Cybercrime : a reference handbook / Bernadette H. Schell and Clemens Martin.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Schell, Bernadette H. (Bernadette Hlubik), 1952-

Contributor:

Martin, Clemens.

Series:

Contemporary world issues

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Computer crimes.

Cyberterrorism.

Physical Description:

xiv, 247 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Santa Barbara, Calif. : ABC-CLIO, [2004]

Contents:

History and types of cybercrime

Basic cybercrime terms - Hacker and cracker

Cybercrime

History of cybercrime

White Hats

Black Hats

Emerging fears about cyberterrorism

Countering cyberterrorists : Homeland Security Act

2003: Exacerbating cyberterrorists anxieties

Types of cybercrime

Social engineering

Categories of cybercrime

Criminal liability: four elements

Property cybercrime

Cybercrimes against persons

The nonoffenses of cybervigilantism and hacktivism

Issues, controversies, and solutions

Computer system intrusions

Recent statistics on computer intrusions

Cracking

Flooding

Viruses and worms

Spoofing

Phreaking

Piracy intellectual property rights, and copyright

Two controversial "cases" of cracking

Issues and controversies related to system vulnerabilities

The national strategy to secure cyberspace

Software

Challenges faced by system administrators

A theoretical study: A possible coordinated terror attack

Honeypots and controversies surrounding them

Operating systems software: are some more secure than others

Legislative countermeasures and controversies Chronology

Biographical sketches

Cybercrime legal cases

Agencies and organizations

Print and nonprint resources.

Notes:

"This book is also available on the World Wide Web as an e-book."

Includes bibliographical references (pages 209-222) and index.

ISBN:

1851096833

OCLC:

55682154