Cybercrime : a reference handbook / Bernadette H. Schell and Clemens Martin
- Author
- Schell, Bernadette H. (Bernadette Hlubik), 1952-
- Published
- Santa Barbara, Calif. : ABC-CLIO, [2004]
- Copyright Date
- ©2004
- Physical Description
- xiv, 247 pages ; 24 cm.
- Additional Creators
- Martin, Clemens
- Series
- 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.
- Subject(s)
- ISBN
- 1851096833 (hardcover : alk. paper)
- Note
- "This book is also available on the World Wide Web as an e-book."
- Bibliography Note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 209-222) and index.
- Source of Acquisition
- Mont Alto copy: Purchased with funds from the Paterno Libraries Endowment; 20045
- Endowment Note
- Paterno Libraries Endowment (Campus College Libraries)
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