Cyber Reconnaissance, Surveillance and Defense

Erscheinungsjahr 2014
ISBN: 978-0-12-801308-3
Verlag: Elsevier Science

Buch, Englisch, 258 Seiten, Format (B × H): 188 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 544 g

At a time when online surveillance and cybercrime techniques are widespread, and are being used by governments, corporations, and individuals, Cyber Reconnaissance, Surveillance and Defense gives you a practical resource that explains how these activities are being carried out and shows how to defend against them.

Expert author Rob Shimonski shows you how to carry out advanced IT surveillance and reconnaissance, describes when and how these techniques are used, and provides a full legal background for each threat. To help you understand how to defend against these attacks, this book describes many new and leading-edge surveillance, information-gathering, and personal exploitation threats taking place today, including Web cam breaches, home privacy systems, physical and logical tracking, phone tracking, picture metadata, physical device tracking and geo-location, social media security, identity theft, social engineering, sniffing, and more.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Shimonski, Robert

Fachgebiete

• Mathematik | Informatik EDV | Informatik Technische Informatik Computersicherheit
• Mathematik | Informatik EDV | Informatik Angewandte Informatik Wirtschaftsinformatik
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Betriebswirtschaft Wirtschaftsinformatik, SAP, IT-Management

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Chapter 1: Digital Reconnaissance

Chapter 2: Information Gathering

Chapter 3: Social Engineering

Chapter 4: Mobile Phone Tracking

Chapter 5: Physical Device Tracking

Chapter 6: Web Camera Tracking

Chapter 7: Data Capture and Exploitation

Chapter 8: Protection Methods

Über Autor(innen)

Shimonski, Robert
Robert Shimonski is a technology executive specializing in healthcare IT for one of the largest health systems in America. In his role at Northwell Health, Rob is a decision maker and strategy planner for information systems operations and technology services. In his current role, Rob is responsible for bringing operational support into the future with the help of new technologies such as cloud and Artificial Intelligence. He is a best-selling author and editor with over 15 years' experience developing, producing, and distributing print media in the form of books, magazines, and periodicals. Rob's professional experience includes work for CompTIA, Entrepreneur Magazine, Microsoft, McGraw-Hill Education, Cisco, the US National Security Agency, and Digidesign. Rob has a diverse background in the publishing, including roles such as author, co-author, technical editor, copy editor, and developmental editor. Since print media shifted to the digital domain, Rob has focused the past decade on developing the needed skills to produce professional audio and video media. His research interests are focused on innovation and developing new solutions to create efficiency and bringing forth better outcomes through technology solutions. Rob has a master's degree in IT Management and a master's degree in Industrial Psychology. He is author of Cyber Reconnaissance, Surveillance and Defense, Introduction to Microsoft Certification and Study Skills, and MCSA Windows Server 2003 Upgrade to Server 2008 Technology Specialist Exam Prep from Syngress/Elsevier.