Chapter 2. How and Why Hackers Do It

Attackers break into systems for a variety of reasons and for a variety of purposes. Until you understand how attackers break into systems and why they do it, you will have a hard time defending against the variety of attacks that are currently being used to compromise systems. This chapter will take a detailed look at these issues so you can better understand the processes, methods, and types of attacks that are currently being used.

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