War of Hackers - The Next Battlefield

Author: James F. Denning (USA)
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Publish Date: 2006-07-01
Features: U.S. military expert and radio analyst James F. Denning issues a warning signal about the "cyber Pearl Harbor." Despite the continuous warnings about strengthening our network vulnerabilities, the danger of catastrophic cyberattacks is still on the rise. In this book, James F. Denning explains the new rules of cyber warfare—what it is, what will happen, and how to protect yourself from becoming a victim of this dangerous game. Through the introduction of real attack cases, he will explain what "super trojans," "worms," and "zombie viruses" are. Denning provides readers with clear and easy-to-understand information to counter those potentially catastrophic new weapons—thousands of deadly computer viruses, fierce worms, and trojan software that we may know as "cyber ghosts."
In this book, U.S. military expert and radio analyst James F. Denning issues a warning signal about the "cyber Pearl Harbor." The vulnerabilities of personal computers and the interconnected parts of entire systems are attacked by viruses every day, some even causing system paralysis and disrupting our society. Although most of these incidents are the work of hobbyist hackers, it's not hard to imagine the "super trojan software"—a military-grade computer software weapon manufactured by government-controlled cyber warfare units, silent yet capable of destroying everything, passing through the Internet, hiding in your personal computer, waiting to be activated. Thousands of supercomputer viruses, fierce worms, and trojan software are potential catastrophic new weapons.
In this book, U.S. military expert and radio analyst James F. Denning issues a warning signal about the "cyber Pearl Harbor." The vulnerabilities of personal computers and the interconnected parts of entire systems are attacked by viruses every day, some even causing system paralysis and disrupting our society. Although most of these incidents are the work of hobbyist hackers, it's not hard to imagine the "super trojan software"—a military-grade computer software weapon manufactured by government-controlled cyber warfare units, silent yet capable of destroying everything, passing through the Internet, hiding in your personal computer, waiting to be activated. Despite the continuous warnings about strengthening our network vulnerabilities and the millions of dollars spent to ensure network security, the danger of catastrophic cyberattacks is still on the rise. In this book, James F. Denning explains the new rules of cyber warfare—what it is, what will happen, and how to protect yourself from becoming a victim of this dangerous game. The introduction of real attack cases will explain what "super trojans," "worms," and "zombie viruses" are. From righteous cyber warriors to fully disguised dangerous armies, Denning provides readers with clear and easy-to-understand information to counter those potentially catastrophic "cyber ghosts" we may know.