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Crimeware : understanding new attacks and defenses / Markus Jakobsson, Zulfikar Ramzan.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Upper Saddle River, NJ : Addison-Wesley, 2008Description: xxi, 582 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • n
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780321501950
  • 0321501950
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 005.8 JA.C 2008 G.C 23
LOC classification:
  • QA76.9.A25 C75 2008
Contents:
Overview of crimeware -- A taxonomy of coding errors -- Crimeware and peer-to-peer networks -- Crimeware in small devices -- Crimeware in firmware -- Crimeware in the browser -- Bot networks -- Rootkits -- Virtual worlds and fraud -- Cybercrime and politics -- Online advertising fraud -- Crimeware business models -- The educational aspect of security -- Surreptitious code and the law -- Crimeware and trusted computing -- Technical defense techniques -- The future of crimeware.
Summary: "Crimeware: Understanding New Attacks and Defenses will help security professionals, technical managers, students, and researchers understand and prevent specific crimeware threats. This book guides you through the essential security principles, techniques, and countermeasures to keep you one step ahead of the criminals, regardless of evolving technology and tactics."--Jacket.
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Books Books The Knowledge Hub Library Gift collections 005.8 JA.C 2008 G.C (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 191682

Includes bibliographical references (pages 525-556) and index.

Overview of crimeware -- A taxonomy of coding errors -- Crimeware and peer-to-peer networks -- Crimeware in small devices -- Crimeware in firmware -- Crimeware in the browser -- Bot networks -- Rootkits -- Virtual worlds and fraud -- Cybercrime and politics -- Online advertising fraud -- Crimeware business models -- The educational aspect of security -- Surreptitious code and the law -- Crimeware and trusted computing -- Technical defense techniques -- The future of crimeware.

"Crimeware: Understanding New Attacks and Defenses will help security professionals, technical managers, students, and researchers understand and prevent specific crimeware threats. This book guides you through the essential security principles, techniques, and countermeasures to keep you one step ahead of the criminals, regardless of evolving technology and tactics."--Jacket.

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