The Art of Intrusion: The Real Stories Behind the Exploits of Hackers, Intruders and Deceivers

Hacker extraordinaire Kevin Mitnick delivers the explosive encore to his bestselling The Art of DeceptionKevin Mitnick, the worlds most celebrated hacker, now devotes his life to helping businesses and governments combat data thieves, cybervandals, and other malicious computer intruders. In his bestselling The Art of Deception, Mitnick presented fictionalized case studies that illustrated how savvy computer crackers use social engineering to compromise even the most technically secure computer systems. Now, in his new book, Mitnick goes one step further, offering hairraising stories of reallife computer breakinsand showing how the victims could have prevented them. Mitnicks reputation within the hacker community gave him unique credibility with the perpetrators of these crimes, who freely shared their stories with himand whose exploits Mitnick now reveals in detail for the first time, including: A group of friends who won nearly a million dollars in Las Vegas by reverseengineering slot machines Two teenagers who were persuaded by terrorists to hack into the Lockheed Martin computer systems Two convicts who joined forces to become hackers inside a Texas prison A Robin Hood hacker who penetrated the computer systems of many prominent companiesandthen told them how he gained access With riveting you are there descriptions of real computer breakins, indispensable tips on countermeasures security professionals need to implement now, and Mitnicks own acerbic commentary on the crimes he describes, this book is sure to reach a wide audienceand attract the attention of both law enforcement agencies and the media.