Search icon CANCEL
Subscription
0
Cart icon
Cart
Close icon
You have no products in your basket yet
Save more on your purchases!
Savings automatically calculated. No voucher code required
Arrow left icon
All Products
Best Sellers
New Releases
Books
Videos
Audiobooks
Learning Hub
Newsletters
Free Learning
Arrow right icon
Arrow up icon
GO TO TOP
Hands-On Cybersecurity with Blockchain.

You're reading from  Hands-On Cybersecurity with Blockchain.

Product type Book
Published in Jun 2018
Publisher
ISBN-13 9781788990189
Pages 236 pages
Edition 1st Edition
Languages
Concepts
Author (1):
Rajneesh Gupta Rajneesh Gupta
Profile icon Rajneesh Gupta
Toc

Table of Contents (17) Chapters close

Title Page
About Packt
Contributors
Preface
1. Cyber Threat Landscape and Security Challenges 2. Security Must Evolve 3. Introducing Blockchain and Ethereum 4. Hyperledger – Blockchain for Businesses 5. Blockchain on the CIA Security Triad 6. Deploying PKI-Based Identity with Blockchain 7. Two-Factor Authentication with Blockchain 8. Blockchain-Based DNS Security Platform 9. Deploying Blockchain-Based DDoS Protection 10. Facts about Blockchain and Cyber Security 1. Assessment 2. Other Books You May Enjoy Index

What is blockchain?


Just like every other day, you are enjoying your morning with a cup of coffee and news feeds. At the same time, somewhere, a financially motivated hacker is finding all of the possible ways to compromise millions of users' accounts for a widely used social networking site. The hacker is successful in gaining access to the database and exfiltrates a large amount of credentials.

After around 180 days, this massive credential theft is revealed publicly, and you find out that you are also one of the people who has been targeted. Just like you, millions of other users also have a good reason to be worried about their attached trust and privacy. The examples range from the latest Equifax 2017 Data Breach case (143 million credentials compromised) to the Adult Friend Finder 2016 case (413 million account thefts), the Anthem 2015 case (78 million accounts were hacked), and many more. None of the preventative solutions can be 100% secure, but finding out what the problem was at...

lock icon The rest of the chapter is locked
Register for a free Packt account to unlock a world of extra content!
A free Packt account unlocks extra newsletters, articles, discounted offers, and much more. Start advancing your knowledge today.
Unlock this book and the full library FREE for 7 days
Get unlimited access to 7000+ expert-authored eBooks and videos courses covering every tech area you can think of
Renews at $15.99/month. Cancel anytime