Android Security Cookbook. Practical recipes to delve into Android's security mechanisms by troubleshooting common vulnerabilities in applications and Android OS versions

Keith Makan, Scott Alexander-Bown, Keith Harald Esrick Makan

Android Security Cookbook discusses many common vulnerabilities and security related shortcomings in Android applications and operating systems. The book breaks down and enumerates the processes used to exploit and remediate these vulnerabilities in the form of detailed recipes and walkthroughs.The book also teaches readers to use an Android Security Assessment Framework called Drozer and how to develop plugins to customize the framework.Other topics covered include how to reverse-engineer Android applications to find common vulnerabilities, and how to find common memory corruption vulnerabilities on ARM devices. In terms of application protection this book will show various hardening techniques to protect application components, the data stored, secure networking. In summary, Android Security Cookbook provides a practical analysis into many areas of Android application and operating system security and gives the reader the required skills to analyze the security of their Android devices.

Anonimizacja i maskowanie danych wrażliwych w przedsiębiorstwach

Dariusz Nabywaniec

Zostań ekspertem od anonimizacji wrażliwych danych! Czym są dane poufne? Jak je zabezpieczyć przed wyciekiem? Jak maskować dane i pozostać anonimowym w sieci? Współczesny świat produkuje ogromne ilości danych, z których duża część to dane wrażliwe. Wyciek takich danych poza przechowujące je przedsiębiorstwo czy instytucję może nie tylko narażać na szwank reputację organizacji, lecz również nieść za sobą ryzyko konkretnych strat finansowych i poważne konsekwencje o charakterze prawnym. Aby nie dopuścić do tego rodzaju sytuacji, firmy na całym świecie odpowiednio się zabezpieczają, a składową tych działań jest anonimizacja danych, czyli takie ich przetwarzanie, dzięki któremu staną się bezwartościowe, gdy wpadną w niepowołane ręce. Anonimizacja i maskowanie danych wrażliwych w przedsiębiorstwach to książka, z której się dowiesz, jakie zagrożenia wiążą się z przechowywaniem poufnych danych, a także poznasz sposoby pozwalające Ci ograniczyć wynikające z tego ryzyko. Na podstawie własnego doświadczenia i na praktycznych przykładach autor prezentuje w publikacji najlepsze praktyki anonimizacji i maskowania danych, wykorzystywane w tym celu narzędzia i techniki oraz pułapki czyhające na firmy, które nie stosują właściwych zabezpieczeń. To obowiązkowa lektura dla wszystkich osób odpowiedzialnych za bezpieczeństwo i zachowanie prywatności danych, administratorów baz danych, architektów oprogramowania, analityków danych i dyrektorów technicznych przedsiębiorstw z branży IT, a tak naprawdę dla każdego, kto zawodowo ma do czynienia z systemami informatycznymi przechowującymi i przetwarzającymi wrażliwe informacje. Przeczytaj, zanim będzie za późno! Wyszukiwanie i rozpoznawanie danych wrażliwych Analiza ryzyka i sposoby zabezpieczania danych Role i obowiązki osób odpowiedzialnych za prywatność danych Narzędzia i metody stosowane w anonimizacji danych Techniki maskowania i szyfrowania danych Zabezpiecz się zawczasu - anonimizuj swoje poufne dane!

Antivirus Bypass Techniques. Learn practical techniques and tactics to combat, bypass, and evade antivirus software

Nir Yehoshua, Uriel Kosayev

Antivirus software is built to detect, prevent, and remove malware from systems, but this does not guarantee the security of your antivirus solution as certain changes can trick the antivirus and pose a risk for users. This book will help you to gain a basic understanding of antivirus software and take you through a series of antivirus bypass techniques that will enable you to bypass antivirus solutions.The book starts by introducing you to the cybersecurity landscape, focusing on cyber threats, malware, and more. You will learn how to collect leads to research antivirus and explore the two common bypass approaches used by the authors. Once you’ve covered the essentials of antivirus research and bypassing, you'll get hands-on with bypassing antivirus software using obfuscation, encryption, packing, PowerShell, and more. Toward the end, the book covers security improvement recommendations, useful for both antivirus vendors as well as for developers to help strengthen the security and malware detection capabilities of antivirus software.By the end of this security book, you'll have a better understanding of antivirus software and be able to confidently bypass antivirus software.

