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This book explores the genesis of ransomware and how the parallel emergence of encryption technologies has elevated ransomware to become the most prodigious cyber threat that enterprises are confronting. It also investigates the driving forces behind what has been dubbed the 'ransomware revolution' after a series of major attacks beginning in 2013, and how the advent of cryptocurrencies provided the catalyst for the development and increased profitability of ransomware, sparking a phenomenal rise in the number and complexity of ransomware attacks. This book analyzes why the speed of technology adoption has been a fundamental factor in the continued success of financially motivated cybercrime, and how the ease of public access to advanced encryption techniques has allowed malicious actors to continue to operate with increased anonymity across the internet. This anonymity has enabled increased collaboration between attackers, which has aided the development of new ransomware attacks, and led to an increasing level of technical complexity in ransomware attacks. This book highlights that the continuous expansion and early adoption of emerging technologies may be beyond the capacity of conventional risk managers and risk management frameworks. Researchers and advanced level students studying or working in computer science, business or criminology will find this book useful as a reference or secondary text. Professionals working in cybersecurity, cryptography, information technology, financial crime (and other related topics) will also welcome this book as a reference.
Contrary to popular belief, there has never been any shortage of
Macintosh-related security issues. OS9 had issues that warranted
attention. However, due to both ignorance and a lack of research,
many of these issues never saw the light of day. No solid
techniques were published for executing arbitrary code on OS9, and
there are no notable legacy Macintosh exploits. Due to the combined
lack of obvious vulnerabilities and accompanying exploits,
Macintosh appeared to be a solid platform. Threats to Macintosh's
OS X operating system are increasing in sophistication and number.
Whether it is the exploitation of an increasing number of holes,
use of rootkits for post-compromise concealment or disturbed denial
of service, knowing why the system is vulnerable and understanding
how to defend it is critical to computer security.
A fascinating work on the history and development of cryptography, from the Egyptians to WWII. Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. Hesperides Press are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork Contents Include The Beginings of Cryptography From the Middle Ages Onwards Signals, Signs, And Secret Languages Commercial Codes Military Codes and Ciphers Types of Codes and Ciphers Methods of Deciphering Bibliography
Electronic discovery refers to a process in which electronic data
is sought, located, secured, and searched with the intent of using
it as evidence in a legal case. Computer forensics is the
application of computer investigation and analysis techniques to
perform an investigation to find out exactly what happened on a
computer and who was responsible. IDC estimates that the U.S.
market for computer forensics will be grow from $252 million in
2004 to $630 million by 2009. Business is strong outside the United
States, as well. By 2011, the estimated international market will
be $1.8 billion dollars. The Techno Forensics Conference has
increased in size by almost 50% in its second year; another example
of the rapid growth in the market.
Businesses in today's world are adopting technology-enabled operating models that aim to improve growth, revenue, and identify emerging markets. However, most of these businesses are not suited to defend themselves from the cyber risks that come with these data-driven practices. To further prevent these threats, they need to have a complete understanding of modern network security solutions and the ability to manage, address, and respond to security breaches. The Handbook of Research on Intrusion Detection Systems provides emerging research exploring the theoretical and practical aspects of prominent and effective techniques used to detect and contain breaches within the fields of data science and cybersecurity. Featuring coverage on a broad range of topics such as botnet detection, cryptography, and access control models, this book is ideally designed for security analysts, scientists, researchers, programmers, developers, IT professionals, scholars, students, administrators, and faculty members seeking research on current advancements in network security technology.
An all-star cast of authors analyze the top IT security threats for
2008 as selected by the editors and readers of Infosecurity
Magazine. This book, compiled from the Syngress Security Library,
is an essential reference for any IT professional managing
enterprise security. It serves as an early warning system, allowing
readers to assess vulnerabilities, design protection schemes and
plan for disaster recovery should an attack occur. Topics include
Botnets, Cross Site Scripting Attacks, Social Engineering, Physical
and Logical Convergence, Payment Card Industry (PCI) Data Security
Standards (DSS), Voice over IP (VoIP), and Asterisk Hacking.
