Ethical Hacking

INTRODUCTION

Attacks against companies, and even sovereign states, have accelerated over the past decade. In 2021, hackers stole more than 100 million dollars in cryptocurrency, attempted to poison the water supply in Florida, hacked into COVID-19 vaccine producer Pfizer pharmaceuticals, attacked Colonial Pipeline using ransomware, and targeted government agencies and political activists in France, Germany, India, the Netherlands, Sweden, Ukraine, and the United Arab Emirates. Because so much of our productivity depends on technology, attacks on our technological infrastructure can have grave social and economic consequences.

Understanding how ...