"On May 4, 2000, an email that read 'kindly check the attached LOVELETTER' was sent from a computer in the Philippines. Attached was a virus, the Love Bug, and within days it had been circulated across the globe, paralyzing banks, broadcasters, and businesses in its wake, and extending as far as the UK Parliament and, reportedly, the Pentagon. The outbreak presaged a new era of online mayhem: the age of Crime Dot Com. In this book, investigative journalist...

Explores the job of cyber cops. Describes what cyber cops do on the job and how they train for the position.

This compilation of two separately published works, tells of two of Benji Franklin's missions--solving an earthquake problem in the Pacific Ocean, and a massive cyber theft using satellites.

What does it mean to stay safe online? What exactly is Internet safety? Emerging readers need to know these important concepts. Straightforward, neutral text and vivid photographs provide readers with the tools they need to be successful and safe users of all types of media.

Combatting computer crime requires transnational co-operation between law enforcement agencies as well as the harmonisation of criminal law. Adrian Haase assesses existing EU directives regarding cybercrime, and develops a network-specific definition to facilitate the demarcation of European and national competences.

Looks at the important issues that are often overlooked in the race to find the best, fastest, and most cutting-edge technological wonders.

Letty Davenport's days working a desk job at are behind her. Her previous actions at a gunfight in Texas--and her incredible skills with firearms--draw the attention of several branches of the US government, and make her a perfect fit for even more dangerous work. The Department of Homeland Security and the NSA have tasked her with infiltrating a hacker group, known only as Ordinary People, that is intent on wreaking havoc. Letty and her reluctant...

When the lights go out one night, no one panics. Not yet. The lights always come back on soon, don't they? Surely it's a glitch, a storm, a malfunction. But something seems strange about this night. Across Europe, controllers watch in disbelief as electrical grids collapse. There is no power anywhere. A former hacker and activist, Piero Manzano investigates a possible cause of the disaster. The authorities don't believe him, and he soon becomes a...