Hands On Cybersecurity with Blockchain Implement DDoS protection PKI based identity 2FA and DNS security using Blockchain 1st edition by Rajneesh Gupta 9781788991858 1788991850

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Cyber Threat Landscape and Security Challenges

Current threat landscape

Ransomware

The monetization of hacking 

WannaCry

NotPetya

SimpleLocker

TeslaCrypt

CryptoLocker

PC Cyborg

Distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks

From script kiddies to geopolitical

Ease of launching a DDoS attack

Top targeted countries

Insider threats

Some more ways to define insider threats

Insider threat profile

Data breaches

Notable recent data breaches

Impact of data breaches

Advanced persistence threat (APT)

What makes APTs so different?

Defender perspectives

Governments

The United States (US)

The United Kingdom (UK)

Europe

India

Corporate

Endpoint detection and response (EDR)

Deception technology

Cyber threat intelligence (CTI)

Live attack execution

Emerging security challenges

Summary

Questions

Further reading

Security Must Evolve

The security ecosystem 

The zero-trust approach

The assume breach approach

Evolution at the foundation layer

Summary

Questions 

Further reading 

Introducing Blockchain and Ethereum

What is blockchain?

A brief history

Fundamentals of the blockchain

Who is using blockchain and how?

Internet versus blockchain

IP packet versus block

Web app versus dApp

How blockchain works

The building blocks of blockchain

Block

Cryptography – digital signature and hashing algorithm

Consensus – the core of blockchain

Ethereum

History

What is Ethereum?

Smart contract

EVM

Gas

dApp

Private versus public blockchain

Public blockchain

Private blockchain

Business adaptation

Summary

Questions

Further reading

Hyperledger – Blockchain for Businesses

Technical requirements

Hyperledger overview

Blockchain-as-a-service (BaaS)

Program goal

Architecture and core components

Hyperledger Fabric model

Hyperledeger Fabric core components

Workings of Hyperledger and transaction processing

Bitcoin versus Ethereum versus Hyperledger

Hyperledger Fabric capabilities

Lab

Tuna application

Summary

Questions

Blockchain on the CIA Security Triad

What is the CIA security triad?

Confidentiality

Integrity

Availability

Understanding blockchain on confidentiality

Confidentiality in the existing model

Businesses, blockchain, and confidentiality

Achieving confidentiality with Hyperledger Fabric

Blockchain on integrity

Integrity in the current blockchain network

Block arrangement and immutability

Achieving integrity with Hyperledger

Verifying chain integrity

Understanding blockchain on availability

Availability in the current blockchain network

No single point of failure

Business and availability

Summary

Questions

Further reading

Deploying PKI-Based Identity with Blockchain

PKI

PKI in a nutshell

The evolution of PKI

Components

Asymmetric key encryption

Certificate

Certificate authority (CA)

Registration authority (RA)

Certificate repository (CR)

Architecture

Certificate life cycle

Key management

Challenges of the existing PKI model

How can blockchain help?

Decentralized infrastructure

Deployment method

Requirements 

Lab

Testing

Summary

Questions

Further reading

Two-Factor Authentication with Blockchain

What is 2FA?

Evolution of user authentication

Why 2FA?

How does it work?

Challenges

Blockchain for 2FA

How can blockchain transform 2FA?

Solution architecture

Lab

Components

Preparation

Installing Node.js

Turning up Ethereum

Turning up the smart contract

Testing and verification

Summary

Questions

Further reading

Blockchain-Based DNS Security Platform

DNS

Understanding DNS components

Namespace

Name servers

Resolver

DNS structure and hierarchy 

Root name server

Current TLD structure

Registries, registrars, and registrants

DNS records

DNS topology for large enterprises

Architecture

Challenges with current DNS 

DNS spoofing 

Blockchain-based DNS solution

X.509 PKI replacement

MITM-proof DNS infrastructure

Lab on Ethereum-based secure DNS infrastructure

Lab preparation

Namecoin blockchain installation

Installing PowerDNS

Installing DNSChain

Summary

Questions

Further reading

Deploying Blockchain-Based DDoS Protection

DDoS attacks

What is a DDoS attack?

How does it work?

Building up the botnet

Reconnaissance

Weaponization

Delivery

Exploitation 

Installation 

Command and control (C2)

Action on objectives

Types of DDoS attacks

Attacks targeting network resources

User datagram protocol (UDP) flood

ICMP flood

Internet Group Management Protocol (IGMP) flood

Amplification attacks

Attacks targeting server resources

TCP SYN Flood

TCP RST attack

Secure sockets layer (SSL)-based attack

Encrypted HTTP attacks

Attacks targeting application resources

DNS flooding 

Regular expression DoS attacks 

Hash collision DoS attacks

Challenges with current DDoS solutions

How can blockchain transform DDoS protection?

Lab

Summary 

Questions

Further reading

Facts about Blockchain and Cyber Security

Decision path for blockchain

When should you use blockchain?

When should you not use blockchain?

Leader’s checklist

Challenges with blockchain

The future of cybersecurity with blockchain

Summary

Questions

Further reading

Assessment

Chapter 1: Cyber Threat Landscape and Security Challenges

Chapter 2: Security Must Evolve

Chapter 3: Introducing Blockchain and Ethereum

Chapter 4: Hyperledger – Blockchain for Businesses

Chapter 5: Blockchain on the CIA Security Triad 

Chapter 6: Deploying PKI-Based Identity with Blockchain

Chapter 7: Two-Factor Authentication with Blockchain

Chapter 8: Blockchain-Based DNS Security Platform

Chapter 9: Deploying Blockchain-Based DDoS Protection

Chapter 10: Facts about Blockchain and Cyber Security

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