Hacking: The Next Generation

With the rise of rich Internet applications, social media, and powerful cloud computing, a new generation of attackers has developed sophisticated techniques. This book is essential for anyone defending applications or networks, as it identifies various emerging attack vectors. It provides insights into new hacks exploiting technical flaws and highlights how attackers manipulate individuals through social networking and exploit vulnerabilities in wireless technologies and cloud infrastructures. Written by experienced Internet security professionals, it delves into the motives and psychology of hackers, equipping you to better prepare and defend against such threats. You will learn about "inside out" techniques that can breach protected networks and the new wave of "blended threats" that exploit multiple application vulnerabilities to steal corporate data. The book also addresses weaknesses in modern cloud infrastructures and offers strategies to prevent attacks on the mobile workforce and their devices. Additionally, it raises awareness of social media attacks aimed at obtaining confidential information from executives and their assistants, and includes case studies illustrating how multiple layers of vulnerabilities can compromise multinational corporations.