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Microsoft Excel is an incredible application, feature-rich and easy to use if you know how. It can help with the simplest of jobs, (read more)

Microsoft Excel is an incredible application, feature-rich and easy to use if you know how. It can help with the simplest of jobs, from shopping lists to presentation of data, to more complex formulas and sorting tasks. Everyone in business, or indeed, in almost any job, needs to know how to use this fundamental modern tool, so this updated edition provides information on all the basic capabilities and gives guidance on some of the more advanced techniques.
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19/03/2015 - The Mobile Application Hacker's Handbook is a comprehensive guide to securing all mobile applications byapproaching (read more)

19/03/2015 - The Mobile Application Hacker's Handbook is a comprehensive guide to securing all mobile applications byapproaching the issue from a hacker's point of view. Heavil ypractical, this book provides expert guidance toward discovering and exploiting flaws in mobile applications on the iOS, Android,Blackberry, and Windows Mobile platforms. You will learn a provenmethodology for approaching mobile application assessments, and the techniques used to prevent, disrupt, and remediate the varioustypes of attacks.

Coverage includes data storage, cryptography,transport layers, data leakage, injection attacks, runtime manipulation, security controls, and cross-platform apps, with vulnerabilities highlighted and detailed information on the methods hackers use to get around standard security.

Mobile applications are widely used in the consumer andenterprise markets to process and/or store sensitive data. There iscurrently little published on the topic of mobile security, butwith over a million apps in the Apple App Store alone, the attacksurface is significant. (hide)

Fortran marches on, remaining one of the principal programming languages used in high-performance scientific, numerical, and engineering (read more)

Fortran marches on, remaining one of the principal programming languages used in high-performance scientific, numerical, and engineering computing. A series of significant revisions to the standard versions of the language have progressively enhanced its capabilities, and the latest standard - Fortran 2018 - includes many additions and improvements. This edition of Modern Fortran Explained expands on the last.

Given the release of updated versions of Fortran compilers, the separate descriptions of Fortran 2003 and Fortran 2008 have been incorporated into the main text, which thereby becomes a unified description of the full Fortran 2008 version of the language. This clearer standard has allowed many deficiencies and irregularities in the earlier language versions to be resolved. Four new chapters describe the additional features of Fortran 2018, with its enhancements to coarrays for parallel programming, interoperability with C, IEEE arithmetic, and various other improvements.
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The PHP language is different than you remember. No longer just about procedural code and monolithic frameworks, PHP has experienced (read more)

The PHP language is different than you remember. No longer just about procedural code and monolithic frameworks, PHP has experienced a renaissance to become a full-featured, mature language with object-orientation, namespaces, and a growing collection of reusable component libraries."Modern PHP" reveals these new language features in action. Author Josh Lockhart--creator of PHP The Right Way, a popular community initiative--shows you how to develop PHP applications using best practices for application architecture and planning, databases, security, testing, debugging, and deployment.Learn detailed, practical techniques that you can immediately implement in your PHP projectGrow your PHP skillset with the newest language features and modern best practices Get up to speed on new language features of PHP 5.x (OOP, DateTime, namespaces, traits, and more)Discover the latest from the PHP community, including what's new with the Hack programming language and the HipHop Virtual Machine (HHVM)Find out how the new PHP has become a more mature language with community standards, a growing affinity for interoperable components, and a passionate community committed to improving performance. (hide)

MySQL, Fifth Edition by Paul DuBois The definitive guide to using, programming and administering MySQL 5.5 and MySQL 5.6 MySQL provides (read more)

MySQL, Fifth Edition by Paul DuBois The definitive guide to using, programming and administering MySQL 5.5 and MySQL 5.6 MySQL provides a comprehensive guide to effectively using and administering the MySQL database management system (DBMS). Author Paul DuBois describes everything from the basics of getting information into a database and formulating queries, to using MySQL with PHP or Perl to generate dynamic web pages, to writing your own programs that access MySQL databases, to administering MySQL servers. The book also includes a comprehensive reference section providing detailed information on MySQL's structure, language, syntax, and APIs.