API Security for White Hat Hackers. Uncover offensive defense strategies and get up to speed with secure API implementation

Confidence Staveley, Christopher Romeo

APIs have evolved into an essential part of modern applications, making them an attractive target for cybercriminals. Written by a multi-award-winning cybersecurity leader , this comprehensive guide offers practical insights into testing APIs, identifying vulnerabilities, and fixing them.With a focus on hands-on learning, this book guides you through securing your APIs in a step-by-step manner. You'll learn how to bypass authentication controls, circumvent authorization controls, and identify vulnerabilities in APIs using open-source and commercial tools. Moreover, you'll gain the skills you need to write comprehensive vulnerability reports and recommend and implement effective mitigation strategies to address the identified vulnerabilities. This book isn't just about hacking APIs; it's also about understanding how to defend them. You'll explore various API security management strategies and understand how to use them to safeguard APIs against emerging threats.By the end of this book, you'll have a profound understanding of API security and how to defend against the latest threats. Whether you're a developer, security professional, or ethical hacker, this book will ensure that your APIs are secure and your organization's data is protected.

API Testing and Development with Postman. A practical guide to creating, testing, and managing APIs for automated software testing

Dave Westerveld

Postman enables the exploration and testing of web APIs, helping testers and developers figure out how an API works. With Postman, you can create effective test automation for any APIs. If you want to put your knowledge of APIs to work quickly, this practical guide to using Postman will help you get started.The book provides a hands-on approach to learning the implementation and associated methodologies that will have you up and running with Postman in no time. Complete with step-by-step explanations of essential concepts, practical examples, and self-assessment questions, this book begins by taking you through the principles of effective API testing. A combination of theory coupled with real-world examples will help you learn how to use Postman to create well-designed, documented, and tested APIs. You'll then be able to try some hands-on projects that will teach you how to add test automation to an already existing API with Postman, and guide you in using Postman to create a well-designed API from scratch.By the end of this book, you'll be able to use Postman to set up and run API tests for any API that you are working with.

Applied Network Security. Proven tactics to detect and defend against all kinds of network attack

Arthur Salmon, Michael McLafferty, Warun Levesque

Computer networks are increasing at an exponential rate and the most challenging factor organisations are currently facing is network security. Breaching a network is not considered an ingenious effort anymore, so it is very important to gain expertise in securing your network.The book begins by showing you how to identify malicious network behaviour and improve your wireless security. We will teach you what network sniffing is, the various tools associated with it, and how to scan for vulnerable wireless networks. Then we’ll show you how attackers hide the payloads and bypass the victim’s antivirus. Furthermore, we’ll teach you how to spoof IP / MAC address and perform an SQL injection attack and prevent it on your website. We will create an evil twin and demonstrate how to intercept network traffic. Later, you will get familiar with Shodan and Intrusion Detection and will explore the features and tools associated with it. Toward the end, we cover tools such as Yardstick, Ubertooth, Wifi Pineapple, and Alfa used for wireless penetration testing and auditing. This book will show the tools and platform to ethically hack your own network whether it is for your business or for your personal home Wi-Fi.

Architecting Cloud Native Applications. Design high-performing and cost-effective applications for the cloud

Kamal Arora, Erik Farr, John Gilbert, Piyum Zonooz

Cloud computing has proven to be the most revolutionary IT development since virtualization. Cloud native architectures give you the benefit of more flexibility over legacy systems.This Learning Path teaches you everything you need to know for designing industry-grade cloud applications and efficiently migrating your business to the cloud. It begins by exploring the basic patterns that turn your database inside out to achieve massive scalability. You’ll learn how to develop cloud native architectures using microservices and serverless computing as your design principles. Then, you’ll explore ways to continuously deliver production code by implementing continuous observability in production. In the concluding chapters, you’ll learn about various public cloud architectures ranging from AWS and Azure to the Google Cloud Platform, and understand the future trends and expectations of cloud providers.By the end of this Learning Path, you’ll have learned the techniques to adopt cloud native architectures that meet your business requirements. This Learning Path includes content from the following Packt products:• Cloud Native Development Patterns and Best Practices by John Gilbert• Cloud Native Architectures by Erik Farr et al.