Information security is moving much higher up the agenda of corporate concerns. The pitfalls lying in wait of corporate information are legion. If information is our most important asset, then we must fortify ourselves for the task of protecting it properly. This book is a compilation of contributed chapters by researches and practitioners addressing issues, trends and challenges facing the management of information security in this new millennium. Information Security Management: Global Challenges in the New Millennium focuses on aspects of information security planning, evaluation, design and implementation.
In today s information age, the security of digital communication and transactions is of critical importance. Cryptography is the traditional, yet effective, practice of concealing personal information in cyberspace. Applied Cryptography for Cyber Security and Defense: Information Encryption and Cyphering applies the principles of cryptographic systems to real-world scenarios, explaining how cryptography can protect businesses information and ensure privacy for their networks and databases. It delves into the specific security requirements within various emerging application areas and discusses procedures for engineering cryptography into system design and implementation.
This book describes the efficient implementation of public-key cryptography (PKC) to address the security challenges of massive amounts of information generated by the vast network of connected devices, ranging from tiny Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) tags to powerful desktop computers. It investigates implementation aspects of post quantum PKC and homomorphic encryption schemes whose security is based on the hardness of the ring-learning with error (LWE) problem. The work includes designing an FPGA-based accelerator to speed up computation on encrypted data in the cloud computer. It also proposes a more practical scheme that uses a special module called recryption box to assist homomorphic function evaluation, roughly 20 times faster than the implementation without this module.
How to Cheat at Windows Systems Administrators using Command line
scripts teaches system administrators hundreds of powerful,
time-saving tips for automating daily system administration tasks
using Windows command line scripts.
Advances in Enterprise Information Technology Security provides a broad working knowledge of all the major security issues affecting today's enterprise IT activities. The chapters in this Premier Reference Source are written by some of the world's leading researchers and practitioners in the filed of IT security. There are no simple and complete answers to the issues of security; therefore, multiple techniques, strategies, and applications are thoroughly examined. This reference work presents the tools to address opportunities in the field, and is an all-in-one reference for IT managers, network administrators, researchers, and students.
A practical reference written to assist the security professional
in clearly identifying what systems are required to meet security
needs as defined by a threat analysis and vulnerability assessment.
All of the elements necessary to conduct a detailed survey of a
facility and the methods used to document the findings of that
survey are covered. Once the required systems are determined, the
chapters following present how to assemble and evaluate bids for
the acquisition of the required systems in a manner that will meet
the most rigorous standards established for competitive bidding.
The book also provides recommended approaches for system/user
implementation, giving checklists and examples for developing
management controls using the installed systems. This book was
developed after a careful examination of the approved reference
material available from the American Society for Industrial
Security (ASIS International) for the certification of Physical
Security Professionals (PSP). It is intended to fill voids left by
the currently approved reference material to perform implementation
of systems suggested in the existing reference texts. This book is
an excellent "How To" for the aspiring security professional who
wishes to take on the responsibilities of security system
implementation, or the security manager who wants to do a
professional job of system acquisition without hiring a
professional consultant.
The book is logically divided into 5 main categories with each
category representing a major skill set required by most security
professionals:
The "Encyclopedia of Information Ethics and Security" is an original, comprehensive reference source on ethical and security issues relating to the latest technologies. Covering a wide range of themes, this valuable reference tool covers such topics as computer crime, information warfare, privacy, surveillance, intellectual property, and education.
Trojans, Worms, and Spyware provides practical, easy to understand,
and readily usable advice to help organizations to improve their
security and reduce the possible risks of malicious code attacks.
Despite the global downturn, information systems security remains
one of the more in-demand professions in the world today. With the
widespread use of the Internet as a business tool, more emphasis is
being placed on information security than ever before. To
successfully deal with this increase in dependence and the ever
growing threat of virus and worm attacks, Information security and
information assurance (IA) professionals need a jargon-free book
that addresses the practical aspects of meeting new security
requirements.
Multimedia technologies are becoming more sophisticated, enabling
the Internet to accommodate a rapidly growing audience with a full
range of services and efficient delivery methods. Although the
Internet now puts communication, education, commerce and
socialization at our finger tips, its rapid growth has raised some
weighty security concerns with respect to multimedia content. The
owners of this content face enormous challenges in safeguarding
their intellectual property, while still exploiting the Internet as
an important resource for commerce.
