The Art of Attack

<p><b>Take on the perspective of an attacker with this insightful new resource for ethical hackers, pentesters, and social engineers&nbsp;</b></p> <p>In&nbsp;<i>The Art of Attack: Attacker Mindset for Security Professionals,</i> experienced physical pentester and social engineer Maxie Reynolds&nbsp;untangles the threads of a useful, sometimes dangerous, mentality. The book shows ethical hackers, social engineers, and&nbsp;pentesters&nbsp;what an attacker mindset is and how to use it&nbsp;to their advantage.&nbsp;&nbsp;Adopting this mindset will result&nbsp;in&nbsp;the improvement of security, offensively and defensively, by&nbsp;allowing you&nbsp;to&nbsp;see&nbsp;your&nbsp;environment objectively&nbsp;through the eyes of an attacker.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p> <p>The book shows you the&nbsp;laws of the mindset and the&nbsp;techniques attackers use, from persistence&nbsp;to &ldquo;start with the end&rdquo; strategies and non-linear thinking, that make them so dangerous.&nbsp;You&rsquo;ll discover:&nbsp;</p> <ul> <li>A variety of attacker strategies, including&nbsp;approaches,&nbsp;processes, reconnaissance, privilege escalation, redundant access, and escape&nbsp;techniques&nbsp;</li> <li>The unique tells and signs of an attack and how to avoid becoming a victim of one&nbsp;</li> <li>What the science of psychology tells us about amygdala hijacking and other tendencies that you need to protect against&nbsp;</li> </ul> <p>Perfect for red teams, social engineers, pentesters, and ethical hackers seeking to fortify and harden their systems and the systems of their clients,&nbsp;<i>The Art of Attack</i>&nbsp;is an invaluable resource for anyone in the technology security space&nbsp;seeking a one-stop resource that puts them in the mind of an attacker.&nbsp;</p>