Archiwizacja i odzyskiwanie danych

W. Curtis Preston

Optymalizacja procesu archiwizacji dla administratorów i nie tylko Jak archiwizować i odtwarzać system oraz dane? Jak wybrać optymalną metodę archiwizacji? Jak ograniczyć koszty związane z procesem archiwizacji? Wdrożenie systemu archiwizacji jest podstawową czynnością, jaką administrator powinien wykonać. Cel tej procedury jest oczywisty, tak jak cena, jaką przyjdzie zapłacić za brak takiego systemu. Utrata danych lub krach systemu wcale nie muszą oznaczać dla firmy długiego postoju i narażać jej na wielkie straty; wtedy to właśnie wysiłek, jaki włożył administrator w system archiwizacji, jest doceniany przez pracodawców i współpracowników. Jakie urządzenia i narzędzia należy zastosować, aby ten proces był sprawny i szybki, a jednocześnie zmieścił się w wyznaczonym do tego celu budżecie? Opisane oprogramowanie i rady udzielone przez autora tej książki pomogą Ci dokonać właściwego wyboru. "Archiwizacja i odzyskiwanie danych" to przewodnik po darmowych narzędziach do archiwizacji i odzyskiwania danych, przeznaczony głównie dla administratorów. W. Curtis Preston, specjalista w dziedzinie ochrony danych, zwrócił uwagę, że środki przeznaczone na system archiwizacji są często zbyt małe, by zapewnić mu wysoką skuteczność. Przyglądając się bliżej bezpłatnym narzędziom, odkrył ich duże możliwości; swoje spostrzeżenia i uwagi na ich temat zapisał w tej książce. Prędzej czy później każdy administrator staje przed koniecznością odbudowania systemu lub odzyskania danych i właśnie lektura tej książki sprawi, że będzie na to przygotowany! Narzędzia do archiwizacji i odtwarzania danych Przegląd programów komercyjnych i darmowych Urządzenia archiwizujące Przywracanie komputera od podstaw z wybranym systemem operacyjnym Archiwizacja i odtwarzanie baz danych Sposoby zabezpieczania archiwum i magazynów danych Wykorzystanie wirtualnych maszyn w procesie archiwizacji Poszerz swoją wiedzę i archiwizuj dane we właściwy, a także sprawdzony sposób!

Artificial Intelligence By Example. Acquire advanced AI, machine learning, and deep learning design skills - Second Edition

Denis Rothman

AI has the potential to replicate humans in every field. Artificial Intelligence By Example, Second Edition serves as a starting point for you to understand how AI is built, with the help of intriguing and exciting examples.This book will make you an adaptive thinker and help you apply concepts to real-world scenarios. Using some of the most interesting AI examples, right from computer programs such as a simple chess engine to cognitive chatbots, you will learn how to tackle the machine you are competing with. You will study some of the most advanced machine learning models, understand how to apply AI to blockchain and Internet of Things (IoT), and develop emotional quotient in chatbots using neural networks such as recurrent neural networks (RNNs) and convolutional neural networks (CNNs).This edition also has new examples for hybrid neural networks, combining reinforcement learning (RL) and deep learning (DL), chained algorithms, combining unsupervised learning with decision trees, random forests, combining DL and genetic algorithms, conversational user interfaces (CUI) for chatbots, neuromorphic computing, and quantum computing.By the end of this book, you will understand the fundamentals of AI and have worked through a number of examples that will help you develop your AI solutions.

ASP.NET Web API Security Essentials. Take the security of your ASP.NET Web API to the next level using some of the most amazing security techniques around

Rajesh Gunasundaram

This book incorporates the new features of ASP.NET Web API 2 that will help you to secure an ASP.NET Web API and make a well-informed decision when choosing the right security mechanism for your security requirements.We start by showing you how to set up a browser client to utilize ASP.NET Web API services. We then cover ASP.NET Web API’s security architecture, authentication, and authorization to help you secure a web API from unauthorized users. Next, you will learn how to use SSL with ASP.NET Web API, including using SSL client certificates, and integrate the ASP.NET Identity system with ASP.NET Web API.We’ll show you how to secure a web API using OAuth2 to authenticate against a membership database using OWIN middleware. You will be able to use local logins to send authenticated requests using OAuth2. We also explain how to secure a web API using forms authentication and how users can log in with their Windows credentials using integrated Windows authentication. You will come to understand the need for external authentication services to enable OAuth/OpenID and social media authentication. We’ll then help you implement anti-Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) measures in ASP.NET Web API.Finally, you will discover how to enable Cross-Origin Resource Sharing (CORS) in your web API application.

