Malware: Fighting Malicious Code

Malware: Fighting Malicious Code

Malicious code is a set of instructions that runs on your computer and makes your system do something that you do not want it to do. For example, it can delete sensitive configuration files from your hard drive, rendering your computer completely inoperable; infect your computer and use it as a jumpingoff point to spread to all of your buddies' computers; and steal files from your machine. Malicious code in the hands of a crafty attacker is indeed powerful. It's becoming even more of a problem because many of the very same factors fueling the evolution of the computer industry are making our systems even more vulnerable to malicious code. Specifically, malicious code writers benefit from the trends toward mixing static data and executable instructions, increasingly homogenous computing environments, unprecedented connectivity, an ever-larger clueless user base, and an unfriendly world. Skoudis addressed malicious code in just one chapter of his previous book. Here, a dozen chapters focus on one of the most interesting and rapidly developing areas of computer attacks. *Chapter 11, "Defender's Toolbox," rolls together the defensive strategies described in the book. As a bonus, Skoudis gives recipes for creating your own malicious code analysis laboratory using cheap hardware and software. *Foreword by Gene Schultz, security inspector for Global Integrity.
Country USA
Brand Pearson
Manufacturer Pearson
Binding Paperback
ItemPartNumber illustrations
UnitCount 1
UPCs 076092022046
EANs 9780131014053
ReleaseDate 0000-00-00

Country	USA
Brand	Pearson
Manufacturer	Pearson
Binding	Paperback
ItemPartNumber	illustrations
UnitCount	1
UPCs	076092022046
EANs	9780131014053
ReleaseDate	0000-00-00

Malware: Fighting Malicious Code

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