Spyware and Adware

Spyware and Adware introduces detailed, organized, technical information exclusively on spyware and adware, including defensive techniques. This book not only brings together current sources of information on spyware and adware but also looks at the future direction of this field.

Spyware and Adware is a reference book designed for researchers and professors in computer science, as well as a secondary text for advanced-level students. This book is also suitable for practitioners in industry.

Sommario

Preface.- Introduction.- Getting There.- Staying There.- Keylogging.- Phoning Home.- Advertising.- Advertisement Implementation.- Tracking Users.- Conclusion.- References.- Index

Info autore

John Aycock is an associate professor at the University of Calgary in the Department of Computer Science. He received a B.Sc. from the University of Calgary, and an M.Sc. and Ph.D. from the University of Victoria. He researches computer security, focusing on malicious software, spam, and online crime. Dr. Aycock conceived and taught the University's Computer Viruses and Malware and Spam and Spyware courses.

Riassunto

Spyware and Adware introduces detailed, organized, technical information exclusively on spyware and adware, including defensive techniques. This book not only brings together current sources of information on spyware and adware but also looks at the future direction of this field.
Spyware and Adware is a reference book designed for researchers and professors in computer science, as well as a secondary text for advanced-level students. This book is also suitable for practitioners in industry.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: John Aycock
• Editore: Springer, Berlin
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 01.11.2012
• EAN: 9781461426837
• ISBN: 978-1-4614-2683-7
• Pagine: 146
• Dimensioni: 153 mm x 241 mm x 14 mm
• Peso: 258 g
• Illustrazioni: XIV, 146 p.
• Serie: Advances in Information Security; Advances in Information Security; Advances in Cyber Security
• Categorie: Scienze naturali, medicina, informatica, tecnica > Informatica, EDP > Informatica; A, computer science, Information Retrieval, Information Systems Applications (incl. Internet), Information Systems Applications (incl.Internet), Systems and Data Security, Data and Information Security, Data Structures and Information Theory, Application software, Computer Communication Networks, Algorithms & data structures, Network Security, Computer security, Information theory, Coding theory & cryptology, Internet searching, Computer Engineering and Networks, Computer Systems Organization and Communication Networks, Computer organization, Data structures (Computer science), Data encryption, Data encryption (Computer science), Cryptology, Computer communication systems, Computer networking & communications, Network hardware, Adware;Anti-virus;Aycock;Malware;Spyware