Attacking and Exploiting Modern Web Applications. Discover the mindset, techniques, and tools to perform modern web attacks and exploitation

Simone Onofri, Donato Onofri, Matteo Meucci

Web attacks and exploits pose an ongoing threat to the interconnected world. This comprehensive book explores the latest challenges in web application security, providing you with an in-depth understanding of hackers' methods and the practical knowledge and skills needed to effectively understand web attacks.The book starts by emphasizing the importance of mindset and toolset in conducting successful web attacks. You’ll then explore the methodologies and frameworks used in these attacks, and learn how to configure the environment using interception proxies, automate tasks with Bash and Python, and set up a research lab. As you advance through the book, you’ll discover how to attack the SAML authentication layer; attack front-facing web applications by learning WordPress and SQL injection, and exploit vulnerabilities in IoT devices, such as command injection, by going through three CTFs and learning about the discovery of seven CVEs. Each chapter analyzes confirmed cases of exploitation mapped with MITRE ATT&CK. You’ll also analyze attacks on Electron JavaScript-based applications, such as XSS and RCE, and the security challenges of auditing and exploiting Ethereum smart contracts written in Solidity. Finally, you’ll find out how to disclose vulnerabilities.By the end of this book, you’ll have enhanced your ability to find and exploit web vulnerabilities.

Audyt bezpieczeństwa informacji w praktyce

Tomasz Polaczek

Rozpoczęła się era społeczeństwa informacyjnego. Działalność coraz większej liczby organizacji i firm zależy od szybkiego i efektywnego przetwarzania informacji. Informacja stała się cennym, często wykradanym towarem. Zagrożeniem dla bezpieczeństwa danych są nie tylko crackerzy, lecz często także pracownicy firmy, którzy nieświadomie udostępniają zastrzeżone informacje osobom trzecim. Upowszechnienie informacji, będących tajemnicą lub własnością intelektualną i handlową firmy lub instytucji, może oznaczać utratę reputacji, zakończenie działalności na rynku lub nawet wywołać kłopoty natury prawnej. Z tych powodów informację trzeba należycie chronić oraz odpowiednią nią zarządzać. Książka "Audyt bezpieczeństwa informacji w praktyce" przedstawia praktyczne aspekty wdrażania i realizowania polityki ochrony danych. Opisuje zarówno regulacje prawne, jak i normy ISO traktujące o bezpieczeństwie informacji. Zawiera informacje o odpowiednim zarządzaniu systemami przechowywania danych, fizycznym zabezpieczaniu miejsc, w których znajdują się nośniki danych, oraz szkoleniu użytkowników systemów. Normy ISO i PN dotyczące ochrony informacji Planowanie polityki bezpieczeństwa Umowy o zachowaniu poufności Zabezpieczanie budynku i pomieszczeń Tworzenie procedur eksploatacji sprzętu i systemów Ochrona sieci przed programami szpiegującymi Zarządzanie dostępem użytkowników do systemu Odpowiednio zaplanowane procedury ochrony danych mogą uchronić przedsiębiorstwo przed poważnymi problemami. Wykorzystaj wiadomości zawarte w tej książce i wprowadź podobne procedury w swojej firmie.

Automating Security Detection Engineering. A hands-on guide to implementing Detection as Code

Dennis Chow, David Bruskin

Today's global enterprise security programs grapple with constantly evolving threats. Even though the industry has released abundant security tools, most of which are equipped with APIs for integrations, they lack a rapid detection development work stream. This book arms you with the skills you need to automate the development, testing, and monitoring of detection-based use cases.You’ll start with the technical architecture, exploring where automation is conducive throughout the detection use case lifecycle. With the help of hands-on labs, you’ll learn how to utilize threat-informed defense artifacts and then progress to creating advanced AI-powered CI/CD pipelines to bolster your Detection as Code practices. Along the way, you'll develop custom code for EDRs, WAFs, SIEMs, CSPMs, RASPs, and NIDS. The book will also guide you in developing KPIs for program monitoring and cover collaboration mechanisms to operate the team with DevSecOps principles. Finally, you'll be able to customize a Detection as Code program that fits your organization's needs.By the end of the book, you'll have gained the expertise to automate nearly the entire use case development lifecycle for any enterprise.

