The era of information technology has brought about cybercrime cases involving hackers and viruses. The media, law enforcers and governments, in a bid to bring our attention to this issue, has been doing immense coverage in recent years. In fact, the popularity of the Internet has increased the scope of would-be attackers.
This book is written to introduce the topic on cybercrime and discusses the impact it cause to this modern society. The book will discuss the following topics:
- Identifying the basics of IT security, principles that are basically disregarded and undermined by cybercriminals.
- Covers on potential definitions of hacking and various aspects which bring about the “hacker culture”.
- Looks at the common forms of attack used such as denial of service or web site defacement.
- Examining the different forms of malicious software or “malware” and the negative impacts it unleashed.
- Looking at how the evolution of the computer hacker in the commercial and political aspects has become such as looking at ways system penetration are applied in a variety of ways other than purely criminal. Example will be hiring a hacker to test the security system.
- Summary on considering ways in which cybercrime may evolve in the future, preventive measures to securing systems.
The audience of this book is generally for everyone, including business professionals, students and the general public who are regularly in contact with information technology. Readers do not need prior knowledge of any computer security or information technology as technical details are omitted for easy reading and at the same time reduce the risk of copycat activities here.
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