Book description
The first two books in this series “Stealing the Network: How to Own the Box and “Stealing the Network: How to Own a Continent have become classics in the Hacker and Infosec communities because of their chillingly realistic depictions of criminal hacking techniques.In this third installment, the all-star cast of authors tackle one of the fastest growing crimes in the world: Identity Theft. Now, the criminal hackers readers have grown to both love and hate try to cover their tracks and vanish into thin air… "Stealing the Network: How to Own an Identity" is the 3rd book in the "Stealing" series, and continues in the tradition created by its predecessors by delivering real-world network attack methodologies and hacking techniques within a context of unique and original fictional accounts created by some of the world's leading security professionals and computer technologists. The seminal works in TechnoFiction, this "STN" collection yet again breaks new ground by casting light upon the mechanics and methods used by those lurking on the darker side of the Internet, engaging in the fastest growing crime in the world: Identity theft.
Cast upon a backdrop of "Evasion," surviving characters from "How to Own a Continent" find themselves on the run, fleeing from both authority and adversary, now using their technical prowess in a way they never expected--to survive.
* The first two books in the series were best-sellers and have established a cult following within the Hacker and Infosec communities
* Identity theft is the fastest growing crime in the world, and financial loss from identity theft is expected to reach $2 trillion by the end of 2005
* All of the authors on the book are world renowned, highly visible information security experts who present at all of the top security conferences including Black Hat, DefCon, and RSA and write for the most popular magazines and Web sites including Information Security Magazine, and SecurityFocus.com. All of these outlets will be used to promote the book
Table of contents
- Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Acknowledgments
- Contributing Authors and Technical Editors
- Contributing Authors
- Special Contributor
- Foreword Contributor
- Copyeditor
- Foreword
- Prologue From the Diary of Robert Knoll, Senior
- Table of Contents
-
Part I: Evasion
- Chapter 1: In the Beginning...
- Chapter 2: Sins of the Father
- Chapter 3: Saul On the Run
- Chapter 4: The Seventh Wave
- Chapter 5: Bl@ckToW3r
- Chapter 6: The Java Script Café
- Chapter 7: Death by a Thousand Cuts
- Chapter 8: A Really Gullible Genius Makes Amends
- Chapter 9: Near Miss
- Chapter 10: There's Something Else
- Chapter 11: Epilogue The Chase
- Part II: Behind the Scenes
- Instructions for online access
Product information
- Title: Stealing the Network: How to Own an Identity
- Author(s):
- Release date: August 2005
- Publisher(s): Syngress
- ISBN: 9780080517742
You might also like
book
Stealing the Network
The best-selling Stealing the Network series reaches its climactic conclusion as law enforcement and organized crime …
book
Stealing the Network: The Complete Series Collector's Edition, Final Chapter, and DVD
"Stealing the Network: How to Own the Box is a unique book in the fiction department. …
book
Advances in Computers
Since its first volume in 1960, Advances in Computers has presented detailed coverage of innovations in …
book
Cyber Reconnaissance, Surveillance and Defense
At a time when online surveillance and cybercrime techniques are widespread, and are being used by …