Black Hat: Misfits, Criminals, and Scammers in the Internet Age / Edition 1

by DUP John Biggs

Overview

Homes are becoming increasingly wired and, thanks to Wi-Fi, unwired. Hackers can strike quickly and create disastrous results! These stories and follow-ups are a fascinating insight into the modern threats we all face in the techno jungle. Written by internationally recognized author, John Biggs, this book is an ideal read for anyone who owns a computer and has ever pondered the threats of modern technology.

Black Hat takes a fair and thorough look at the hacking cases that have made the news in recent years. These stories include all the juicy details, like the people behind the hacking, as well as legislative attempts to curtail hacking, cracking, and spam.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781590593790
Publisher:	Apress
Publication date:	06/10/2004
Series:	Business Series
Edition description:	Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed.
Pages:	176
Product dimensions:	7.01(w) x 9.25(h) x 0.01(d)

About the Author

John Biggs is senior editor at Gizmodo.com, the gadgets weblog with 200,000 unique visitors per day, as well as editor of MacMiniGear.com, a popular Mac Mini site. He has written for Linux Journal and the New York Times on open source and security. John has worked for over 10 years in the IT industry and recently completed a master's degree in business and economic reporting at New York University.

Table of Contents

1 Black Hats: Things That Go Ping in the Night.- 2 Y.O.U MayHAVE Alredy I!: Spam.- 3 Deep Cover: Spyware.- 4 Shockwave: Worms and Viruses.- 5 Dear Friend: Scams.- 6 Upload or Perish: Pirates.- 7 Break in: Hacking.- 8 Don’t Get Burned: White Hats.- Selected Reading.- Hacking.- Open Source.- System Administration.

Editorial Reviews

The Barnes & Noble Review
Who’s sending you all that spam? Who’s trying to break into your computer? Who’s planting hidden spyware there? Who’s trying to con you out of your password? Read Black Hat and find out.

John Biggs has catalogued the scams and the scammers. You’ll dive into a spam email message to figure out where it came from. You’ll learn how your computer might be sitting in harness with millions more, waiting for the command to start processing on behalf of someone you’ve never heard of. (OK, they say they won’t. But they can.) You’ll learn who captured every keystroke on the public computers at Manhattan’s Kinko’s -- user IDs, passwords, and all. How worms work. How online stock market scams work. How not to get phished. Can you afford not to know this stuff? Bill Camarda

Bill Camarda is a consultant, writer, and web/multimedia content developer. His 15 books include Special Edition Using Word 2003 and Upgrading & Fixing Networks for Dummies, Second Edition.

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