Webster's New World Hacker Dictionary

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Webster's New World Hacker Dictionary



Format: Pdf | 419 pages | 1.9 MB


Knowledge is Power. With This Dictionary, You're better equipped to be a White Hat and Guard against Cybercrime


The comprehensive Hacker Dictionary for Security Professionals, Businesses, Governments, legal professionals, and
others dealing with cyberspace.

Hackers. Crackers. Phreakers. Black hats. White hats. Cybercrime. Logfiles. Anonymous Digital Cash. ARP Redirect.

Cyberspace has a language all its own. Understanding it is vital if you're concerned about Internet security, national
security, or even personal security. As recent events have proven, you don't have to own a computer to be the victim of
cybercrime-crackers have accessed information in the records of large, respected organizations, institutions, and even
the military.

This is your guide to understanding hacker terminology. It's up to date and comprehensive, with:

* Clear, concise, and accurate definitions of more than 875 hacker terms
* Entries spanning key information-technology security concepts, organizations, case studies, laws, theories, and tools
* Entries covering general terms, legal terms, legal cases, and people
* Suggested further reading for definitions

This unique book provides a chronology of hacker-related developments beginning with the advent of the computer and
continuing through current events in what is identified as today's Fear of a Cyber-Apocalypse Era. An appendix entitled
"How Do Hackers Break into Computers?" details some of the ways crackers access and steal information.



This book attempts to take a novel approach to the presentation and understanding of a controversial topic in modern-day
society: hacking versus cracking.

The perception of this bi-modal activity is as controversial as the process itself—with many in society confusing the
positive attributes of hackers with the criminal activities of crackers.

This dictionary tries to balance the two sides of the equation: the White Hat or the positive side of hacking with the Black
Hat or the negative side of cracking.

This dictionary is written for general readers, students who want to learn about hackers and crackers, and business leaders
who want to become more knowledgeable about the IT security field to keep their enterprises financially stable and to be
proactive against intrusive cyber-attackers.

For those wanting to learn beyond our entries (which have been grouped into general terms, legal terms, legal cases, and
person), we have provided further readings under each entry and at the end of the dictionary.

The entries have been compiled by two experts in the field of information technology security and hacker profiling.

Hundreds of entries have been included to provide explanations and descriptions of key information technology security
concepts, organizations, case studies, laws, theories, and tools.

These entries describe hacktivist, creative hacker, and criminal cracker activities associated with a wide range of cyber
exploits.

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