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Cyber Operations

Building, Defending, and Attacking Modern Computer Networks

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Table of contents (18 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxviii
  2. System Setup

    • Mike O’Leary
    Pages 1-48
  3. Basic Offense

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    Pages 49-94
  4. Operational Awareness

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    Pages 95-137
  5. DNS and BIND

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    Pages 139-175
  6. Scanning the Network

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    Pages 177-193
  7. Active Directory

    • Mike O’Leary
    Pages 195-236
  8. Attacking the Domain

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    Pages 237-281
  9. Logging

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    Pages 283-309
  10. Network Services

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    Pages 311-365
  11. Malware and Persistence

    • Mike O’Leary
    Pages 367-410
  12. Apache and ModSecurity

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    Pages 411-455
  13. IIS and ModSecurity

    • Mike O’Leary
    Pages 457-483
  14. Web Attacks

    • Mike O’Leary
    Pages 485-520
  15. Firewalls

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    Pages 521-563
  16. MySQL and MariaDB

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    Pages 565-604
  17. Snort

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    Pages 605-641
  18. PHP

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    Pages 643-678
  19. Web Applications

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    Pages 679-737
  20. Back Matter

    Pages 739-744

About this book

Cyber Operations walks you through all the processes to set up, defend, and attack computer networks. This book focuses on networks and real attacks, offers extensive coverage of offensive and defensive techniques, and is supported by a rich collection of exercises and resources.

You'll learn how to configure your network from the ground up, starting by setting up your virtual test environment with basics like DNS and active directory, through common network services, and ending with complex web applications involving web servers and backend databases.

Key defensive techniques are integrated throughout the exposition. You will develop situational awareness of your network and will build a complete defensive infrastructure—including log servers, network firewalls, web application firewalls, and intrusion detection systems.

Of course, you cannot truly understand how to defend a network if you do not know how to attack it, so you will attack your test systems in a variety of ways beginning with elementary attacks against browsers and culminating with a case study of the compromise of a defended e-commerce site.

The author, who has coached his university’s cyber defense team three times to the finals of the National Collegiate Cyber Defense Competition, provides a practical, hands-on approach to cyber security.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Department of Mathematics, Towson University, Towson, USA

    Mike O'Leary

About the author

Mike O’Leary is a professor at Towson University and the founding Director of the School of Emerging Technologies. He developed and teaches hands-on capstone courses in computer security for both undergraduate and graduate students. He has coached the Towson University Cyber Defense team to the finals of the National Collegiate Cyber Defense Competition in 2010, 2012, and 2014.

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