"In a clear, engaging style, Dr. Walters tells the tale of each disease like a detective story. He allows each mystery to unfold as it did in reality, often slowly, through the lives of the plants and animals involved, the first human victims, the government officials who tried to respond, and the scientists who ultimately explained what...

This utterly current book...

Here are some sure things: you can't get a virus by simply reading an email. Malicious code can't harm hardware. A virus can't hide from a booted, write-protected diskette. Your computer can't get infected from a picture file. I have given this advice hundreds of times and could repeat it in my sleep. It was the mantra of every...

It was not too long ago that scientists believed that the discovery of powerful antimicrobial agents and vaccines would lead to the eradication of viral diseases. A warning, however, of the looming threat of viral diseases on U.S. national security...

Our Internet-connected society increasingly relies on computers. As a result, attacks on computers from malicious software have never been a bigger concern. Computer Viruses and Malware draws together hundreds of sources to provide an unprecedented view of malicious software and its countermeasures. This book discusses both the...

The 30 revised full papers presented were carefully selected during two rounds of reviewing and improvement from 146 submissions. The papers are organized in topical...

If the twenty-first century seems an unlikely stage for the return of a 14th-century killer, the authors of Return of the Black Death argue that the plague, which vanquished half of Europe, has only lain dormant, waiting to emerge again—perhaps, in another form. At the heart of their chilling scenario is their contention...

Written with the harried IT manager in mind, Open Source Security Tools is a practical,...

Unless a time machine just dropped you in the 21st century, you already know that protecting your computer is essential. Now, here's Vista—new enough that no one is sure exactly what security threats might arise to hijack your...