Abstract

Written by two experienced penetration testers the material presented discusses the basics of the OS X environment and its vulnerabilities. Including but limited to; application porting, virtualization utilization and offensive tactics at the kernel, OS and wireless level. This book provides a comprehensive in-depth guide to exploiting and compromising the OS X platform while offering the necessary defense and countermeasure techniques that can be used to stop hackers

As a resource to the reader, the companion website will provide links from the authors, commentary and updates.

• Provides relevant information including some of the latest OS X threats
• Easily accessible to those without any prior OS X experience
• Useful tips and strategies for exploiting and compromising OS X systems
• Includes discussion of defensive and countermeasure applications and how to use them
• Covers mobile IOS vulnerabilities

"Authors Robert Bathurst, Russ Rogers and Alijohn Ghassemlouei detail the fundamentals of the OS X environment and its many vulnerabilities…The book is a like a slimmed-down version of Hacking Exposed for the Mac…in that it both shows how to attack the operating system, in addition to detailing defensive measures to stop attackers." --RSAConference.com, March 2013