Schneier on Security

Schneier on Security

Bruce Schneier

Language: English

Pages: 336

ISBN: 0470395354

Format: PDF / Kindle (mobi) / ePub


Presenting invaluable advice from the world?s most famous computer security expert, this intensely readable collection features some of the most insightful and informative coverage of the strengths and weaknesses of computer security and the price people pay -- figuratively and literally -- when security fails. Discussing the issues surrounding things such as airplanes, passports, voting machines, ID cards, cameras, passwords, Internet banking, sporting events, computers, and castles, this book is a must-read for anyone who values security at any level -- business, technical, or personal.

Microsoft Windows Security Essentials

Foundations of Security: What Every Programmer Needs to Know

Imaging for Forensics and Security: From Theory to Practice (Signals and Communication Technology)

Windows Forensic Analysis DVD Toolkit, Second Edition

Android Malware

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

With the development of kites and balloons and then aircraft, and war moved into space with the development of satellites and ballistic missiles, war will move into cyberspace with the development of specialized weapons, tactics, and defenses. The Waging of Cyberwar There should be no doubt that the smarter and better-funded militaries of the world are planning for cyberwar, both attack and defense. It would be foolish for a military to ignore the threat of a cyberattack and not invest in.

This type of worm as an infectious disease that shows immediate symptoms. Worms like Storm are written by hackers looking for profit, and they’re different. These worms spread more subtly, without making noise. Symptoms don’t appear immediately, and an infected computer can sit dormant for a long time. If it were a disease, it would be more like syphilis, whose symptoms may be mild or disappear altogether, but which will eventually come back years later and eat your brain. Storm represents the.

Antics in the trappings of terrorism. They hack computers belonging to some other country (generally not government computers) and display a political message. We’ve often seen this kind of thing when two countries squabble: China vs. Taiwan, India vs. Pakistan, England vs. Ireland, U.S. vs. China (during the 2001 crisis over the U.S. spy plane that crashed in Chinese territory), the U.S. and Israel vs. various Arab countries. It’s the equivalent of soccer hooligans taking out national.

Operating eavesdropping, 29–31 lemons market systems, 139 checks on presidential economics of, 163–164 DMP (Digital Manners powers and, 25–27 references, 295–296 Policies), 265–266, 314 consumers of, 149–151 signals for quality products liability laws and, 154 dual-use technologies and, and, 165–166 lock-in policies, 157–158 35–37 Lessig, Lawrence, 13 PR issues regarding software expertise required in LexisNexis incident, 38 vulnerabilities, 192 assessing “hinky” liability.

Computer-assisted screening equipment for both checked and carry-on bags, but wouldn’t spend a lot of money on invasive screening procedures and secondary screening. I 95356c03.qxd:Naked Conversations 8/7/08 8:23 PM Page 51 Airline Travel 51 would much rather have well-trained security personnel wandering around the airport, both in and out of uniform, looking for suspicious actions. When I travel in Europe, I never have to take my laptop out of its case or my shoes off my feet. Those.

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