Hacker's Challenge: Test Your Incident Response Skills Using 20 Scenarios

Hacker's Challenge is a must have for every computer forensics. The scenarious given are indeed technically challenging and I like the fact that the complexity of attack, prevention, and mitigation are already specified. It is also very helpful as it make references to external resources that contain more info about a particular specified vulnerabilities. The log files, network maps, etch are very helpful in making a forensic analysis. I look forward to getting the new version. Cold Eyes

I have read many books about network security, but none had put it so easy to actually test the knowledge gain from my reading.I would recommend this book to any tech guy entrusted with the security of any network of any site. This is the complement book for hacker exposed

So, you'd like to know more about real security incidents and computer forensics... then this could be your book!Note however, that for the book being profitable, you should already have a good understanding of the matter.The presentation is a bit melodramatic trying to sell a 'mystery' image. Twenty cases of security incidents are presented under suggestive names (e.g., 'A Thousand Razors', 'Omerta', and so on..) and of course, twenty separated 'solutions' are proposed as well. Unfortunately, the presentations are quite heterogeneous, ranking from very clever ones to real 'puzzles'.As for the issues covered, the range is quite broad, including among others:- Directory traversal attacks- VPNs attacks- Wireless attacks- Buffer overflows - E-mail sniffing- Macintosh hacking- DoS attacks- Trojan codes- Forensic analysisThree or four cases can be easily solved, but some of the challenges are almost impossible to solve due to the weakness of the supplied clues.At the bottom line, the book is well worth to be purchased. It is original (almost unique) and very useful in expert hands. Once the cases are solved, all the information makes sense, giving you twenty illustrative case studies.

Mike Schiffman's book, "Hackers Challenge," is a very innovative approach towards computer security learning and skill assessment. Guiding the reader from evidence, to reasons, to how and why, and to the end results of a hack attempt, this book provides a blueprint for pursuing and examining the forensic evidence of an attack. This book cohesively brings together all aspects of a hacking event into 20 separate incidents that will guide the reader towards the ultimate answers but only if you have the ability to see the forest from the trees. If you have the skills to recognize the attacks this book will provide confirmation of your abilities along with items of interest you may have missed. If you are left wondering what all the evidence adds up to, this book will get you as close to the on-site experience as possible that most dry manual or reference books do not provide.For any system administrator this book provides an invaluable way to test your talents and expertise against real-world hacking events in a safe environment using multiple hardware and software products. This book is a must-have for anyone serious about the security of their systems and their ability to recognize and thwart hackers before, during and after an attack. I highly recommend this book for the beginner looking to build their abilities to a veteran looking to confirm or update their skills.

This book was insanely useful. I thought it was going to suckbadly.. but it turned out to be invaluable. The examples/scenerios along with the witty banter make this my #1reccomendation for the ole add-to-cartIt was also very entertaining, I laughed until I stopped.