"To catch a thief, think like a thief." Here’s the guide that will help you do just that! It shows you how to become a "white hat...

This book is a practical guide to discovering and exploiting security flaws in web applications. By “web applications” we mean those that are accessed using a web browser to communicate with a web server. We examine a wide variety of different technologies, such as databases, file systems, and web services, but only in the context...

Your GPS is a really cool toy, but what if you could make it even cooler? What if you could build and hook up data cables, modify your iPAQ cradle to take a GPS connection, tweak the firmware, hook up to your PC without expensive software, use GPS data in a hundred creative ways, even solar-power...

It’s known as the science of secrecy. Cryptography: the encoding and decoding of private information. And it is history’s most fascinating story of intrigue and cunning. From Julius Caesar and his Caesar Cipher to the code used by Mary Queen of Scots and her conspiracy to the use of the Engima machine during the Second World War,...

Is hacking something left up to the bad guys? Certainly not! Hacking For Dummies, 5^th Edition is a fully updated resource that guides you in hacking your system to better protect your network against malicious attacks. This...

This guide helps you to design, build, and configure hack-resilient Web applications. These are applications that reduce the likelihood of successful attacks and mitigate the extent of damage should an attack occur. This guide uses a three-layered approach: securing the network, securing the host, and securing the application. This guide...

Put a hacker in a room with a Furby for a weekend and you'll hear a conversation that's fairly one-sided in its originality. Toss in an 802.11b network card, a soldering iron, wire cutters, a logic probe, and a few other carefully selected tools and materials and you'll have potential. Add a copy of Hardware Hacking Projects for...