Spies Among Us: How to Stop the Spies, Terrorists, Hackers, and Criminals You Don't Even Know You Encounter Every Day

349 Pages·2005·3.06 MB·English

by  Ira Winkler

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Spies Among Us
HOW TO STOP THE SPIES,
TERRORISTS, HACKERS,
AND CRIMINALS YOU
DON’T EVEN KNOW YOU
ENCOUNTER EVERY DAY
Ira Winkler
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Spies Among Us
HOWTO STOPTHE SPIES,TERRORISTS,HACKERS,
AND CRIMINALSYOU DON’T EVEN KNOW
YOU ENCOUNTER EVERY DAY
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Spies Among Us
HOW TO STOP THE SPIES,
TERRORISTS, HACKERS,
AND CRIMINALS YOU
DON’T EVEN KNOW YOU
ENCOUNTER EVERY DAY
Ira Winkler
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Spies among us :how to stop the spies,terrorists,hackers,and criminals you don’t even know you
encounter every day/ Ira Winkler.
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1. Espionage. 2. Business intelligence. 3. Computer crimes--Prevention. 4. Terrorism--Prevention.
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To the Silent Ninja,Jazz,WWW,and the
Big BadWolf,who make it difficult to
want to sit down and write a book.
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Contents
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS IX
ABOUT THE AUTHOR X
INTRODUCTION XI
PART I: ESPIONAGE CONCEPTS 1
1. HOW TO BE A SPY 3
2. WHY YOU CAN NEVER BE SECURE 30
3. DEATH BY 1,000 CUTS 40
4. SPIES AND THEIR FRIENDS 52
5. HOW THE SPIES REALLY GET YOU 106
PART II: CASE STUDIES 153
6. SPY VS. SPY 155
7. NUCLEAR MELTDOWN 171
8. FILL ’ER UP! 180
9. THE ENTREPRENEUR 189
10. THE CRIMINAL FACE
OF THE INTERNET AGE 200
11. CRIMES AGAINST INDIVIDUALS 214
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PART III: STOPPING THE SPIES 229
12. TAKING CONTROL 231
13. TAKING ACTION 294
INDEX 307
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Acknowledgments
There are many people I should thank.Most of what is in this book is
due to my combined experiences of the last 20 years.All the people I
have met in those years have helped me.Ironically,some of the most
useful knowledge I have gathered came from the people who are the
walking horror stories.It is a lot easier to learn what not to do when it
stares you in the face.
The groups of people who deserve special mention (for doing
things right) include,but are not limited to,the security awareness divi-
sion at NSA for giving me an incredibly good base of knowledge,
whether or not I wanted it;the Information Systems department at the
University of Maryland,Baltimore County,especially Tony Norcio and
Jack Stott,who taught me that computers are only tools that support
business;and also the many security managers I have met and worked
with during the last two decades.I sincerely hope this book helps them
to do their jobs.
I have to thank all the people who kept bothering me to write
another book.I must also thank Carol Long,the acquisitions editor,for
thinking more highly of the book than even myself.Kenyon Brown
was also invaluable for giving me suggestions that I didn’t want to hear.
I also appreciate the time the following people worked into their
schedules to meet with me:General Kenneth Minihan,James Woolsey,
Larry Hale,Christopher Painter,John Nolan,Colonel Stanislav Lunev,
and Ron Dick.There are also many other people I should mention,
but either forgot because I am rushed to get this in (it is still appreci-
ated and sorry about that),or left out because they prefer not to be
mentioned for a variety of reasons.
Last,I’d like to especially thank the agents who didn’t want to rep-
resent the book,allowing me to keep all my royalties.
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