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Hacking Beginner to Expert Guide to Computer Hacking, Basic Security, and Penetration Testing By James Patterson Introduction I want to thank you and congratulate you for downloading the book, “Hacking: Beginner's Guide to Computer Hacking, Basic Security, and Penetration Testing. ” This book will teach you how you can protect yourself from most common hacking attacks -- by knowing how hacking actually works! After all, in order to prevent your system from being compromised, you need to stay a step ahead of any criminal hacker. You can do that by learning how to hack and how to do a counter-hack. Within this book are techniques and tools that are used by both criminal and ethical hackers – all the things that you will find here will show you how information security can be compromised and how you can identify an attack in a system that you are trying to protect. At the same time, you will also learn how you can minimize any damage in your system or stop an ongoing attack. Thanks again for downloading this book. I hope you enjoy it! Table of Contents Introduction Table of Contents Chapter 1: Hacking 101 Who Hacks? Is Hacking for Everyone? What You Will Get Here Is It Difficult to Learn and Understand? Skills That You Need to Have Chapter 2: How Hackers Find Their Targets Things That Hackers Search For Establishing a Hacking Plan Setting Goals Chapter 3: Mapping Out Your Hacks Organizing Your Project When Should You Start Hacking? What Do Others See? Mapping the Network Doing System Scans A Look at System Vulnerabilities Chapter 4: About Attacks What is a Passive Attack? What is an Active Attack? Chapter 5: Hacking Tools Chapter 6: How to Fool Targets Spoofing Man-in-the-Middle Attacks Chapter 7: Hacking Passwords How to Crack Passwords Notes on Password Encryption Other Ways to Uncover Passwords Chapter 8: Hacking Network Connections Hacking a WEP Connection The Evil Twin Hack Chapter 9: Introduction to Mobile Hacking Hacking Mobile Apps Exploiting a Mobile Device Remotely Chapter 10: Social Engineering Social Engineering as Art and Science How Social Engineering Happens Types of Social Engineering Attacks What You Can Do Against Social Engineering Chapter 11: Physical Attacks Why Physical Attacks Work Discovering Vulnerabilities Securing the Periphery Conclusion Chapter 1: Hacking 101 Whenever you encounter the word hacking, you probably associate it with sending an encrypted program to another user, and then being able to get unauthorized access on a remote computer. However, the term hacking was used to define any act of tinkering a computer’s hardware or software other than its intended use, in order to improve it and find out how electronic devices can work electronically. While that definition technically still holds true, hacking has definitely made a whole new turn especially when it comes to how another person can access someone else’s computer. Before you think that hacking is all about getting past securities to wreak havoc on somebody else’s digital device, you might need to know the types of hackers that exist nowadays.