Cybercrime : a reference handbook / Bernadette H. Schell and Clemens Martin.
| Author/creator | Schell, Bernadette H., 1952- |
| Other author | Martin, Clemens. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | Santa Barbara, Calif. : ABC-CLIO, ©2004. |
| Description | xiv, 247 pages ; 24 cm. |
| Supplemental Content | Table of contents |
| Supplemental Content | Publisher description |
| Subjects |
| Series | Contemporary world issues Contemporary world issues. ^A226726 |
| Contents | A history and categories of cybercrime -- Basic cybercrime terms -- Birth of the White Hats -- The origin of the Black Hat label in the United States and Britain -- Y2K : fears emerge about cyberterrorism -- Post-Y2K incidents exacerbating cyberterrorist fears -- Countering cyberterrorists : the U.S. Homeland Security Act of 2002 -- Incidents exacerbating cyberterrorism anxieties -- The importance of social engineering to cybercriminals -- Categories of cybercrime : harm to property and/or to persons -- Criminal liability and the coincidence of four elements -- The increasing complexity of property cybercrime -- Cybercrimes against persons -- The nonoffenses of cybervigilantism and hacktivism -- Issues, controversies, and solutions -- Overview of the number of reported incidents of computer system intrusions, government agencies, and institutions -- Methods used to commit cybercrime, cases, and countermeasures -- Controversies surrounding intellectual property rights, copyright, and the Digital Millennium Copyright Act -- Controversial "non-cases" of cracking -- Overview of system vulnerabilities and related controversies -- How chief operating officers worldwide are feeling about their systems' vulnerabilities and why -- A case study : outlining the "real" threat of a possible coordinated terror attack -- Using honeypots to better know "the enemy", and controversies surrounding them -- More question of interest : operating systems software--are some more vulnerable to cracking exploits than others? -- Global legislative countermeasures and controversies : the Council of Europe Convention on Cybercrime -- Chronology -- Biographical sketches -- Cybercrime legal cases -- A summary of recent U.S. anti-terror and anti-cybercrime legislation -- General observations about recent trends in cybercrime -- Timeline and description of recent computer crimes prosecuted under the U.S. Computer Crime Statute U.S.C. section 1030. |
| Local note | Little-347907--305131054214T |
| General note | "This book is also available on the World Wide Web as an e-book." |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (p. 209-222) and index. |
| LCCN | 2004013960 |
| ISBN | 1851096833 (hardcover : alk. paper) |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joyner | General Stacks | HV6773.S3547 2004 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |