Security Cybercrime

Analyze traces on Windows, Linux, and macOS, file systems like NTFS, Ext, APFS, and understand encryption and malware.

In order to enable general understanding and to foster the implementation of necessary support measures in organizations, this book describes the fundamental and conceptual aspects of cyberspace abuse. These aspects are logically and reasonably discussed in the fields related to cybercrime and cyberwarfare. The book illustrates differences between the two fields, perpetrators’ activities, as well as the methods of investigating and fighting against attacks committed by perpetrators operating in cyberspace.

Explaining cybercrime in a highly networked world, this book provides a comprehensive yet accessible summary of the history, modern developments, and efforts to combat cybercrime in various forms at all levels of government―international, national, state, and local.

Discover the most prevalent cyber threats against individual users of all kinds of computing devices. This book teaches you the defensive best practices and state-of-the-art tools available to you to repel each kind of threat.
Personal Cybersecurity addresses the needs of individual users at work and at home. This book covers personal cybersecurity for all modes of personal computing whether on consumer-acquired or company-issued devices: desktop PCs, laptops, mobile devices, smart TVs, WiFi and Bluetooth peripherals, and IoT objects embedded with network-connected sensors. In all these modes, the frequency, intensity, and sophistication of cyberattacks that put individual users at risk are increasing in step with accelerating mutation rates of malware and cybercriminal delivery systems.

Editors: Akhgar, Babak, Brewster, Ben (Eds.)
Benefits from three major European Commission funded projects and is enriched with case studies, explanations of strategic responses and contextual information
A reliable reference and resource designed to guide readers through the complexities and operational challenges of cybercrime and cyberterrorism (CC/CT) issues
Provides the theoretical underpinning required for the clear interpretation and application of cyber law, policy and practice