Automotive Cybersecurity Engineering Handbook. The automotive engineer's roadmap to cyber-resilient vehicles

Dr. Ahmad MK Nasser

The Automotive Cybersecurity Engineering Handbook introduces the critical technology of securing automotive systems, with a focus on compliance with industry standards like ISO 21434 and UNECE REG 155-156. This book provides automotive engineers and security professionals with the practical knowledge needed to integrate cybersecurity into their development processes, ensuring vehicles remain resilient against cyber threats. Whether you're a functional safety engineer, a software developer, or a security expert transitioning to the automotive domain, this book serves as your roadmap to implementing effective cybersecurity practices within automotive systems.The purpose of this book is to demystify automotive cybersecurity and bridge the gap between safety-critical systems and cybersecurity requirements. It addresses the needs of professionals who are expected to make their systems secure without sacrificing time, quality, or safety. Unlike other resources, this book offers a practical, real-world approach, focusing on the integration of security into the engineering process, using existing frameworks and tools.By the end of this book, readers will understand the importance of automotive cybersecurity, how to perform threat modeling, and how to deploy robust security controls at various layers of a vehicle's architecture.

AWS Certified Advanced Networking - Specialty (ANS-C01) Certification Guide. A pragmatic guide to acing the AWS ANS-C01 exam

Tim McConnaughy, Steve McNutt, Christopher Miles

The AWS Certified Advanced Networking – Specialty certification exam focuses on leveraging AWS services alongside industry standards to create secure, resilient, and scalable cloud networks.Written by industry experts with decades of experience in the field, this comprehensive exam guide will enable you to transform into an AWS networking expert, going beyond the ANS-C01 exam blueprint to maximize your impact in the field. You’ll learn all about intricate AWS networking options and services with clear explanations, detailed diagrams, and practice questions in each chapter. The chapters help you gain hands-on experience with essential components, such as VPC networking, AWS Direct Connect, Route 53, security frameworks, and infrastructure as code. With access to mock exams, interactive flashcards, and invaluable exam tips, you have everything you need to excel in the AWS ANS-C01 exam.This book not only prepares you to confidently take the exam, but also deepens your understanding and provides practical insights that are vital for a successful career in AWS cloud networking.By the end of this exam guide, you’ll be thoroughly trained to take the AWS ANS-C01 exam and efficiently design and maintain network architectures across a wide range of AWS services.

AWS Certified Developer - Associate Guide. Your one-stop solution to passing the AWS developer's certification

Vipul Tankariya, Bhavin Parmar

AWS Certified Developer - Associate Guide starts with a quick introduction to AWS and the prerequisites to get you started. Then, this book gives you a fair understanding of core AWS services and basic architecture. Next, this book will describe about getting familiar with Identity and Access Management (IAM) along with Virtual private cloud (VPC). Moving ahead you will learn about Elastic Compute cloud (EC2) and handling application traffic with Elastic Load Balancing (ELB). Going ahead you we will talk about Monitoring with CloudWatch, Simple storage service (S3) and Glacier and CloudFront along with other AWS storage options. Next we will take you through AWS DynamoDB – A NoSQL Database Service, Amazon Simple Queue Service (SQS) and CloudFormation Overview. Finally, this book covers understanding Elastic Beanstalk and overview of AWS lambda.At the end of this book, we will cover enough topics, tips and tricks along with mock tests for you to be able to pass the AWS Certified Developer - Associate exam and develop as well as manage your applications on the AWS platform.

AWS Certified Security - Specialty (SCS-C02) Exam Guide. Get all the guidance you need to pass the AWS (SCS-C02) exam on your first attempt - Second Edition

Adam Book, Stuart Scott

The AWS Certified Security – Specialty exam validates your expertise in advanced cloud security, a crucial skill set in today's cloud market. With the latest updates and revised study material, this second edition provides an excellent starting point for your exam preparation.You’ll learn the fundamentals of core services, which are essential prerequisites before delving into the six domains covered in the exam. The book addresses various security threats, vulnerabilities, and attacks, such as DDoS attacks, offering insights into effective mitigation strategies at different layers. You’ll learn different tools available in Amazon Web Services (AWS) to secure your Virtual Private Cloud and allow the correct traffic to travel securely to your workloads. As you progress, you’ll explore the intricacies of AWS EventBridge and IAM services. Additionally, you’ll get lifetime access to supplementary online resources, including mock exams with exam-like timers, detailed solutions, interactive flashcards, and invaluable exam tips, all accessible across various devices such as PCs, tablets, and smartphones.Ultimately, armed with the knowledge and skills acquired from this AWS security guide, you'll be well-prepared to pass the exam and design secure AWS solutions with confidence.

