The Art of Intrusion: The Real Stories Behind the Exploits of Hackers, Intruders and Deceivers

I guess I lean over to this side of modern life, I like the internet and its history.

Well written, informative, understandable and engaging.

This is a quick read, and is entirely devoted to stories of hackers and crackers who break into systems - some maliciously, and some for the sheer fun of it. I particularly enjoyed the story about the company who was hired by a company who had made an offer to buy it, to conduct a penetration test and attempt to break into their system. The prospective target company not only cracked the prospective purchaser's computer system, they also broke into their voice mails and were able to know the company's exact negotiating strategy and plans for the company once the purchase went through. The target wisely held the negotiation meeting before the meeting at which they revealed their successful penetration, and declined the purchase offer. show more Each chapter is followed by Mitnick's insights and recommendations, which only serve to remind me of the vulnerabilities of my office's systems. Interesting, for people who like computers and this sort of thing. show less

Enjoyable, fast read. It included enough technical details to keep me interested. But, it did not overwhelm the reader with jargon to the extent that someone without a technical background would be lost. I only wish it was written a bit more recently. Perhaps a follow up will be released in the next few years? I look forward to reading other work by Kevin.

Mildly interesting book about the exploits of hackers. Requires some networking knowledge to understand fully. Some of these stories are fairly old (using 386 processes in one story and when warez and torrenting sites were novelties in the other!) but most are still interesting. Social engineering aspects of the book are most interesting, and much of the advice is quite relevant.

I honestly have no memory of this book. I remember reading it while I studied for my CEH. I guess it was good enough to finish, but not good enough to remember. That might be unfair, though, since I consume a decent amount of cyber* related information. It might have just been lost to the noise.

good stories and entertaining. not as good as 'art of deception'.

This is a very good book about one of my favorite famous hackers of all time (Kevin Mitnick) & he is now a well known legal computer security professional.