A Bug Hunter's Diary : A Guided Tour Through the Wilds of Software Security by Tobias Klein (2011, Trade Paperback, New Edition)

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Felix 'FX' Lindner Seemingly simple bugs can have drastic consequences, allowing attackers to compromise systems, escalate local privileges, and otherwise wreak havoc on a system. In this one-of-a-kind account, you'll see how the developers responsible for these flaws patched the bugs-or failed to respond at all.

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Seemingly simple bugs can have drastic consequences, allowing attackers to compromise systems, escalate local privileges, and otherwise wreak havoc on a system. A Bug Hunter's Diary follows security expert Tobias Klein as he tracks down and exploits bugs in some of the world's most popular software, like Apple's iOS, the VLC media player, web browsers, and even the Mac OS X kernel. In this one-of-a-kind account, you'll see how the developers responsible for these flaws patched the bugs or failed to respond at all. As you follow Klein on his journey, you'll gain deep technical knowledge and insight into how hackers approach difficult problems and experience the true joys (and frustrations) of bug hunting. Along the way you'll learn how to: Use field-tested techniques to find bugs, like identifying and tracing user input data and reverse engineering Exploit vulnerabilities like NULL pointer dereferences, buffer overflows, and type conversion flaws Develop proof of concept code that v

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PublisherNo Starch Press, Incorporated
ISBN-101593273851
ISBN-139781593273859
eBay Product ID (ePID)109244772

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Number of Pages200 Pages
Publication NameBug Hunter's Diary : a Guided Tour Through the Wilds of Software Security
LanguageEnglish
SubjectSoftware Development & Engineering / Quality Assurance & Testing, Software Development & Engineering / General, Security / General, Security / Viruses & Malware, Software Development & Engineering / Systems Analysis & Design
Publication Year2011
FeaturesNew Edition
TypeTextbook
AuthorTobias Klein
Subject AreaComputers
FormatTrade Paperback

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Item Weight11.8 oz.
Item Length9 in
Item Width6 in
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