Cyber Reconnaissance, Surveillance and Defense

Description

At a time when online surveillance and cybercrime techniques are widespread, and are being used by governments, corporations, and individuals, Cyber Reconnaissance, Surveillance and Defense gives you a practical resource that explains how these activities are being carried out and shows how to defend against them. Expert author Rob Shimonski shows you how to carry out advanced IT surveillance and reconnaissance, describes when and how these techniques are used, and provides a full legal background for each threat. To help you understand how to defend against these attacks, this book describes many new and leading-edge surveillance, information-gathering, and personal exploitation threats taking place today, including Web cam breaches, home privacy systems, physical and logical tracking, phone tracking, picture metadata, physical device tracking and geo-location, social media security, identity theft, social engineering, sniffing, and more. Cover Title Page Copyright Page Dedication Contents About the Authors Acknowledgments Introduction Chapter 1 - Digital Reconnaissance and Surveillance Digital Reconnaissance and Surveillance Art and History of Spying Threat of Digital Reconnaissance and Surveillance Threat Landscape Why Spy? NSA and Edward Snowden Public Trust Cybercrime Why Spy? Motivation What Is to Gain? Reward Digital Forensics Who Spies? Professional Roles Hackers (White, Gray, and Black) Digital Forensics Examiner Cyber Intelligence Analyst Cyber Security Engineer Penetration Tester Private Investigator Law Enforcement Legal and Ethical Principles Ethics The Law Surveillance and Cybercrime Sample Law Summary Chapter 2 - Information Gathering Information Gathering Am I Being Spied On? How Private Is Your Life? Examples of Privacy Invasion How to Gather Information Information Gathering Tools Online Reconnaissance The Internet Threat Search Engines Phishing Tracking Social Media Scanning, Sniffing, and Mapping Wired and Wireless Infrastructure Mobile Device Threat Data Threat (Metadata) Physical Reconnaissance Tailing and Stalking Social Engineering Tapping Legal and Ethical Concerns Summary Chapter 3 - Social Engineering Social Engineering Am I Being Spied On? Scam Example How to Gather Information Dumpster Diving Shoulder Surfing Phishing Social Engineering Toolkit Bugging and Recording Mitigation of Social Engineering Mitigate Attack Information Privacy Legal and Ethical Concerns More Legal Issues Summary Chapter 4 - Mobile Phone Tracking Phone Tracking Mobile Phones Apple iPhone Google Android Windows Phone Blackberry Phone Tracking Malicious Tracking Tracking for Reconnaissance Location-Based Services Tracking a SIM Global Positioning System and Geolocation Google Mapping Legal and Ethical Concerns Summary Chapter 5 - Physical Device Tracking Physical Tracking Device fingerprint Tracking for Reconnaissance Today Application Installation Versus Physical Device Physical Device Tracking Safe Devices Used Against You Location Tracking and Wearable Technology Legal and Ethical Concerns Summary Chapter 6 - Web Camera and Video Tracking Camera Tracking Tracking examples Security Surveillance Systems (Private Home) Security Surveillance Systems (Businesses) Security Surveillance Systems (Public) Satellite Surveillance Systems PC devices and webcams Creepware Mobile Devices Gaming Consoles Legal and Ethical Concerns Summary Chapter 7 - Data Capture and Exploitation Data Threat Data Theft and Surveillance Basic Data Capture Techniques Data at Rest Malware Protection DLP Software Firewall Systems Removable Media Encryption Protection Data in Motion Sniffers Skimmers Digital Forensics Devices and Applications Legal and Ethical Concerns Summary Chapter 8 - Protection Methods Protect Yourself! Be Concerned, not Paranoid! General Security and Mitigation Techniques Identity Theft Harden Systems General Reconnaissance and Surveillance Information Gathering Social Engineering Mobile Phone Tracking Physical Device Tracking Web Camera Tracking Data Capture and Exploitation Summary Index