AWS Lambda Quick Start Guide. Learn how to build and deploy serverless applications on AWS

Markus Klems

AWS Lambda is a part of AWS that lets you run your code without provisioning or managing servers. This enables you to deploy applications and backend services that operate with no upfront cost. This book gets you up to speed on how to build scalable systems and deploy serverless applications with AWS Lambda.The book starts with the fundamental concepts of AWS Lambda, and then teaches you how to combine your applications with other AWS services, such as AmazonAPI Gateway and DynamoDB. This book will also give a quick walk through on how to use the Serverless Framework to build larger applications that can structure code or autogenerate boilerplate code that can be used to get started quickly for increased productivity.Toward the end of the book, you will learn how to write, run, and test Lambda functions using Node.js, Java, Python, and C#.

AWS Penetration Testing. Beginner's guide to hacking AWS with tools such as Kali Linux, Metasploit, and Nmap

Jonathan Helmus

Cloud security has always been treated as the highest priority by AWS while designing a robust cloud infrastructure. AWS has now extended its support to allow users and security experts to perform penetration tests on its environment. This has not only revealed a number of loopholes and brought vulnerable points in their existing system to the fore, but has also opened up opportunities for organizations to build a secure cloud environment. This book teaches you how to perform penetration tests in a controlled AWS environment.You'll begin by performing security assessments of major AWS resources such as Amazon EC2 instances, Amazon S3, Amazon API Gateway, and AWS Lambda. Throughout the course of this book, you'll also learn about specific tests such as exploiting applications, testing permissions flaws, and discovering weak policies. Moving on, you'll discover how to establish private-cloud access through backdoor Lambda functions. As you advance, you'll explore the no-go areas where users can’t make changes due to vendor restrictions and find out how you can avoid being flagged to AWS in these cases. Finally, this book will take you through tips and tricks for securing your cloud environment in a professional way.By the end of this penetration testing book, you'll have become well-versed in a variety of ethical hacking techniques for securing your AWS environment against modern cyber threats.

AWS Security Cookbook. Practical solutions for managing security policies, monitoring, auditing, and compliance with AWS

Heartin Kanikathottu

As a security consultant, securing your infrastructure by implementing policies and following best practices is critical. This cookbook discusses practical solutions to the most common problems related to safeguarding infrastructure, covering services and features within AWS that can help you implement security models such as the CIA triad (confidentiality, integrity, and availability), and the AAA triad (authentication, authorization, and availability), along with non-repudiation.The book begins with IAM and S3 policies and later gets you up to speed with data security, application security, monitoring, and compliance. This includes everything from using firewalls and load balancers to secure endpoints, to leveraging Cognito for managing users and authentication. Over the course of this book, you'll learn to use AWS security services such as Config for monitoring, as well as maintain compliance with GuardDuty, Macie, and Inspector. Finally, the book covers cloud security best practices and demonstrates how you can integrate additional security services such as Glacier Vault Lock and Security Hub to further strengthen your infrastructure.By the end of this book, you'll be well versed in the techniques required for securing AWS deployments, along with having the knowledge to prepare for the AWS Certified Security – Specialty certification.

AWS Security Cookbook. Practical solutions for securing AWS cloud infrastructure with essential services and best practices - Second Edition

Heartin Kanikathottu

As a security consultant, implementing policies and best practices to secure your infrastructure is critical. This cookbook discusses practical solutions for safeguarding infrastructure, covering services and features within AWS that help implement security models, such as the CIA triad (confidentiality, integrity, and availability) and the AAA triad (authentication, authorization, and accounting), as well as non-repudiation.This updated second edition starts with the fundamentals of AWS accounts and organizations. The book then guides you through identity and access management, data protection, network security, and encryption. You’ll explore critical topics such as securing EC2 instances, managing keys with KMS and CloudHSM, and implementing endpoint security. Additionally, you’ll learn to monitor your environment using CloudWatch, CloudTrail, and AWS Config, while maintaining compliance with services such as GuardDuty, Macie, and Inspector. Each chapter presents practical recipes for real-world scenarios, allowing you to apply security concepts.By the end of this book, you’ll be well versed in techniques required for securing AWS deployments and be prepared to gain the AWS Certified Security – Specialty certification.

