WordPress 3 ultimate security [[electronic resource] ] : protect your WordPress site and its network / / Olly Connelly

• Autore: Connelly Olly
• Pubblicazione: Birmingham, U.K., : Packt Open Source, 2011
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (408 p.)
• Disciplina: 006.7; 006.752
• Soggetto topico: Computer networks - Security measures; World Wide Web - Security measures; Data protection
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Note generali: Includes index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Copyright; Credits; About the Author; About the Reviewers; www.PacktPub.com; Table of Contents; Preface; Chapter 1: So What's the Risk?; Calculated risk; An overview of our risk; Meet the hackers; White hat; Black hat; Botnets; Cybercriminals; Hacktivists; Scrapers; Script kiddies; Spammers; Misfits; Grey hat; Hackers and crackers; Physically hacked off; Social engineering; Phone calls; Walk-ins; Enticing URLs; Phishing; Social networking (and so on); Protecting against social engineering; Weighing up Windows, Linux, and Mac OS X; The deny-by-default permission model ; The open source advantageSystem security summary; Malwares dissected; Blended threats; Crimeware; Data loggers; At loggerheads with the loggers; Hoax virus; Rootkits; Spyware; Trojan horses; Viruses; Worms; Zero day; World wide worry; Old browser (and other app) versions; Unencrypted traffic; Dodgy sites, social engineering, and phish food; Infected public PCs; Sniffing out problems with wireless; Wireless hotspots; Evil twins; Ground zero; Overall risk to the site and server; Physical server vulnerabilities; Open ports with vulnerable services; Access and authentication issues ; Buffer overflow attacksIntercepting data with man-in-the-middle attacks; Cracking authentication with password attacks; The many dangers of cross-site scripting (XSS); Assorted threats with cross-site request forgery (CSRF); Accessible round-up; Lazy site and server administration; Vulnerable versions; Redundant files; Privilege escalation and jailbreak opportunities; Unchecked information leak; Content theft, SEO pillaging, and spam defacement; Scraping and media hotlinking; Damn spam, rants, and heart attacks; Summary; Chapter 2: Hack or Be Hacked; Introducing the hacker's methodology ; ReconnaissanceScanning; Gain access; Secure access; Cover tracks; Ethical hacking vs. doing time; The reconnaissance phase; What to look for; How to look for it; Google hacking; More on Google hacking; Scouting-assistive applications; Hacking Google hacking with SiteDigger; WHOIS whacking; Demystifying DNS; Resolving a web address; Domain name security; The scanning phase; Mapping out the network; Nmap: the Network Mapper; Secondary scanners; Scanning for server vulnerabilities; Nessus; OpenVAS; GFI Languard; Qualys; NeXpose and Metasploit; Scanning for web vulnerabilities; Wikto; Paros Proxy ; HackerTargetAlternative tools; Hack packs; Summary; Chapter 3: Securing the Local Box; Breaking Windows: considering alternatives; Windows security services; Security or Action Center; Windows Firewall; Windows Update; Internet Options; Windows Defender; User Account Control; Configuring UAC in Vista; Configuring UAC in Windows 7; Disabling UAC at the registry (Vista and 7); UAC problems with Vista Home and Premium; Proactive about anti-malware; The reactionary old guard: detection; Regular antivirus scanners; The proactive new guard: prevention; The almost perfect anti-malware solution ; Comodo Internet Security (CIS)
• Sommario/riassunto: Protect your WordPress site and its network
• Titolo autorizzato: WordPress 3 ultimate security
• ISBN: 1-283-34924-8; 9786613349248; 1-84951-211-6
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910456752803321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Community experience distilled.