Hacked, Attacked And Abused

Description
"An eye-opening account of the various risks posed by the digital age, and what can be done to secure both individual and corporate information and privacy."

Program


Digital Crime Exposed


Praise and Reviews

'First rule of computer security: don't buy a computer. Second rule: if you buy one, don't turn it on.'
DARK AVENGER, legendary virus write r


`Simple and to the point, the book gives a well-researched account of threats to business, such as viruses and hackers, with advice on how to avoid them`
ZERO DOWNTIME



'An eye-opening account of the various risks posed by the digital age, and what can be done to secure both individual and corporate information and privacy.'
Management Services


Did you know that...

-in 2001 a gambling Web site was hacked so that in a few hours, 140 gamblers won a total of $1.9 million?

-the Love Bug virus cost $8.7 billion globally in lost productivity and clean-up costs?
numerous corporations have suffered severe reputational and financial consequences due to false information about them being e-mailed to thousands of recipients?

-major Web sites are being rendered inaccessible by denial of service attacks?


-in 1986 there was only one recorded computer virus; now there are over 50,000 and that number is still growing?


-a Texas professor began to receive death threats because someone had 'stolen' his e-mail address and sent 20,000 racist messages from it?


-the range of corporate networks that have been hacked into is innumerable - including Microsoft, NASA, the Korean Atomic Research Institute and numerous crucial national networks?


-thousands of innocent individuals have had their identities 'stolen' online and used fraudulently?


Hacked, Attacked and Abused provides an eye-opening account of the various risks posed by the digital age, and what can be done to secure both individual and corporate information and privacy. Risks such as:


-organized digital crime;
-cyber laundering;
-fraudulent Internet Web sites;
-hacking and cracking;
viruses;
-Web site defacement;
-unauthorized disclosure of confidential information;
-the fraudulent aspects of electronic cash;
-identity theft;
-hardcore and child pornography;
-information warfare;
-denial of service attacks where systems are inaccessible to legitimate users;
-invasion of digital privacy;
-government digital monitoring such as Echelon.

Author: Peter Lilley
Format: Soft cover
Publisher: Kogan Page
ISBN 10: 0749438746
ISBN 13: 9780749438746
Published: August 2002
Availability: Immediate despatch