Do you know if you were hacked? Do you know if some personal information was stolen from your system or account? Have you always wanted to learn how to protect your system from such attacks? If you answered yes to all these questions, you've come to the right place.
Unlike malicious hacking, ethical hacking is a legal way to test the vulnerabilities of a system. Many organizations are still wary of ethical hackers, and they have every right to be since some hackers lie for their own benefit. That being said, many organizations are now searching for ethical hackers because they want to identify a way to protect themselves and their customers and employees.
Over the course of the book, you will learn more about what ethical hacking is and will begin to comprehend the different types of attacks that an ethical hacker can perform on a system.
This book will talk about:
● What ethical hacking is and how it is different from malicious hacking
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Why it's important to hack a system ● What the different phases of ethical hacking are
● The steps that an ethical hacker must take to protect himself
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The different skills an ethical hacker must have ● The different tools that a hacker can utilize to test a system
● Different types of attacks that can be performed on a system
● How the hacker should protect a system from such attacks
This book provides numerous examples of different attacks and also includes some exercises that you can follow when you're performing these attacks for the first time. It is important to remember that ethical hacking is becoming one of the most sought-after professions because every organization is looking for a way to protect their data.
