Fyodor has co-authored a novel on hacking, along with FX, Joe Grand,Kevin Mitnick, Ryan Russell, Jay Beale, and several others.Their individual stories combine to describe a massive electronicfinancial heist. While the work is fiction, hacks are described indepth using real technology such as Nmap, Hping2, OpenSSL, etc. Stealing the Network: How to Own a Continent can be purchasedat Amazon (save $17), and your can readFyodor's chapter online for free. STC was a best-seller, ranking for a while as the second-highest sellingcomputer book on Amazon. | |
Update: Syngress has released a sequel: Stealing the Network: How to Own an Identity. They have generously allowed Fyodor to post his favorite chapter for free. So enjoy Bl@ckTo//3r, by Nmap contributor Brian Hatch. It is full of wry humor and creative security conundrums to keep the experts entertained, while it also offers security lessons on the finer points of SSH, SSL, and X Windows authentication and encryption. |