Hacking Exposed Malware & Rootkits: Security Secrets and Solutions, Second Edition

Arm yourself for the escalating war against malware and rootkits Thwart debilitating cyber-attacks and dramatically improve your organization s security posture using the proven defense strategies in this thoroughly updated guide. Hacking Exposed Malware and Rootkits: Security Secrets & Solutions, Second Edition fully explains the hacker s latest methods alongside ready-to-deploy countermeasures. Discover how to block pop-up and phishing exploits, terminate embedded code, and identify and eliminate rootkits. You will get up-to-date coverage of intrusion detection, firewall, honeynet, antivirus, and anti-rootkit technology. Learn how malware infects, survives, and propagates across an enterprise See how hackers develop malicious code and target vulnerable systems Detect, neutralize, and remove user-mode and kernel-mode rootkits Use hypervisors and honeypots to uncover and kill virtual rootkits Defend against keylogging, redirect, click fraud, and identity theft Block spear phishing, client-side, and embedded-code exploits Effectively deploy the latest antivirus, pop-up blocker, and firewall software Identify and stop malicious processes using IPS solutions