Azure Security Cookbook. Practical recipes for securing Azure resources and operations

Steve Miles

With evolving threats, securing your cloud workloads and resources is of utmost importance. Azure Security Cookbook is your comprehensive guide to understanding specific problems related to Azure security and finding the solutions to these problems.This book starts by introducing you to recipes on securing and protecting Azure Active Directory (AD) identities. After learning how to secure and protect Azure networks, you’ll explore ways of securing Azure remote access and securing Azure virtual machines, Azure databases, and Azure storage. As you advance, you’ll also discover how to secure and protect Azure environments using the Azure Advisor recommendations engine and utilize the Microsoft Defender for Cloud and Microsoft Sentinel tools. Finally, you’ll be able to implement traffic analytics; visualize traffic; and identify cyber threats as well as suspicious and malicious activity.By the end of this Azure security book, you will have an arsenal of solutions that will help you secure your Azure workload and resources.

BackTrack - Testing Wireless Network Security. Secure your wireless networks against attacks, hacks, and intruders with this step-by-step guide

Kevin Cardwell

Wireless networks are everywhere. You have probably set one up yourself, but have you ever wondered just how safe you are while browsing online? In the majority of cases, the default settings for your networks are not enough to protect you. With your data being transferred over the air, it can be easily plucked and used by anyone who knows how. Don't let it happen to you.BackTrack - Testing Wireless Network Security will help you secure your wireless networks and keep your personal data safe. With this book, you will learn how to configure your hardware for optimum security, find network security holes, and fix them.BackTrack - Testing Wireless Network Security looks at what tools hackers use and shows you how to defend yourself against them. Taking you from no prior knowledge all the way to a fully secure environment, this guide provides useful tips every step of the way. Learn how to select a wireless card to work with the Backtrack tools, run spectrum analysis scans using kismet, set up test networks, and perform attacks against wireless networks. Use the tools aircrack-ng and airodump-ng to crack the wireless encryption used on the network.You will learn everything you need to know to set up your wireless network for use within Backtrack and also how to defend yourself against the included attack tools.

BackTrack 5. Testy penetracyjne sieci WiFi

Vivek Ramachandran

Poznaj zagrożenia czyhające na Twoją sieć! Sieci bezprzewodowe z każdym rokiem zdobywają coraz większą popularność. Tak naprawdę, żeby nie być w zasięgu sieci WiFi, musisz wyjechać poza miasto — a i to często nie wystarcza. Dlaczego tak się dzieje? Koszty podłączenia do sieci WiFi są bardzo niskie, a prędkość transmisji danych zupełnie wystarczająca. Jednak z drugiej strony taka dostępność sieci sprawia, że nasze dane otaczają nas i są na wyciągnięcie ręki — dla każdego. Jak się przed tym bronić? Jak dbać o bezpieczeństwo Twojej sieci? Na te i wiele innych trudnych pytań odpowiada ta wyjątkowa książka. Na samym początku zbudujesz własne laboratorium sieci bezprzewodowych, tak aby w domowym zaciszu testować różne techniki łamania zabezpieczeń protokołu WEP, WPA i WPA2. W trakcie lektury zdobędziesz wiedzę na temat metod przeprowadzania ataku na infrastrukturę sieci bezprzewodowej. Poznanie zagrożenia w praktyce pozwoli Ci zdobyć doświadczenie, które zaowocuje większymi umiejętnościami obrony przed ryzykiem włamania. Ta książka jest obowiązkową pozycją dla wszystkich administratorów i pasjonatów sieci komputerowych. Dzięki tej książce: zbudujesz własne laboratorium sieci bezprzewodowych złamiesz zabezpieczenia protokołów WEP, WPA i WPA2 poznasz zagrożenia i techniki ataku na Twoją sieć bezprzewodową podniesiesz poziom bezpieczeństwa Twojej sieci! Bezpieczeństwo Twojej sieci bezprzewodowej jest w Twoich rękach!