RE: Penetration Whitepapers

From: Technoboy (technoboy@packetswar.org)
Date: Mon Feb 16 2004 - 12:56:18 EST


For 'real life example' I would also recommand the following books:

Addison Wesley - Web Hacking Attacks and Defence [ISBM:0201761769]
Prentice Hall PTR - IT Security: Risking the Corporation [ISBN:013101112]

The Prentice book might be exactly what you are looking for.

Hope it help,

-
Anon

-----Original Message-----
From: Ricardo AbrahamAréchiga Cervantes [mailto:raac@academ01.gda.itesm.mx]
Sent: Friday, February 13, 2004 6:21 PM
To: pen-test@securityfocus.com
Cc: Rob Havelt
Subject: Re: Penetration Whitepapers

Hi,

Too much fiction, but this books can help you:

- Hacker's Challenge 2: Test Your Network Security & Forensic Skills
- Stealing the Network: How to Own the Box

Ricardo Abraham

Rob Havelt wrote:
> I'm looking for either white papers or case studies or some such
> detailing actual real world attacks (more like real-world computer
> crime, computer fraud, internal attacks, etc. and less on the damage
> from worms or virus, DDoS, or the like) on companies who either didn't
> know that they had a bad security posture, couldn't keep on top of
> infosec issues, or ones who knew (either as the result of a pen test,
> health check, or some other VA) and simply didn't take any steps
> toward remediation.

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