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Cybercrime: A Reference Handbook
Cybercrime: A Reference Handbook
By Bernadette H. Schell and Clemens Martin.
Published by ABC-CLIO in their Contemporary World Issues series in 2004.
This is a 6" by 9" hardcover book running to 247 pages in relatively
large type - a pretty short book.
Its intention is to provide an extensive introduction to cybercrime, or
crimes commited with computers, primarily security exploits and
hacking.
The book is divided into seven chapters, as follows (in parentheses are
selected chapter sections):
- History and Types of Cybercrime (Basic Cybercrime Terms, The White
Hats, The Black Hats, The Nonoffenses of Cybervigilantism and
Hacktivism, Using Anonymity to Conceal Cybercrimes) - Issues, Controversies, and Solutions (Computer System Intrusions,
Cracking, Flooding, Spoofing, Viruses and Worms, Operating Systems--Are
Some More Secure Than Others?) - Chronology (Cybercrime Timeline, References)
- Biographical Sketches (Ada Byron, Steve Jobs, Kevin Mitnick, Dmitry
Sklyarov, Richard Stallman) - Cybercrime Legal Cases (Summary of Legislation, Trends and
Observations in Cybercrime, Computer Crime Cases) - Agencies and Organizations (Government Agencies, Independent
Organizations, Suppliers of Products and Services) - Print and Nonprint Resources (Books, Web Sites, Film)
As a handbook, the discussions of issues tend to be fairly comprehensive
and thorough, good for reading cover-to-cover or by chapter for
introductory knowledge.
