War of Hackers: The Next Battlefield

Author: James F. Denneen (USA)
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Publish Date: 2006-07-01
Features: American military expert and radio analyst James F. Denneen issued a warning signal about the "cyber Pearl Harbor." Despite the continuous warnings to strengthen our network vulnerabilities, the danger of catastrophic cyberattacks is still on the rise. In this book, James F. Denneen 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," "worm programs," and "zombie viruses" are. Denneen provides readers with clear and easy-to-understand information to counter those potentially catastrophic new weapons—thousands of deadly computer viruses, fierce worm programs, and trojan software that we may know as "cyber ghosts."
In this book, American military expert and radio analyst James F. Denneen issues a warning about the "cyber Pearl Harbor." The vulnerabilities of personal computers and networked parts of entire systems are attacked every day by viruses, some of which even cause system paralysis and disrupt our society. Although most of these incidents are caused by hobbyist hackers, it is not difficult to imagine the "super trojan software"—a military-grade computer software weapon manufactured by government-controlled cyber warfare units, silent yet with the power to destroy everything, passing through the internet and 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. Denneen 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," "worm programs," and "zombie viruses" are. From righteous cyber warriors to fully disguised dangerous armies, Denneen provides readers with clear and easy-to-understand information to counter those deadly "cyber ghosts" we may know.