Cybercrime and Cyber Warfare (ePub)

In order to enable general understanding and to foster the
implementation of necessary support measures in organizations, this
book describes the fundamental and conceptual aspects of cyberspace
abuse. These aspects are logically and reasonably discussed in the
fields related to cybercrime and cyberwarfare. The book illustrates
differences between the two fields, perpetrators' activities,
as well as the methods of investigating and fighting against
attacks committed by perpetrators operating in cyberspace.

The first chapter focuses on the understanding of cybercrime, i.e.
the perpetrators, their motives and their organizations. Tools for
implementing attacks are also briefly mentioned, however this book
is not technical and does not intend to instruct readers about the
technical aspects of cybercrime, but rather focuses on managerial
views of cybercrime. Other sections of this chapter deal with the
protection against attacks, fear, investigation and the cost of
cybercrime. Relevant legislation and legal bodies, which are used
in cybercrime, are briefly described at the end of the
chapter.

The second chapter deals with cyberwarfare and explains the
difference between classic cybercrime and operations taking place
in the modern inter-connected world. It tackles the following
questions: who is committing cyberwarfare; who are the victims and
who are the perpetrators? Countries which have an important role in
cyberwarfare around the world, and the significant efforts being
made to combat cyberwarfare on national and international levels,
are mentioned.

The common points of cybercrime and cyberwarfare, the methods used
to protect against them and the vision of the future of cybercrime
and cyberwarfare are briefly described at the end of the
book.

Contents

1. Cybercrime.

2. Cyberwarfare.

About the Authors

Igor Bernik is Vice Dean for Academic Affairs and Head of the
Information Security Lab at the University of Maribor, Slovenia. He
has written and contributed towards over 150 scientific articles
and conference papers, and co-authored 4 books. His current
research interests concern information/cybersecurity, cybercrime,
cyberwarfare and cyberterrorism.