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TITLE:<br />
Webster's New World Hacker Dictionary<br />
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Description<br />
The comprehensive hacker dictionary for security professionals, businesses, governments, legal professionals, and others dealing with cyberspace<br />
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Hackers. Crackers. Phreakers. Black hats. White hats. Cybercrime. Logfiles. Anonymous Digital Cash. ARP Redirect.<br />
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Cyberspace has a language all its own. Understanding it is vital if you're concerned about Internet security, national security, or even personal security. As recent events have proven, you don't have to own a computer to be the victim of cybercrime-crackers have accessed information in the records of large, respected organizations, institutions, and even the military.<br />
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This is your guide to understanding hacker terminology. It's up to date and comprehensive, with:<br />
* Clear, concise, and accurate definitions of more than 875 hacker terms<br />
* Entries spanning key information-technology security concepts, organizations, case studies, laws, theories, and tools<br />
* Entries covering general terms, legal terms, legal cases, and people<br />
* Suggested further reading for definitions<br />
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This unique book provides a chronology of hacker-related developments beginning with the advent of the computer and continuing through current events in what is identified as today's Fear of a Cyber-Apocalypse Era. An appendix entitled "How Do Hackers Break into Computers?" details some of the ways crackers access and steal information.<br />
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Knowledge is power. With this dictionary, you're better equipped to be a white hat and guard against cybercrime.<br />
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From the Back Cover<br />
The comprehensive hacker dictionary for security professionals, businesses, governments, legal professionals, and others dealing with cyberspace<br />
<br />
Hackers. Crackers. Phreakers. Black hats. White hats. Cybercrime. Logfiles. Anonymous Digital Cash. ARP Redirect.<br />
<br />
Cyberspace has a language all its own. Understanding it is vital if you're concerned about Internet security, national security, or even personal security. As recent events have proven, you don't have to own a computer to be the victim of cybercrime—crackers have accessed information in the records of large, respected organizations, institutions, and even the military.<br />
<br />
This is your guide to understanding hacker terminology. It's up to date and comprehensive, with:<br />
<br />
* Clear, concise, and accurate definitions of more than 875 hacker terms<br />
* Entries spanning key information-technology security concepts, organizations, case studies, laws, theories, and tools<br />
* Entries covering general terms, legal terms, legal cases, and people<br />
* Suggested further reading for definitions<br />
<br />
This unique book provides a chronology of hacker-related developments beginning with the advent of the computer and continuing through current events in what is identified as today's Fear of a Cyber-Apocalypse Era. An appendix entitled "How Do Hackers Break into Computers?" details some of the ways crackers access and steal information.<br />
<br />
Knowledge is power. With this dictionary, you're better equipped to be a white hat and guard against cybercrime.<br />
<br />
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# Paperback: 387 pages<br />
# Publisher: Wiley Publishing, Inc. (September 5, 2006)<br />
# Language: English<br />
# ISBN-10: 0470047526<br />
# ISBN-13: 978-0470047521
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