might fall under the umbrella of awareness training. The content on AI’s role in social engineering feels lacking, particularly in the absence of exercises or tools. Moreover, more coverage of cloud security tools would have been beneficial. Overall, the book is reminiscent of the Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH) curriculum but more focused and concise, providing enough information to give folks a solid understanding without overwhelming them.I would recommend this book for those whom from an understanding are between security + and CEH. If you already have many years of cyber security experience taking CEH, SANS Classes, etc this will be known content.

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