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 writer
`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.'
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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
