The Lure: The True Story of How the Department of Justice Brought Down Two of The World's Most Dangerous Cyber Criminals
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| Rating | : | 4.42 (631 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1435457129 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 560 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-11-25 |
| Language | : | English |
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The situation today is much better than it was then. Equipment and training are often given a low priority, especially in these days of declining revenues. Anti-virus software that is out of date is only marginally better than no protection at all.Use a firewall.Use a complex password that is at least 12 characters long and does not consist of common words or names. Some decided not to. A single system "incident," however, can cause catastrophic losses for a small or medium-sized business. (It is now.) There are certainly still countries in the world where attacks on computers located somewhere else are not prosecuted.Even at the state level in this country there are barriers. In addition, the difficulty in obtaining evidence from other legally constituted government entities compounds the ultimate problem in computer crime cases--attribution. The Federal Computer Fraud and Abuse Act was enacted in 1984, and has been amended a number of times, usually to expand its coverage. ("Didn't Schroeder work with computers?") I began working closely with the Computer Crime Unit in the Department of Justice, and was able to go to a number of weeklong computer and computer crime train
Technical Story Told Well In The Lure: The True Story of How the Department of Justice Brought Down Two of The World's Most Dangerous Cyber Criminals, Steve Schroeder provides a clearly written, blow by blow account of how the FBI took down a Russian hacking operation.Schroeder begins the book by telling how he and his colleagues lured two Russian hackers into le. "Prosecuting A Cyber Crime, Step By Laborious Step" according to Bill Slocum. Steve Schroeder's love for the tiniest detail helped make him an effective prosecutor in the emerging field of cybercrime at the dawn of the 21st century. But it also makes him a rather stodgy writer, and even less effective editor. This book makes you feel you are sitting on a very long trial in real time."The Lure" examines how two you. Joanne M. Friedman said Textbook with Flair. I didn't check the author's bio before I read the introduction to The Lure, and my first reaction was that it sounded like it was written by a lawyer. Surprise! It was.This is a fascinating story of the inner workings of the Justice Department with all the detail a reader could possibly want. This cyber crime--the hacking of computer net
The Trial. 14. 13. PayPal and eBay. 1. 9. The Lure. 6. 11. 8. The Motion to Suppress and Preliminary Skirmishing. 3. Preparing for Trial. eBay. 4. A (not so) Brief Primer on National Security Investigations. 16. Introduction. . 2. 15. CTS (San Diego). The Investigation Begins. Verio and webcom. 7. Victim Banks. 10. In Custody. 5. Aftermath. The Sting. Speakeasy
From that point on, he became immersed in the growing field of computer crime cases. He was a member of the national working group that advises the Attorney General on computer crime issues, and is a frequent lecturer on computer crime and electronic evidence. He specialized in white-collar crime and corruption prosecut