The comprehensive hacker dictionary for security professionals, businesses, governments, legal professionals, and others dealing with cyberspace Hackers. Crackers. Phreakers. Black hats. White hats. Cybercrime. Logfiles. Anonymous Digital Cash. ARP Redirect. Cyberspace has a language all its own. Understanding it is vital if you're concerned about Internet security, national security, or even personal security. As recent events have proven, you don't have to own a computer to be the victim of cybercrime-crackers have accessed information in the records of large, respected organizations, institutions, and even the military. This is your guide to understanding hacker terminology. It's up to date and comprehensive, with: * Clear, concise, and accurate definitions of more than 875 hacker terms * Entries spanning key information-technology security concepts, organizations, case studies, laws, theories, and tools * Entries covering general terms, legal terms, legal cases, and people * Suggested further reading for definitions This unique book provides a chronology of hacker-related developments beginning with the advent of the computer and continuing through current events in what is identified as today's Fear of a Cyber-Apocalypse Era. An appendix entitled "How Do Hackers Break into Computers?" details some of the ways crackers access and steal information. Knowledge is power. With this dictionary, you're better equipped to be a white hat and guard against cybercrime.

Webster's New World Hacker Dictionary

Computers & Technology

Schell, Bernadette

Martin, Clemens

Software

Wiley Publishing,Inc.

Cybercrime: A Reference Handbook documents the history of computer hacking from free long distance phone calls to virtual espionage to worries of a supposed "cyber apocalypse," and provides accessible information everyone should know.
An issue so new and evolving so quickly, there are few sources from which readers can get the information they need to inform themselves about and protect themselves from cybercrime. Written by experts in the field, this reference work contains original essays, descriptions of technical aspects, and numerous contributions from over 100 sources.
Cybercrime uses fascinating case studies to analyze the beginning of cybercrime and the path it has followed to the present day. With biographical sketches of many influential hackers, the reader will better understand the development of the cybercriminal, and how many of these individuals went on to create some of the computer industry's most useful software. From cyberstalking to viruses, scholars and students alike will find the answers they need to understand these issues.
 • A comprehensive chronology recounting the last four decades of cybercrime, including the implementation and development of legislation and technical attempts to stop further criminal activity
• An extensive glossary covering criminal, technical, and slang terminology

Cybercrime: A Reference Handbook (Contemporary World Issues)

Politics & Social Sciences

Schell, Bernadette H.

Social Sciences

ABC-CLIO

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