Inside cyber warfare

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Carr Jeffrey
Group Author: Shepherd Lewis
Published: O'Reilly Media, Inc.,
Publisher Address: Sebastopol, Calif.
Publication Dates: c2010.
Literature type: Book
Language: English
Edition: 1st ed.
Subjects:
Carrier Form: xviii, 212 p.: ill., maps ; 24 cm.
ISBN: 9780596802158 (pbk.)
0596802153 (pbk.)
Index Number: TP393
CLC: TP393.08-05
Call Number: TP393.08-05/C311
Contents: "Mapping the cyber underworld"--Cover.
Includes index.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Assessing the problem -- The rise of the non-state hacker -- The legal status of cyber warfare -- Responding to international cyber attacks as acts of war -- The intelligence component to cyber warfare -- Non-state hackers and the social web -- Follow the money -- Organized crime in cyberspace -- Investigating attribution -- Weaponizing malware -- The role of cyber in military doctrine -- A cyber early warning model -- Advice for policy makers from the field -- Afterword.
"You may have heard about "cyber warfare" in the news, but do you really know what it is? This book provides fascinating and disturbing details on how nations, groups, and individuals throughout the world are using the Internet as an attack platform to gain military, political, and economic advantages over their adversaries. You'll learn how sophisticated hackers working on behalf of states or organized crime patiently play a high-stakes game that could target anyone, regardless of affiliation or nationality. Inside Cyber Warfare goes beyond the headlines of attention-grabbing DDoS attacks a