I started reading “Hacking for Dummies 2nd Edition” (Amazon Link) a few days ago. This book is a treasure trove of information for the beginning Ethical Hacker. It talks about the defferences between Ethical Hackers and non-Ethical Hackers. It provides a solid list of software both commercial and open source to get you started in learning how to perform “Attack and Pen” testing.
It discusses what you need to start looking for to determin if your environment is being compromised and the countermeasures to take to lock it down. It provides a good overview in terms of Information Security for Social Engineering, Physical Security, War Dialing, Networks, Operating Systems, and Applications.
The goal of the book is to give the reader a broader understanding of what “Hacking” is all about, introduce them to terminology, and get them to think about security. Its a good desktop reference for the home user and the Chief Information Security Office (CISO). I hope you enjoy reading it as much as I have.
Books, Work
Cracking, Dummies, Hacking, InfoSec, Social Engineering, War Dialing
Earlier this month “electronista” posted a story about the recent leak of Amazon’s second-generation Kindle eBook reader. One of the things that I commented about was the lack of color, and of course some piped in wanting to know why it would need color when its purpose is to display text.
My theory is that is fine if you are reading a novel. But what about other kinds of books for example course books for high school and college. Those books often have color diagrams and pictures for the purpose of clarifying what you are reading.
How about newspapers and magazines. Maybe I would like to subscribe to an electronic version of MacWorld, Time, or National Geographic. Many of these documents have color pictures that acompany the stories. Don’t you want to read the publication the way the publisher intended it to look.
Another person commented on the fact that it had a keyboard, and why would you need a keyboard. I remember as a college student I would highlight text in my books and write margin notes. Obviously I can’t use post-its in my Kindle so it needs to support that kind of functionality.
If we are going to make an electronic replacement for paper and bound text we need to think about how people use these products today and duplicate it in the eBook readers of tomarrow.
Books
Amazon, eBook, Kindle
