Cybertwists: Hacking and Cyberattacks Explained

By Richard Paul Hudson

What are the facts behind the cyberattacks that regularly hit the news headlines? Cybertwists explains: How attackers abuse the fabric of the internet to forge messages and bring down websitesHow viruses, worms, ransomware and individual hackers exploit loopholes in existing softwareHow blockchain enables Bitcoin, and how Bitcoin and Tor keep criminals anonymous on the dark webHow encryption works and how encryption methods have been crackedHow the Internet of Things is a hacker's dream and cyberwar is a nation's nightmare

The explanations are backed up with engaging accounts of past attacks carried out by criminals and secret services on companies, governments and individuals.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1981885706
• ISBN13: 9781981885701
• Release Date: January 2018
• Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 312 Pages
• Weight: 0.88 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.5" x 8.5"