| Description |
1 online resource (1 volume) |
| Series |
Contemporary world issues |
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Contemporary world issues.
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| Contents |
A history and categories of cybercrime -- Basic cybercrime terms -- Birth of the White Hats -- The origin of the Black Hat label in the United States and Britain -- Y2K : fears emerge about cyberterrorism -- Post-Y2K incidents exacerbating cyberterrorist fears -- Countering cyberterrorists : the U.S. Homeland Security Act of 2002 -- Incidents exacerbating cyberterrorism anxieties -- The importance of social engineering to cybercriminals -- Categories of cybercrime : harm to property and/or to persons -- Criminal liability and the coincidence of four elements -- The increasing complexity of property cybercrime -- Cybercrimes against persons -- The nonoffenses of cybervigilantism and hacktivism -- Issues, controversies, and solutions -- Overview of the number of reported incidents of computer system intrusions, government agencies, and institutions -- Methods used to commit cybercrime, cases, and countermeasures -- Controversies surrounding intellectual property rights, copyright, and the Digital Millennium Copyright Act -- Controversial "non-cases" of cracking -- Overview of system vulnerabilities and related controversies -- How chief operating officers worldwide are feeling about their systems' vulnerabilities and why -- A case study : outlining the "real" threat of a possible coordinated terror attack -- Using honeypots to better know "the enemy", and controversies surrounding them -- More question of interest : operating systems software--are some more vulnerable to cracking exploits than others? -- Global legislative countermeasures and controversies : the Council of Europe Convention on Cybercrime -- Chronology -- Biographical sketches -- Cybercrime legal cases -- A summary of recent U.S. anti-terror and anti-cybercrime legislation -- General observations about recent trends in cybercrime -- Timeline and description of recent computer crimes prosecuted under the U.S. Computer Crime Statute U.S.C. section 1030 |
| Summary |
Documents the history of computer hacking from free long distance phone calls to virtual espionage to worries of a supposed "cyber apocalypse," and provides accessible information everyone should know |
| Notes |
"This book is also available on the World Wide Web as an e-book." |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Computer crimes.
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Cyberterrorism.
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TRUE CRIME -- White Collar Crime.
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Computer crimes
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Cyberterrorism
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Computerkriminalität
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Martin, Clemens
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| ISBN |
1851096884 |
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9781851096886 |
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1851096833 |
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9781851096831 |
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1280711434 |
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9781280711435 |
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