Cybertwists: Hacking and Cyberattacks Explained

What are the facts behind the cyberattacks that regularly hit the news headlines? Cybertwists explains: How attackers abuse the fabric of the internet to forge messages and bring down websites; How viruses, worms, ransomware and individual hackers exploit loopholes in existing software; How blockchain enables Bitcoin, and how Bitcoin and Tor keep criminals anonymous on the dark web; How encryption works and how encryption methods have been cracked; How the Internet of Things is a hacker's dream and cyberwar is a nation's nightmare. The explanations are backed up with engaging accounts of past attacks carried out by criminals and secret services on companies, governments and individuals.--Amazon.com.

• | Author: Richard Paul Hudson
• | Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• | Publication Date: Jan 02, 2018
• | Number of Pages: 312 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Paperback
• | ISBN-10: 1981885706
• | ISBN-13: 9781981885701