Hacking Windows XP and Windows Server 2003

Learn how to recognize and fight common Windows XP and Windows Server 2003 hacking techniques.

This sample chapter, taken from McGraw-Hill's Hacking Exposed, Fifth Edition, provides detailed insight on how to fight common Windows XP and Windows Server 2003 hacking methods such as the following:

• Password guessing
• Eavesdropping on network password exchange
• Grabbing password hashes
• Microsoft Remote Procedure Call (MSRPC) attacks
• Local Security Authority Service (LSASS) buffer overflow attacks
• Privilege escalation
• LSA dumps
• Previous logon cache dumps
• Remote contorl and back door attacks

Network administrators, help desk analysts, and IT security professionals will find this chapter's abundant sample commands and output particularly helpful. The authors' "Risk Rating" of each attack method also helps you know which hacks you should study most carefully.



Title: Hacking Exposed, Fifth Edition
ISBN: 0072260815
Published: April 19, 2005
Authors: Stuart McClure, Joel Scambray, and George Kurtz
Chapter: Chapter 4: Hacking Windows
Published by McGraw-Hill