The Art of Attack

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Gain insight into the attacker’s perspective with this essential resource for ethical hackers, pentesters, and social engineers. Experienced pentester and social engineer Maxie Reynolds explores the often dangerous mindset of attackers, providing valuable strategies for ethical hackers to enhance their security practices. By adopting this mentality, professionals can objectively assess their environments, improving both offensive and defensive security measures. The book delves into the fundamental laws of this mindset and the techniques that make attackers formidable, including persistence, end-focused strategies, and non-linear thinking. Readers will learn about various attacker strategies encompassing approaches, processes, reconnaissance, privilege escalation, redundant access, and escape techniques. Additionally, it highlights the signs of an impending attack and offers guidance on avoiding victimization. The text also examines psychological concepts such as amygdala hijacking, equipping readers with knowledge to defend against these tendencies. Ideal for red teams, social engineers, pentesters, and ethical hackers, this resource is invaluable for anyone in the technology security field looking to strengthen their systems and those of their clients by understanding the attacker’s mindset.