Craig Schiller

An all-star cast of authors analyze the top IT security threats for 2008 as selected by the editors and readers of Infosecurity Magazine. This book, compiled from the Syngress Security Library, is an essential reference for any IT professional managing enterprise security. It serves as an early warning system, allowing readers to assess vulnerabilities, design protection schemes and plan for disaster recovery should an attack occur. Topics include Botnets, Cross Site Scripting Attacks, Social Engineering, Physical and Logical Convergence, Payment Card Industry (PCI) Data Security Standards (DSS), Voice over IP (VoIP), and Asterisk Hacking. Each threat is fully defined, likely vulnerabilities are identified, and detection and prevention strategies are considered. Wherever possible, real-world examples are used to illustrate the threats and tools for specific solutions.

A practical handbook for system administrators, network administrators, and security professionals furnishes detailed information on the latest Internet botnets, covering everything from what botnets are, to how they are used to attack sites and working code to protect a system from them, discussing the dangers of identity theft, financial account information breaches, Spam, and other high-tech dangers, as well as how to detect botnets and the tools available to prevent and alleviate the problem. Original. (Intermediate)