Overview
The most complete library ever compiled of the texts, program files, and code snippets used by hackers, crackers, phreaks, and spiesHack Attacks encyclopedia
Network hacking continues to be an alarming problem for computer systems worldwide. From mysterious server crashes to lost data, the results are not only costly to fix but often difficult to recognize. Security expert John Chirillo, author of Hack Attacks Revealed and Hack Attacks Denied, provides another powerful tool in the battle against hacks, cracks, phreaks, and spies.
This book delves into the underground of hacking to offer a detailed look at the program files and code snippets used to get into companies. With files dating as far back as the 1970s all the way through to the present, Chirillo examines every variationnot just primary code modulesof all the hacks ever created. He also provides an in-depth look at the beginning of hacks and how it has evolved over the past three decades, and describes all of the collected hacks, phreak files, cracks, and virus hacks that have occurred during this time.
With close to 2,000 texts, program files, and code snippets (equating to over 11,000 pages of historical documentation on the CD), this comprehensive collection will help you uncover: *Anarchist secrets on ATM machines, pay phones, cellular networks, locks, magnetic strip cards, credit cards, pirate radio, and television broadcasting *The tools and exploits developed and used by the world's top hackers to manipulate all types of computer security *The files, tools, and techniques used by crackers *Phreaking tools that can wreak havoc on a system *Underground spy techniques involvingwiretaps, video, and audio manipulation
Bonus CD!
The CD-ROM includes the techniques and source code for the historical compilation.
Also Available:
Hack Attacks Revealed a complete reference with custom security hacking toolkit.
Hack Attacks Denied a step-by-step guide to stopping hackers in their tracks.
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Editorials
From Barnes & Noble
The Barnes & Noble ReviewWe're sure someone's thought of this idea before, but it took John Chirillo to pull it off: an encyclopedia of 30 years of hacks, cracks, phreaks, and related endeavors. Yes, there's now a single authoritative reference for all of it.
Hack Attacks Encyclopedia starts back in the mists of time, chronicling John Draper's long-distance telephony adventures as Captain Crunch (that is, before he wrote Easy Writer, the original IBM PC word processor). If you were too young for the '60s or early '70s, Chirillo quotes some anarchist texts that put you right in the spirit. His timelines and narratives then take you through "the golden age" (1980-1989); "the great hacker war" (1990-1994); the age of "zero tolerance" (1994-1999), and beyond the millennium.
Of course, the heart of the book isn't the narrative. Together, the book and CD-ROM assemble nearly 2,000 historic texts, program files, code snippets, and hacking/security tools -- files as old as the '70s and as new as tomorrow's headlines. You name it: password programs, Unix/Linux scripts, remote hacks for Windows systems, scanners, sniffers, spoofers, flooders, keystroke capture programs, virus hacks -- not just one variation but many. A veritable cornucopia of digital anarchy. (Bill Camarda)
Bill Camarda is a consultant, writer, and web/multimedia content developer with nearly 20 years' experience in helping technology companies deploy and market advanced software, computing, and networking products and services. His 15 books include Special Edition Using Word 2000 and Upgrading & Fixing Networks For Dummies®, Second Edition.
Chirillo (an Internet engineer) traces the history and development of hacking, from the 1970s to the present. He describes the various hacks, phreak files, cracks, and virus hacks employed during this time, and offers a detailed look at about 2,000 texts, program files, and code snippets used. The book also includes tricks for tampering with ATMs, pay phones, cellular networks, locks, magnetic strip cards, credit cards, and television broadcasts, as well as the techniques used in wiretaps, video manipulation, and pirate radio. An Accompanying CD-ROM includes the techniques and source code for the historical material. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)