Hacker's Guide to OS X (eBook)

Exploiting OS X from the Root Up

Robert Bathurst, Alijohn Ghassemlouei, Russ Rogers (Autoren)

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2012 | 1. Auflage
248 Seiten
Elsevier Science (Verlag)
978-1-59749-954-5 (ISBN)

Infos

Written by two experienced penetration testers the material presented discusses the basics of the OS X environment and its vulnerabilities. Including but limited to; application porting, virtualization utilization and offensive tactics at the kernel, OS and wireless level. This book provides a comprehensive in-depth guide to exploiting and compromising the OS X platform while offering the necessary defense and countermeasure techniques that can be used to stop hackers As a resource to the reader, the companion website will provide links from the authors, commentary and updates. - Provides relevant information including some of the latest OS X threats - Easily accessible to those without any prior OS X experience - Useful tips and strategies for exploiting and compromising OS X systems - Includes discussion of defensive and countermeasure applications and how to use them - Covers mobile IOS vulnerabilities

Alijohn Ghassemlouei is a Cyber Security Specialist and Certified Ethical Hacker. In his current position he administers networks Linux/Unix/OS systems in a penetration testing lab, and performs penetration testing attacking a diverse range of classified and unclassified hosts and operating systems. In addition he presents technical demonstrations and briefings to U.S. congressmen, top-level DOE officials, and DOE security conference attendees. As a Black Hat Conference Volunteer he coordinates tasks and delegates responsibilities.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 31.12.2012
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Informatik ► Betriebssysteme / Server ► Macintosh / Mac OS X
• Themenwelt: Informatik ► Netzwerke ► Sicherheit / Firewall
• ISBN-10: 1-59749-954-4 / 1597499544
• ISBN-13: 978-1-59749-954-5 / 9781597499545