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Deception in the Digital Age
Exploiting and Defending Human Targets through Computer-Mediated Communications
Provides a practical, technical, psychological, and sociological guide to predicting and defending against cyber attackers
Cameron H. Malin (Author), Terry Gudaitis (Author), Thomas Holt (Author), Max Kilger (Author)
9780124116306, Elsevier Science
Paperback, published 16 October 2017
284 pages, 40 illustrations
23.4 x 19 x 1.9 cm, 0.63 kg
Deception in the Digital Age: Exploiting and Defending Human Targets Through Computer-Mediated Communication guides readers through the fascinating history and principles of deception—and how these techniques and stratagems are now being effectively used by cyber attackers. Users will find an in-depth guide that provides valuable insights into the cognitive, sensory and narrative bases of misdirection, used to shape the targeted audience’s perceptions and beliefs. The text provides a detailed analysis of the psychological, sensory, sociological, and technical precepts that reveal predictors of attacks—and conversely postmortem insight about attackers—presenting a unique resource that empowers readers to observe, understand and protect against cyber deception tactics. Written by information security experts with real-world investigative experience, the text is the most instructional book available on the subject, providing practical guidance to readers with rich literature references, diagrams and examples that enhance the learning process.
1. The Psychology of Deception 2. Virtual Myths: Internet Urban Legend, Chain Letters, and Warnings 3. Viral Influence: Deceptive Computing Attacks through Persuasion 4. Social Dynamics of Deception: Cyber Underground Markets and Cultures 5. Phishing, Watering Holes, and Scareware 6. Seeing is not Believing: Deceptive Internet Video Communications 7. e-Jihad: Jihadist Use of Cyber Denial and Deception 8. Asymmetric Warfare and Psyops: Nation State Sponsored Cyber Attacks 9. Sweet Deception: Honeypots 10. Looking Forward
Subject Areas: Computer security [UR], Software Engineering [UMZ]
