Learning network forensics identify and safeguard your network against both internal and external threats, hackers, and malware attacks
What You Will Learn Understand Internetworking, sources of network-based evidence and other basic technical fundamentals, including the tools that will be used throughout the book Acquire evidence using traffic acquisition software and know how to manage and handle the evidence Perform packet analys...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Birmingham, UK
Packt Publishing
2016
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| Series: | Community experience distilled
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| Collection: | O'Reilly - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of Contents:
- The denial-of-service (DoS) attackCapturing and analyzing wireless traffic; Sniffing challenges in a Wi-Fi world; Configuring our network card; Sniffing packets with Wireshark; Analyzing wireless packet capture; Summary; Chapter 5: Tracking an Intruder on the Network; Understanding Network Intrusion Detection Systems; Understanding Network Intrusion Prevention Systems; Modes of detection; Pattern matching; Anomaly detection; Differentiating between NIDS and NIPS; Using SNORT for network intrusion detection and prevention; The sniffer mode; The packet logger mode
- Cover; Copyright; Credits; About the Author; About the Reviewers; www.PacktPub.com; Table of Contents; Preface; Chapter 1: Becoming Network 007s; 007 characteristics in the network world; Bond characteristics for getting to satisfactory completion of the case; The TAARA methodology for network forensics; Identifying threats to the enterprise; Internal threats; External threats; Data breach surveys; Locard's exchange principle; Defining network forensics; Differentiating between computer forensics and network forensics; Strengthening our technical fundamentals; The seven-layer model
- Evidence from outside the networkLearning to handle the evidence; Rules for the collection of digital evidence; Rule 1: never mishandle the evidence; Rule 2: never work on the original evidence or system; Rule 3: document everything; Collecting network traffic using tcpdump; Installing tcpdump; Understanding tcpdump command parameters; Capturing network traffic using tcpdump; Collecting network traffic using Wireshark; Using Wireshark; Collecting network logs; Acquiring memory using FTK Imager; Summary; Chapter 3: Capturing & Analyzing Data Packets; Tapping into network traffic
- The TCP/IP modelUnderstanding the concept of interconnection between networks/Internet; Internet Protocol (IP); Structure of an IP packet; Transmission Control Protocol (TCP); User Datagram Protocol (UDP); Internet application protocols; Understanding network security; Types of threats; Internal threats; External threats; Network security goals; Confidentiality; Integrity; Availability; How are networks exploited?; Digital footprints; Summary; Chapter 2: Laying Hands on the Evidence; Identifying sources of evidence; Evidence obtainable from within the network
- Passive and active sniffing on networksPacket sniffing and analysis using Wireshark; Packet sniffing and analysis using NetworkMiner; Case study
- tracking down an insider; Summary; Chapter 4: Going Wireless; Laying the foundation
- IEEE 802.11; Understanding wireless protection and security; Wired equivalent privacy; Wi-Fi protected access; Wi-Fi Protected Access II; Securing your Wi-Fi network; Discussing common attacks on Wi-Fi networks; Incidental connection; Malicious connection; Ad hoc connection; Non-traditional connections; Spoofed connections; Man-in-the-middle (MITM) connections