Who this book is for

We made this book keeping several kinds of readers in mind. First, computer science students, developers, and systems administrators who want to go one step further in their knowledge regarding information security or those who want to pursue a career in this field; these will find some basic concepts and easy to follow instructions, which will allow them to perform their first penetration test in their own testing laboratory, and also get the basis and tools to continue practicing and learning.

Application developers and systems administrators will also learn how attackers behave in the real world, what aspects should be taken into account to build more secure applications and systems, and how to detect malicious behavior.

Finally, seasoned security professionals will find some intermediate and advanced exploitation techniques and ideas on how to combine two or more vulnerabilities in order to perform a more sophisticated attack.