A New Evolution in Hack Attacks: A General Overview of Types, Methods, Tools, and Prevention

Citation
A New Evolution in Hack Attacks: A General Overview of Types, Methods, Tools, and Prevention (2003) (full-text).

Overview
The purpose of this paper is to provide a general overview of the more current hacking methods that go above and beyond the traditional methods of the recent past. This paper provides a straightforward review of the concepts associated with hack attacks, types of hacker tools used to perform these attacks, and methods of prevention.