Client-Side Attacks and Defense

Sean-Philip Oriyano (CISSP, CNDA, CEH, MCSE) is a veteran of the Information Teechnology and engineering fields, working with a wide variety of organizations to deliver unique and innovative solutions. He has spent his time in the field working with nearly all aspects of IT and management with special emphasis on Information Security concepts, techniques, and practices. Sean is an advocate of strong security knowledge and practices, has workd with clients such as the U.S. Air Force, U.S. Navy, U.S. Army, and has been sought out to instruct at locations such as the U.S. Air Force Academy and Naval War College.Sean is an experienced content developer and technical writer who has published articles on the IT and Information Security fields. Sean counts IBM, Amazon, Autodesk, and Microsoft among his clients. Sean publishes content regularly and publishes this information on his web site at www.oriyano.com and shares his knowledge in his classes and lectures.Sean is a member of EC-Council, InfraGard, and BECCA. Robert Shimonski is a technology executive specializing in healthcare IT for one of the largest health systems in America. In his role at Northwell Health, Rob is a decision maker and strategy planner for information systems operations and technology services. In his current role, Rob is responsible for bringing operational support into the future with the help of new technologies such as cloud and Artificial Intelligence. He is a best-selling author and editor with over 15 years’ experience developing, producing, and distributing print media in the form of books, magazines, and periodicals. Rob’s professional experience includes work for CompTIA, Entrepreneur Magazine, Microsoft, McGraw-Hill Education, Cisco, the US National Security Agency, and Digidesign. Rob has a diverse background in the publishing, including roles such as author, co-author, technical editor, copy editor, and developmental editor. Since print media shifted to the digital domain, Rob has focused the past decade on developing the needed skills to produce professional audio and video media. His research interests are focused on innovation and developing new solutions to create efficiency and bringing forth better outcomes through technology solutions. Rob has a master’s degree in IT Management and a master’s degree in Industrial Psychology. He is author of Cyber Reconnaissance, Surveillance and Defense, Introduction to Microsoft Certification and Study Skills, and MCSA Windows Server 2003 Upgrade to Server 2008 Technology Specialist Exam Prep from Syngress/Elsevier.

Introduction
Chapter 1: Background on Attacks
Chapter 2: A Closer Look at Client-Side Attacks
Chapter 3: A History of Web Browsers
Chapter 4: The Problem with Browsers
Chapter 5: Exploring and Exploiting Active Content
Chapter 6: Browser Defenses
Chapter 7: E-mail Client Attacks
Chapter 8: E-mail Client Defenses
Chapter 9: Web Applications
Chapter 10: Web Applications and Client Defenses
Chapter 11: Other Client-Side Attack Targets
Chapter 12: Malware
Chapter 13: Client-Side Countermeasures
Chapter 14: The Road Ahead