Internet Security

The Snake implant is considered the most sophisticated cyber espionage tool designed and used by Center 16 of Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) for long-term intelligence collection on sensitive targets. To conduct operations using this tool, the FSB created a covert peer-to-peer (P2P) network of numerous Snake-infected computers worldwide.

The most influential inventor of the modern world, Sir Tim Berners-Lee is a different kind of visionary. Born in the same year as Bill Gates and Steve Jobs, Berners-Lee famously shared his invention, the World Wide Web, for no commercial reward. Its widespread adoption changed everything – transforming humanity into the first digital species. Through the web, we live, work, dream and connect.

The #HACKED book (2024 edition) is the perfect resource for anyone looking to learn about cybersecurity. Written by leading experts in the field, this book provides in-depth coverage of all aspects of cybersecurity. Whether you're a business owner, student, or just someone who wants to stay safe online, The #HACKED book has everything you need to know.

Are you curious about the world of hacking? Do you know how hackers break down passwords and break into systems? Would you like to protect your computer systems - and your personal information? With Justin Hatmaker's Hacking: Penetration Testing, Basic Security, and How to Hack, you can do all this and more! What types of hacking attacks are out there? How can you defend yourself?

So many people take their privacy on the Internet for granted. Some may know and choose to ignore the fact, but every single thing you do online is being tracked and guess what? For better or for worse it is there forever. Whether you're simply browsing websites or you are accessing confidential information that you would rather no one know about there are ways to remain anonymous.

This engrossing book explores the profound implications of personal information on the Internet, preserved forever even if it is false, biased, or humiliating. Brimming with examples of online gossip, slander, and rumor, the book discusses the tensions between privacy and free speech and proposes how to balance the two. What information about you is on the Internet?

Cyber Security may sound like something very complex. However, this book takes a simple, easy to understand approach to breakdown complex topics so that you can understand better and take appropriate action to protect your information once you finish listening.

Believe you can, and you will! This is a brief story of how a veteran security professional and cyber influencer George McPherson got into cybersecurity.

The National Security Agency (NSA), Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), and Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) assess that People’s Republic of China's state-sponsored malicious cyberactivity is a major threat to the US and allied cyberspace assets.

Feeling overwhelmed by an avalanche of online content? Anxious about identity theft? Unsettled by the proliferation of fake news? Welcome to the digital revolution. Wait - wasn't the digital revolution supposed to make our lives better? It was going to be fun and put the world at our fingertips. What happened? Keep Calm and Log On is a survival handbook that will help you achieve online mindfulness and overcome online helplessness - the feeling that tech is out of your control - with tips for handling cybersecurity, creepy ads, untrustworthy information, and much more.

Protect your computer and your valuable information and photos without breaking your budget or hiring an expert. What if a few new habits could dramatically reduce the chances of your system being infected with a virus or attacked by a hacker? Imagine surfing the web without worrying about the terrors of credit card fraud or identity theft. What if you could keep the bad guys away with a few simple applications?

Three audiobooks in one deal: book 1: How to Establish Effective Security Management Functions; book 2: How to Apply the NIST Risk Management Framework; book 3: How to Manage Risk, Using the NIST Cybersecurity Framework. You will learn in Book 1: objectives of security management, security management principles, defense in depth, how to apply security controls, and security control functions.

The 21st century is not only an era of technical and computer innovations, but the time when each of us can face a hacker's attack. However, there’s no need to panic! There are some simple tips and recommendations on how to save your digital space from perpetrators and where to go if something strange happens.

As a leader, you need to drive your organization’s approach to cybersecurity as you would any other hazard (e.g. how you identify risk, reduce vulnerabilities, and plan for contingencies). This requires an investment of time and money, as well as the collective buy-in of your management team. Your investment drives actions and activities, and these build and sustain a culture of cybersecurity.

The benefits of living in a digital, globalised society are enormous; so too are the dangers. The world has become a law enforcer’s nightmare and every criminal’s dream. We bank online, shop online, date, learn, work and live online. But have the institutions that keep us safe on the streets learned to protect us in the burgeoning digital world? Have we become complacent about our personal security – sharing our thoughts, beliefs and the details of our daily lives with anyone who cares to relieve us of them?

The vast US network of natural gas, crude oil, and refined product pipelines is integral to US energy supply and also has vital links to other critical infrastructure such as power plants and airports. This network is vulnerable to cyberattacks. Pipeline companies employ technologies which enable them to achieve business and operational efficiencies, but these technologies are susceptible to cybersecurity risks - and these risks have been growing. The May 2021 ransomware attack against the Colonial Pipeline, which disrupted gasoline supplies throughout the East Coast.

These cybersecurity authorities—herein referred to as “authoring organizations”—are aware that communities may seek cost-savings and quality-of-life improvements through the digital transformation of infrastructure to create “smart cities".

Arm yourself with proactive measures and best practices to fortify your defenses. With this invaluable knowledge, you will be equipped to safeguard your organization and ensure its resilience in the face of this ever-present danger. The time to act is now—protect your business from the relentless onslaught of ransomware and its sinister shackles.

Although cybercrime rates are high and rising, the reality is that most victims are not aware of, or are simply not following basic guidance. For example, do you have different passwords for all of your accounts of value? How long is each password? Did you know that most house burglars expect people to write their passwords down and keep them less than 3 feet away from their main computer? An inexpensive, accessible, concise, and relatively jargon-free set of online security guidance for the everyday person. The book also includes an abridged dictionary of key terms at the back taken from The Cybersecurity to English Dictionary. If you want to substantially and rapidly improve your online security to a level that will reduce most of your cybercrime risk - this is the book for you.

Hackers have a bad reputation, as shady deployers of bots and destroyers of infrastructure. In Coding Democracy, Maureen Webb offers another view. Hackers, she argues, can be vital disruptors. Hacking is becoming a practice, an ethos, and a metaphor for a new wave of activism in which ordinary citizens are inventing new forms of distributed, decentralized democracy for a digital era. Confronted with concentrations of power, mass surveillance, and authoritarianism enabled by new technology, the hacking movement is trying to "build out" democracy into cyberspace.