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As we live more of our lives online and entrust personal information to the cloud, we need to be much more aware and proactive about protecting ourselves. Are you safe from hackers? Not without taking precautions. Your identity can be stolen, your companys intellectual property can be copied and sold, and even hacks that just a few years ago sounded like science fiction will soon be possible: vehicle systems can already be hacked, and our power grid can be manipulated or sabotaged by terrorists. But knowledge is power. In this easy-to-read, fascinating and fully illustrated book, you learn how hackers make money, and what they target - along with concrete, hands-on hints for fighting back, whether youre a concerned parent or a top executive. Packaged in a durable, wipe-clean flexicover with metallic corner-guards, this practical manual withstands heavy-duty use indoors and out.. With all the surrounding threats, what better person to prepare the public, than a team of internationally known cybersecurity experts? Nick Selby is a police detective specializing in sharing intelligence and busting cybercriminals. He knows how these crimes happen, who does them, and how to make your life safer. In The Cyber Attack Survival Manual he and a veritable brain trust of experts from the world of intelligence, digital currency, vehicle-hacking, and sophisticated crimeware, share the best techniques for everyone. This indispensable, step-by-step guide to cyber defense includes: Everyday security: How to keep your identity from being stolen, protect your kids, protect your cards and much more. Big Stories: Silk Road, Ashley Madison, FBI vs. Apple, WikiLeaks, BitCoins, and what they mean to individuals and society at large. Global issues: the NSA, how hackers can crash your car, and is China really planning to crash Google? Crucial to surviving the worst the Internet can throw at you, The Cyber Attack Survival Manual is the must-have book of the 21st century. Think you dont need this book because, "I have nothing to hide"? Selby and Vescent, along with Eric Olson, Moeed Siddiui, and John Bear, show you why youre wrong (everyone now has something to hide) - and how lack of security can endanger your finances, your safety, and your reputation.
About the Author
Nick Selby serves as a sworn (paid) detective-investigator at a police agency in the Dallas-Fort Worth area. His focus is on crimes that leverage the Internet, such as child exploitation, fraud, organized retail crime and identity theft. From 2012 until 2016 he ran StreetCred, which created technology for law enforcement. He now consults law enforcement agencies on information technology, intelligence, and process.
He was an information security analyst and consultant for ten years, and has worked in physical security and intelligence consulting in various roles since 1993. He is co-author of In Context: Understanding Police Killings of Unarmed Civilians (Calibre Press/CIAI, 2016) ; Blackhatonomics: An Inside Look at the Economics of Cybercrime (Syngress, 2012) ; and technical editor of Investigating Internet Crimes (Syngress, 2013) .
In 2005 he established the information security practice at industry analyst firm The 451 Group, where he conducted in-depth interviews with and consulted more than 1000 technology vendors, and a range of Fortune 1000 and government clients. He has consulted US and European governments, more than 80 investment banks, more than 20 venture capital firms; on the investment side, to better understand the technology and landscape of the companies into which they invested, and on the operations side on securing their intellectual property and processes.
In 2007 he was appointed VP of Research Operations, and managed more than 35 technology analysts, developing analysis products and technologies to leverage their insights. From 2006 to 2011 Selby served on the faculty of IANS Research. Since 2008 he has focused on law enforcement intelligence.
