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May
22

Neuromancer

Category: Books Tags: collective consciousness, Cyber, Cyberspace, Cyberwar, Fiction, IEC, information age, Internet, internet society, mankind, nebula, neuromancer, philip k dick, science and technology, science fiction masterpiece, science fiction novel, sophisticated vision, term cyberpunk, Virtual, virtual reality, william gibson Leave a Comment

SPECIAL 20TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION –
THE MOST IMPORTANT AND INFLUENTIAL SCIENCE FICTION NOVEL OF THE PAST TWO DECADES

Twenty years ago, it was as if someone turned on a light. The future blazed into existence with each deliberate word that William Gibson laid down. The winner of Hugo, Nebula, and Philip K. Dick Awards, Neuromancer didn’t just explode onto the science fiction scene–it permeated into the collective consciousness, culture, science, and technology.

Today, there is only one science fiction masterpiece to thank for the term “cyberpunk,” for easing the way into the information age and Internet society. Neuromancer‘s virtual reality has become real. And yet, William Gibson’s gritty, sophisticated vision still manages to inspire the minds that lead mankind ever further into the future.

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May
18

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The Net Delusion: The Dark Side of Internet Freedom

Category: Books Tags: andrew sullivan, authoritarian governments, buzzwords, China, compelling evidence, Dark, Delusion, democracy, dictators, digital diplomacy, dissidents, Evgeny, free speech, Freedom, geolocation, Internet, internet freedom, Iran, journalist, Marshaling, morozov, Propaganda, regimes, Revolution, social commentator, Surveillance, surveillance techniques, Twitter, Twittered, western obsession Leave a Comment

“The revolution will be Twittered!” declared journalist Andrew Sullivan after protests erupted in Iran in June 2009. Yet for all the talk about the democratizing power of the Internet, regimes in Iran and China are as stable and repressive as ever. In fact, authoritarian governments are effectively using the Internet to suppress free speech, hone their surveillance techniques, disseminate cutting-edge propaganda, and pacify their populations with digital entertainment. Could the recent Western obsession with promoting democracy by digital means backfire?

In this spirited book, journalist and social commentator Evgeny Morozov shows that by falling for the supposedly democratizing nature of the Internet, Western do-gooders may have missed how it also entrenches dictators, threatens dissidents, and makes it harder—not easier—to promote democracy. Buzzwords like “21st-century statecraft” sound good in PowerPoint presentations, but the reality is that “digital diplomacy” requires just as much oversight and consideration as any other kind of diplomacy.

Marshaling compelling evidence, Morozov shows why we must stop thinking of the Internet and social media as inherently liberating and why ambitious and seemingly noble initiatives like the promotion of “Internet freedom” might have disastrous implications for the future of democracy as a whole.

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May
18

By CyberWarrior

Terror on the Internet: The New Arena, the New Challenges

Category: Books Tags: Arena, Attack, Bot, Challenges, civil rights, counterterrorism, counterterrorism measures, Cyberspace, Cyberwar, Distributed, Exploit, gabriel weimann, Internet, launch attacks, politicians, Potomac, Recruit, Terror, terrorist organizations, terrorists, united states institute, united states institute of peace Leave a Comment

Terrorists fight their wars in cyberspace as well as on the ground. However, while politicians and the media have hotly debated the dangers of terrorists sabotaging the Internet, surprisingly little is known about terrorists’ actual use of the Internet.

In this timely and eye-opening volume, Gabriel Weimann reveals that terrorist organizations and their supporters maintain hundreds of websites, taking advantage of the unregulated, anonymous, and accessible nature of the Internet to target an array of messages to diverse audiences. Drawing on a seven-year study of the World Wide Web, the author examines how modern terrorist organizations exploit the Internet to raise funds, recruit members, plan and launch attacks, and publicize their chilling results. Weimann also investigates the effectiveness of counterterrorism measures and warns that this cyberwar may cost us dearly in terms of civil rights.

Illustrated with numerous examples taken from terrorist websites, Terror on the Internetoffers the definitive introduction to this emerging and dynamic arena. Weimann lays bare the challenges we collectively face in confronting the growing and increasingly sophisticated terrorist presence on the Net. A publication of the United States Institute of Peace, distributed by Potomac Books, Inc.

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May
17

By CyberWarrior

Critical Infrastructure Protection in Homeland Security: Defending a Networked Nation

Category: Books Tags: Attack, Critical Infrastructure, Energy, Homeland Security, Internet, National Security, Network, Network Theory, Power, Telecomunication, Water Leave a Comment

A scientific approach to the new field of critical infrastructure protection

This book offers a unique scientific approach to the new field of critical infrastructure protection: it uses network theory, optimization theory, and simulation software to analyze and understand how infrastructure sectors evolve, where they are vulnerable, and how they can best be protected. The author demonstrates that infrastructure sectors as diverse as water, power, energy, telecommunications, and the Internet have remarkably similar structures. This observation leads to a rigorous approach to vulnerability analysis in all of these sectors. The analyst can then decide the best way to allocate limited funds to minimize risk, regardless of industry sector.

The key question addressed in this timely book is: What should be protected and how? The author proposes that the answer lies in allocating a nation’s scarce resources to the most critical components of each infra-structure–the so-called critical nodes. Using network theory as a foundation, readers learn how to identifya small handful of critical nodes and then allocate resources to reduce or eliminate risk across the entire sector.

A comprehensive set of electronic media is provided on a CD-ROM in the back of the book that supports in-class and self-tutored instruction. Students can copy these professionally produced audio-video lectures onto a PC (Microsoft Windows(r) and Apple Macintosh(r) compatible) for repeated viewing at their own pace. Another unique feature of the book is the open-source software for demonstrating concepts and streamlining the math needed for vulnerability analysis. Updates, as well as a discussion forum, are available from www.CHDS.us.

This book is essential for all corporate, government agency, and military professionals tasked with assessingvulnerability and developing and implementing protection systems. In addition, the book is recommended for upper-level undergraduate and graduate students studying national security, computing, and other disciplines where infrastructure security is an issue.

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May
16

By CyberWarrior

The Death of the Internet

Category: Books Tags: 1118062418, 5885769, Computer Books: Internet General, Data protection, Electronic commerce, Internet, Markus Jakobsson, Security measures, The Death of the Internet, Wiley-IEEE Computer Society Pr

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Fraud poses a significant threat to the Internet. 1.5% of all online advertisements attempt to spread malware. This lowers the willingness to view or handle advertisements, which will severely affect the structure of the web and its viability. It may also destabilize online commerce. In addition, the Internet is increasingly becoming a weapon for political targets by malicious organizations and governments. This book will examine these and related topics, such as smart phone based web security. This book describes the basic threats to the Internet (loss of trust, loss of advertising revenue, loss of security) and how they are related. It also discusses the primary countermeasures and how to implement them.

Neuromancer

The Net Delusion: The Dark Side of Internet Freedom

Terror on the Internet: The New Arena, the New Challenges

Critical Infrastructure Protection in Homeland Security: Defending a Networked Nation

The Death of the Internet

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