Hacking for Everyone? (eBook)

An Introduction to Cyber Security

Keith Sutherland (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2019
138 Seiten
Dspress Ltd (Verlag)
978-0-9545288-9-8 (ISBN)

Infos

The Internet and its associated technologies has steadily become a cornerstone of many peoples interaction with the world. It allows us to shop, bank, communicate, entertain ourselves and much more. It has provided a revolution in how we deal with everyday tasks and how we spend our free time.Yet the Internet was designed in simpler times where many of the less desirable aspects that, sadly, we now take for granted were unimagined.This book aims to uncover some of the fundamental aspects of how the Internet works and how these features lend themselves to the potential abuse and criminal activities that we all seem, sadly, to assume as normal.This book: Explains why the Internet and the World Wide Web are not the same! Teaches how malware can infect your computer Introduces the Internet of Things (IOT) Shows how your data propagates across the Internet Summarises the Deep Web and the Dark Web Looks at the principles of ransomware and cryptography And much more The author has worked in computer security (Cyber Security) for over 40 years. Among other qualifications, he is a CISSP (Certified Information Security Systems Professional), a Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH) and is certified by UK Government Agencies to teach Cyber Security. He has taught thousands of delegates and worked for many bluechip companies and government agencies.

Inhalt

Introduction                                                             vChapter 1 Email Scams                                        1Chapter 2 Malware                                                 21Chapter 3 Noisy Devices                                     41Chapter 4 FTP and Some History                      59Chapter 5 The Internet of Things                      75Chapter 6 The Dark and Deep Web                  93Chapter 7 Social Engineering                             99Chapter 8  Ransomware and Cryptography   107Appendices                                                                         119

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 11.3.2019
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Mathematik / Informatik ► Informatik ► Web / Internet
• Schlagworte: Cyber-security • Hacking • Internet
• ISBN-10: 0-9545288-9-1 / 0954528891
• ISBN-13: 978-0-9545288-9-8 / 9780954528898