This book presents a complete and accurate study of arithmetic and algebraic circuits. The first part offers a review of all important basic concepts: it describes simple circuits for the implementation of some basic arithmetic operations; it introduces theoretical basis for residue number systems; and describes some fundamental circuits for implementing the main modular operations that will be used in the text. Moreover, the book discusses floating-point representation of real numbers and the IEEE 754 standard. The second and core part of the book offers a deep study of arithmetic circuits and specific algorithms for their implementation. It covers the CORDIC algorithm, and optimized arithmetic circuits recently developed by the authors for adders and subtractors, as well as multipliers, dividers and special functions. It describes the implementation of basic algebraic circuits, such as LFSRs and cellular automata. Finally, it offers a complete study of Galois fields, showing some exemplary applications and discussing the advantages in comparison to other methods. This dense, self-contained text provides students, researchers and engineers, with extensive knowledge on and a deep understanding of arithmetic and algebraic circuits and their implementation.
Multimedia security has become a major research topic, yielding numerous academic papers in addition to many watermarking-related companies. In this emerging area, there are many challenging research issues that deserve sustained studying towards an effective and practical system. Multimedia Security: Steganography and Digital Watermarking Techniques for Protection of Intellectual Property explores the myriad of issues regarding multimedia security. This book covers various issues, including perceptual fidelity analysis, image, audio, and 3D mesh object watermarking, medical watermarking, error detection (authentication) and concealment, fingerprinting, digital signature and digital right management.
Web and Information Security consists of a collection of papers written by leading experts in the field that describe state-of-the-art topics pertaining to Web and information systems security. In particular, security for the semantic Web, privacy, security policy management and emerging topics such as secure semantic grids and secure multimedia systems are also discussed. As well as covering basic concepts of Web and information system security, this book provides new insights into the semantic Web field and its related security challenges. ""Web and Information Security"" is valuable as a reference book for senior undergraduate or graduate courses in information security which have special focuses on Web security. It is also useful for technologists, researchers, managers and developers who want to know more about emerging security technologies.
Kovacich and Halibozek offer you the benefit of more than 55 years
of combined experience in government and corporate security.
Throughout the book, the authors use a fictional global corporation
as a model to provide continual real-world challenges and
solutions. New and experienced managers alike will find a wealth of
information and practical advice to help you develop strategic and
tactical plans and manage your daily operations.
As emerging trends and research threads surface in the area of e-government, academicians, practitioners, and students face the challenge of keeping up-to-date with new and innovative practices. ""Current Issues and Trends in E-Government Research"" provides a complete synopsis of the latest technologies in information policy, security, privacy, and access, as well as the best practices in e-government applications and measurement. ""Current Issues and Trends in E-Government Research"" presents the most current issues in e-government hardware and software technology, adoption and diffusion, planning and management, and philosophy.
Today, more than 80% of the data transmitted over networks and archived on our computers, tablets, cell phones or clouds is multimedia data - images, videos, audio, 3D data. The applications of this data range from video games to healthcare, and include computer-aided design, video surveillance and biometrics. It is becoming increasingly urgent to secure this data, not only during transmission and archiving, but also during its retrieval and use. Indeed, in today's "all-digital" world, it is becoming ever-easier to copy data, view it unrightfully, steal it or falsify it. Multimedia Security 1 analyzes the issues of the authentication of multimedia data, code and the embedding of hidden data, both from the point of view of defense and attack. Regarding the embedding of hidden data, it also covers invisibility, color, tracing and 3D data, as well as the detection of hidden messages in an image by steganalysis.
Designed for managers struggling to understand the risks in organizations dependent on secure networks, this book applies economics not to generate breakthroughs in theoretical economics, but rather breakthroughs in understanding the problems of security.
In the age of increasing reliance on data and the importance of sensitive information, applications and technologies have arisen to appropriately deal with assuring the security of medical informatics and healthcare administration functions. In order for technology to progress, new systems are being installed globally to address this issue. Governance of Picture Archiving and Communications Systems: Data Security and Quality Management of Filmless Radiology examines information security management systems for the facilitation of picture archiving and communication systems (PACS). This valuable contribution to data security and quality management literature provides a comprehensive guide for all aspects of the implementation of PACS for the enhancement of modern practices in radiology. |
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