This book giving a big overview of the hacking scene. Mainly focused on old-school hacking(networking), it's a good read before attacking the other books of the series (Hacking Windows Exposed, Hacking Linux Exposed, etc), it will give you a introduction to those more focused readings. Maybe on some chapters, the authors abuse the list of tools, not paying much attention to the concept behind, but in a general way its well balanced.

Meet the formidable demands of security in today's hyperconnected world with expert guidance from the world-renowned Hacking Exposed team. Following the time-tested "attack-countermeasure" philosophy, this 10th anniversary edition has been fully overhauled to cover the latest insidious weapons in the hacker's extensive arsenal.

New and updated material:
New chapter on hacking hardware, including lock bumping, access card cloning, RFID hacks, USB U3 exploits, and Bluetooth device hijacking
Updated Windows attacks and countermeasures, including new Vista and Server 2008 vulnerabilities and Metasploit exploits
The latest UNIX Trojan and rootkit techniques and dangling pointer and input validation exploits
New wireless and RFID security tools, including multilayered encryption and gateways
All-new tracerouting and eavesdropping techniques used to target network hardware and Cisco devices
Updated DoS, man-in-the-middle, DNS poisoning, and buffer overflow coverage
VPN and VoIP exploits, including Google and TFTP tricks, SIP flooding, and IPsec hacking
Fully updated chapters on hacking the Internet user, web hacking, and securing code

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