Adversarial Tradecraft in Cybersecurity

Little has been written about what to do when live hackers are on your system and running amok. Even experienced hackers tend to choke up when they realize the network defender has caught them and is zoning in on their implants in real time. This book will provide tips and tricks all along the kill chain of an attack, showing where hackers can have the upper hand in a live conflict and how defenders can outsmart them in this adversarial game of computer cat and mouse.

This book contains two subsections in each chapter, specifically focusing on the offensive and defensive teams. It begins by introducing you to adversarial operations and principles of computer conflict where you will explore the core principles of deception, humanity, economy, and more about human-on-human conflicts. Additionally, you will understand everything from planning to setting up infrastructure and tooling that both sides should have in place.

Throughout this book, you will learn how to gain an advantage over opponents by disappearing from what they can detect. You will further understand how to blend in, uncover other actors’ motivations and means, and learn to tamper with them to hinder their ability to detect your presence. Finally, you will learn how to gain an advantage through advanced research and thoughtfully concluding an operation.

By the end of this book, you will have achieved a solid understanding of cyberattacks from both an attacker’s and a defender’s perspective.

Type
ebook
Category
Security
publication date
2021-06-14
what you will learn

Understand how to implement process injection and how to detect it
Turn the tables on the offense with active defense
Disappear on the defender’s system, by tampering with defensive sensors
Upskill in using deception with your backdoors and countermeasures including honeypots
Kick someone else from a computer you are on and gain the upper hand
Adopt a language agnostic approach to become familiar with techniques that can be applied to both the red and blue teams
Prepare yourself for real-time cybersecurity conflict by using some of the best techniques currently in the industry

no of pages
246
duration
492
key features
Gain an advantage against live hackers in a competition or real computing environment * Understand advanced red team and blue team techniques with code examples * Learn to battle in short-term memory, whether remaining unseen (red teams) or monitoring an attacker's traffic (blue teams)
approach
The book takes a language agnostic approach of explaining theory and techniques that can be applied to both the red and blue teams. Each chapter has two subsections, one focusing on how the offense can apply this theory and another focusing on how the defense can counter these attacker actions, with practical examples of existing tools and custom code where applicable. The book uses various different programming languages, showing where they work best in different security scenarios based on the features of the language.
audience
Pentesters to red teamers, security operations center analysts to incident responders, attackers, defenders, general hackers, advanced computer users, and security engineers will benefit from this book. Participants in purple teaming or adversarial simulations will also learn a lot from its practical examples of processes for gaining an advantage over the opposing team.

Basic knowledge of Python, Go, Bash, PowerShell, system administration as well as knowledge of incident response in Linux and prior exposure to any kind of cybersecurity knowledge, penetration testing, and ethical hacking basics will help you follow along.
meta description
Master cutting-edge techniques and countermeasures to protect your organization from live hackers. Learn how to harness cyber deception in your operations to gain an edge over the competition.
short description
By taking you through the logic of complex strategic decisions of offensive and defensive teams, this book will prepare you for real-time cybersecurity conflict and show you some of the best techniques used in the industry. Whether you’re part of an offensive or defensive team, Adversarial TradeCraft in Cybersecurity will prepare you for the daunting challenge of taking part in real-time action.
subtitle
Offense versus defense in real-time computer conflict
keywords
Hacker, ethical hacker, cybersecurity books, pentesting tools, pentesting books, pen testing book, offensive security, hackers, cyber attack, network security, online security, pentesting
Product ISBN
9781801076203