Black Hat: Misfits, Criminals, and Scammers in the Internet Age [Paperback]

Homes are becoming increasingly wired and, thanks to Wi-Fi, unwired. Hackers can strike quickly and create disastrous results! These stories and follow-ups are a fascinating insight into the modern threats we all face in the techno jungle. Written by internationally recognized author, John Biggs, this book is an ideal read for anyone who owns a computer and has ever pondered the threats of modern technology.

Black Hat takes a fair and thorough look at the hacking cases that have made the news in recent years. These stories include all the juicy details, like the people behind the hacking, as well as legislative attempts to curtail hacking, cracking, and spam.

1 Black Hats: Things That Go Ping in the Night.- 2 Y.O.U MayHAVE Alredy I!: Spam.- 3 Deep Cover: Spyware.- 4 Shockwave: Worms and Viruses.- 5 Dear Friend: Scams.- 6 Upload or Perish: Pirates.- 7 Break in: Hacking.- 8 Dont Get Burned: White Hats.- Selected Reading.- Hacking.- Open Source.- System Administration.John Biggs is senior editor at Gizmodo.com, the gadgets weblog with 200,000 unique visitors per day, as well as editor of MacMiniGear.com, a popular Mac Mini site. He has written for Linux Journal and the New York Times on open source and security. John has worked for over 10 years in the IT industry and recently completed a master's degree in business and economic reporting at New York University.

General Internet use is all the experienced required. This is a fun, gossipy read about Black Hats  aka hackers.

This is not an alarmist book. It will take a balanced look at the hacking cases that made the news in the past few years and the people behind them as well as the legislation currently in process regarding hacking, reverse-engineering, cracking, and spam. This is not the Anarchist Cookbook of the tech world-it doesnt tell how to hack, it just relates the stories of tholCç