- Takes a gripping story-telling approach so that the reader can learn about the technology, complex consequences and real life facts in an accessible and entertaining way
- Covers in-depth accounts of hacks on Sony Pictures, TK Maxx, TalkTalk, John Podesta, and Internet of Things devices as well as what the hacks of the future will look like
- Helps the reader understand how cyber attacks happen, where the weak spots can be and how to stay vigilant and protect themselves and their organizations in this new world of digital threat
- Features an analysis of the sophistication, impact, avoidability and key lessons of each hack to help the reader better understand the nature of the threat facing organizations today and what they can do to mitigate it
- Covers different hacking techniques - including DDOS, phishing, malware, mirai - as well as different degrees of sophistication and avoidability
- Is written by renowned technology journalist Charles Arthur
Cyber Wars
Hacks that Shocked the Business World
Explore the most significant cyber attacks in recent years and get exclusive insight into hackers' techniques, the dramatic consequences and the lessons we should all learn from them.
Key features at a glance
EAN: 9780749482008
Edition: 1
Published:
Format: 215x140
248 pages
About the book
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.
About the authors
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.
A terrifying analysis of the dark cyber underworld.
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