Charles Arthur

Cyber Wars (eBook, ePUB)

Hacks that Shocked the Business World

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Cyber Wars gives you the dramatic inside stories of some of the world's biggest cyber attacks. These are the game changing hacks that make organizations around the world tremble and leaders stop and consider just how safe they really are.

Charles Arthur provides a gripping account of why each hack happened, what techniques were used, what the consequences were and how they could have been prevented. Cyber attacks are some of the most frightening threats currently facing business leaders and this book provides a deep insight into understanding how they work, how hackers think as well as giving invaluable advice on staying vigilant and avoiding the security mistakes and oversights that can lead to downfall. No organization is safe but by understanding the context within which we now live and what the hacks of the future might look like, you can minimize the threat.

In Cyber Wars, you will learn how hackers in a TK Maxx parking lot managed to steal 94m credit card details costing the organization $1bn; how a 17 year old leaked the data of 157,000 TalkTalk customers causing a reputational disaster; how Mirai can infect companies' Internet of Things devices and let hackers control them; how a sophisticated malware attack on Sony caused corporate embarrassment and company-wide shut down; and how a phishing attack on Clinton Campaign Chairman John Podesta's email affected the outcome of the 2016 US election.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Kogan Page eBook
• Seitenzahl: 248
• Erscheinungstermin: 3. Mai 2018
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780749481995
• Artikelnr.: 52467220

Autorenporträt

Charles Arthur is a freelance journalist, and author of Digital Wars: Apple, Google, Microsoft and the Battle for the Internet, published by Kogan Page. From 2005-2014 he was technology editor at The Guardian newspaper, where he worked on coverage of scores of stories including Wikileaks, Anonymous, and LulzSec. Previously he was science and technology editor at The Independent, and before that worked at New Scientist, Business Magazine and Computer Weekly.

Inhaltsangabe

• • Chapter - 00: Introduction;
  • Chapter - 01: Sony - Systems Wiped, Internal Documents Leaked and Network Completely Shut Down by "The Guardians of Peace";
  • Chapter - 02: TalkTalk - 157,000 Customer Details Stolen by a Hacker;
  • Chapter - 03: John Podesta - Gmail Account Hacked and Emails Sent to Wikileaks;
  • Chapter - 04: Mirai - The DDOS Hack that Revealed the Vulnerability of Internet of Things Devices;
  • Chapter - 05: HBGary - The Security Company Brought Down by Anonymous;
  • Chapter - 06: TK Maxx - 94m Credit Card Details Stolen;
  • Chapter - 07: Ransomware - Using Cryptography as a Weapon to Hold Your Data Hostage;
  • Chapter - 08: Conclusion

Rezensionen

"A terrifying analysis of the dark cyber underworld." Aleks Krotoski, BAFTA and Emmy winner and presenter and writer of the BBC series Digital Human