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Applied Network Security

You're reading from   Applied Network Security Proven tactics to detect and defend against all kinds of network attack

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Product type Paperback
Published in Apr 2017
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ISBN-13 9781786466273
Length 350 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Michael McLafferty Michael McLafferty
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Warun Levesque Warun Levesque
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Arthur Salmon Arthur Salmon
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Table of Contents (18) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Introduction to Network Security FREE CHAPTER 2. Sniffing the Network 3. How to Crack Wi-Fi Passwords 4. Creating a RAT Using Msfvenom 5. Veil Framework 6. Social Engineering Toolkit and Browser Exploitation 7. Advanced Network Attacks 8. Passing and Cracking the Hash 9. SQL Injection 10. Scapy 11. Web Application Exploits 12. Evil Twins and Spoofing 13. Injectable Devices 14. The Internet of Things 15. Detection Systems 16. Advance Wireless Security Lab Using the Wi-Fi Pineapple Nano/Tetra 17. Offensive Security and Threat Hunting

What is address spoofing?

In cyber security, address spoofing is the act of disguising a MAC and or LAN IP address to appear to belong to another device. For example, hackers will often spoof their MAC address to disguise their device on a targeted network. By spoofing their MAC address to match a device found on the network, a hacker can blend in as that device. Hackers will also spoof their devices to make it harder for cyber security professionals to determine the origin of attack and what devices were involved. By sending spoofed ARP messages, hackers can manipulate the ARP table. Spoofed ARP messages will allow the attacker's MAC address to be associated with a MAC address of a victim host. Spoofing ARP messages is also known as ARP poisoning. Sometimes, hackers will use ARP poisoning to cause the network to stop communicating. When the ARP table becomes too corrupted, the network no longer knows where...

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