Learn IT - Books tags hackers

Web Security & Commerce (O'Reilly Nutshell)

O'Reilly, 1997

Attacks on government Web sites, break-ins at Internet service providers, electronic credit card fraud, invasion of
personal privacy by merchants as well as hackers - is this what the World Wide Web is really all about?

Web Security & Commerce cuts through the hype and the front page stories. It tells you what the real risks...

Platinum Edition Using Microsoft Windows XP

Que, 2003

While most Windows books concentrate on a ground floor approach, Platinum Edition Using Microsoft Windows XP takes an entirely different approach - one that assumes the reader is a bona fide Windows black belt who wants or needs to manage multiple users in a networked environment, turbocharge a Windows installation with registry tweaks or stop...

Two Bits: The Cultural Significance of Free Software

Duke University Press, 2008

In "Two Bits", Christopher M. Kelty investigates the history and cultural significance of Free Software, revealing the people and practices that have transformed not only software, but also music, film, science, and education. Free Software is a set of practices devoted to the collaborative creation of software source code that is made...

Cyber Adversary Characterization: Auditing the Hacker Mind

Syngress Publishing, 2004

A book about hacking is a book about everything.
First, the meaning of hacker.

The word “hacker” emerged in an engineering context and became popular
at The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), among other places, as a
way to talk about any ingenious, creative, or unconventional use of a machine...

Hardware-based Computer Security Techniques to Defeat Hackers: From Biometrics to Quantum Cryptography

John Wiley & Sons, 2008

The protection of critical information and systems is a major component of today's electronic business community. This valuable reference presents the primary hardware-based computer security approaches in an easy-to-read toolbox format. The techniques discussed show readers how to perform their own evaluation of new and emerging security...

Web Application Security, A Beginner's Guide

McGraw-Hill, 2011

Security Smarts for the Self-Guided IT Professional

“Get to know the hackers—or plan on getting hacked. Sullivan and Liu have created a savvy, essentials-based approach to web app security packed with immediately applicable tools for any information security practitioner sharpening his or her tools or just starting...

Bayesian Methods for Hackers: Probabilistic Programming and Bayesian Inference (Addison-Wesley Data & Analytics)

Addison Wesley, 2015

Master Bayesian Inference through Practical Examples and Computation–Without Advanced Mathematical Analysis

Bayesian methods of inference are deeply natural and extremely powerful. However, most discussions of Bayesian inference rely...

The Second Self: Computers and the Human Spirit -- Twentieth Anniversary Edition

MIT Press, 2005

In The Second Self, Sherry Turkle looks at the computer not as a "tool," but as part of our social and psychological lives; she looks beyond how we use computer games and spreadsheets to explore how the computer affects our awareness of ourselves, of one another, and of our relationship with the world. "Technology," she...

Microsoft Windows security inside out for Windows XP and Windows 2000

Microsoft Press, 2002

Hey, you know your way around a desktop-so now dig into the Windows operating system and really put its security features to work! Covering Windows XP Professional, Windows XP Home Edition, and Windows 2000 Professional, this supremely organized reference packs hundreds of timesaving solutions, checklists, troubleshooting tips, and workarounds-all...

Enterprise Security: The Manager's Defense Guide

Addison Wesley, 2002

E-Business is on the rise, but so are the likelihood and severity of computer attacks. Melissa, the Love Bug, Nimda, and Reezak all caught the e-Business community off guard, costing billions of dollars in lost productivity and damage. Maintaining enterprise security is now, without question, a crucial aspect of doing business in today's...

Defeating the Hacker: A non-technical guide to computer security

John Wiley & Sons, 2006

This is a book about hackers, crackers, phishing, pharming, spammers, scammers, virus-writers, Trojan horses, malware and spyware, and how to keep them out of your company's computer systems. By which I mean the private computers on your employees' desks in the office and at home, and the servers which look after your company's email, file storage...

Networking with Microsoft Windows Vista: Your Guide to Easy and Secure Windows Vista Networking

Que, 2007

Your Guide to Easy and Secure Windows Vista Networking is a complete beginner’s guide to creating, configuring, administering, and using a small network using Windows Vista computers. Inside you’ll find comprehensive coverage of networking hardware, including Ethernet (wired) hardware (from NICs to cables to switches to routers) and...

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