The fifth edition of this bestselling book has been meticulously revised and updated to thoroughly cover the latest features and capabilities of MySQL 5.5, as well as to add new coverage of features introduced with MySQL 5.6. MySQL is an open source relational database management system (DBMS) that has experienced a phenomenal growth in popularity and use. Known for its speed and ease of use, MySQL has proven itself to be particularly well-suited for developing database-backed websites and applications.

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Learn network and data security by analyzing the Anthem breach and step-by-step how hackers gain entry, place hidden software, download (read more)

Learn network and data security by analyzing the Anthem breach and step-by-step how hackers gain entry, place hidden software, download information, and hide the evidence of their entry. Understand the tools, establishing persistent presence, use of sites as testbeds to determine successful variations of software that elude detection, and reaching out across trusted connections to the entire healthcare system of the nation. Examine the components of technology being diverted, starting with application code and how to protect it with isolation approaches.

Dissect forms of infections including viruses, worms, bots, and Trojans; and encryption with RSA algorithm as the working example. (hide)

How secure is your network? The best way to find out is to attack it, using the same tactics attackers employ to identify and exploit (read more)

How secure is your network? The best way to find out is to attack it, using the same tactics attackers employ to identify and exploit weaknesses. With the third edition of this practical book, you'll learn how to perform network-based penetration testing in a structured manner. Security expert Chris McNab demonstrates common vulnerabilities, and the steps you can take to identify them in your environment.

System complexity and attack surfaces continue to grow. This book provides a process to help you mitigate risks posed to your network. Each chapter includes a checklist summarizing attacker techniques, along with effective countermeasures you can use immediately. (hide)

Traditional intrusion detection and logfile analysis are no longer enough to protect today's complex networks. In the updated second (read more)

Traditional intrusion detection and logfile analysis are no longer enough to protect today's complex networks. In the updated second edition of this practical guide, security researcher Michael Collins shows InfoSec personnel the latest techniques and tools for collecting and analyzing network traffic datasets. You'll understand how your network is used, and what actions are necessary to harden and defend the systems within it. (hide)

Communication between vehicles and infrastructure will enable an entirely new way of managing traffic, reducing accidents, and increasing (read more)

Communication between vehicles and infrastructure will enable an entirely new way of managing traffic, reducing accidents, and increasing citizens' quality of life. Networking Vehicles to Everything provides a 360-degree overview of networking vehicle technology. This informational account also covers challenges, case considerations, current activities in standards, product implementation, and upcoming trends such as software reconfiguration, mmWave technology and advanced control theory tools.
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The fast and easy way to get things done with Office Perplexed by PowerPoint? Looking to excel at Excel? From Access to Word and (read more)

The fast and easy way to get things done with Office Perplexed by PowerPoint? Looking to excel at Excel? From Access to Word and every application in between this all-encompassing guide provides plain-English guidance on mastering the entire Microsoft Office suite. Through easy-to-follow instruction, you'll quickly get up and running with Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Outlook, Access, Publisher, Charts and Graphics, OneNote, and more and make your work and home life easier, more productive, and more streamlined. Microsoft Office is the leading productivity tool in the world.

From word processing to business communication to data crunching, it requires a lot of knowledge to operate it let alone master it. Luckily, Office 2016 All-in-One For Dummies is here to deliver the breadth of information you need to complete basic tasks and drill down into Office's advanced features. * Create customized documents and add graphic elements, proofing, and citations in Word * Build a worksheet, create formulas, and perform basic data analysis in Excel * Create a notebook and organize your thoughts in Notes * Manage messages, tasks, contacts, and calendars in Outlook Clocking in at over 800 pages, Office 2016 All-in-One For Dummies will be the singular Microsoft Office resource you'll turn to again and again. (hide)