The idea that "hacking" is for "dummies" always bothered me. Is that all it takes to 0wn a system? Even a dummy could do it? Yes, that is a real book, with a second edition en route.
Today, I see this.
As we used to say when teaching at Foundstone, "this is no jokey." Are they kidding me? Who is the dummy here -- the person who is writing the rootkits or the person who buys this real book expecting to remove a rootkit? It's definitely not the former. For the latter, maybe the removal section is just this advice:
- Reformat hard drive.
- Reinstall from trusted media.
- Repeat as necessary.
Honestly, the number of people who could even try to recover from a real rootkit installation number in the dozens. Who is supposed to buy this new book? What is really in it? I don't plan to review it -- my reading list is already a mile deep and my wish list is almost as high.
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Whenever someone at work leaves their workstation unlocked, we set their background to the "hacking for dummies" image.
I don't know which is real and which is not but if you want you can create a fake "for dummies" cover here : http://www.signgenerator.org/books/dummies/
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I actually saw "The Koran for Dummies" sitting in someone's car earlier this week.
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