01be028a67 It's a lively tour of three cyberspace subcultures–the hacker underworld, the realm of the cybercops, and the idealistic culture of the cybercivil libertarians.The Watchman: The Twisted Life and Crimes of Serial Hacker Kevin PoulsenBy Jonathan LittmanPublisher: Little, Brown and CompanyPublished: March 31, 1997Amazon Link:hereTakes us inside the mind of former computer hacker and now respected author, Kevin Poulsen. One group of friends bilks Las Vegas casinos out of more than a million dollars by mastering the patterns inherent in slot machines; another fellow, less fortunate, gets mixed up with a presumed al-Qaedastyle terrorist; and a prison convict leverages his computer skills to communicate with the outside world, unbeknownst to his keepers. But as the FBI's net began to tighten, Kevin went on the run, engaging in an increasingly sophisticated cat and mouse game that led through false identities, a host of cities, plenty of close shaves, and an ultimate showdown with the Feds, who would stop at nothing to bring him down. The $20 billion computer and video gaming business is the fastest-growing entertainment medium in the worldon track to surpass both the movie and record businesses. Expressive Processing: Digital Fictions, Computer Games, and Software Studies. Over time, he won two Porsches, $22,000 in cash, and two trips to Hawaii. Technologies for Interactive Digital Storytelling and Entertainment: Second International Conference, TIDSE 2004, Darmstadt, Germany, June 24-26, 2004, Proceedings (Lecture Notes in Computer Science). From Barbie to Mortal Kombat: Gender and Computer Games.. These raids became symbolic of the debate between fighting serious computer crime and protecting civil liberties. He was caught and charged with numerous computer and telephone crimes, the most serious of which alleged that he obtained a classified document from a military database.
Initially Stroll waged a lone battle, his employers begrudging him the time spent on his search and several government agencies refused to cooperate. Driven by a powerful urge to accomplish the impossible, Mitnick bypassed security systems and blazed into major organizations including Motorola, Sun Microsystems, and Pacific Bell. In his previous life as a hacker, he seized the phone lines of a major Los Angeles radio station to make certain he was the 101st caller. The book describes the efforts of Barrett Lyon, a California surfer self-taught to become one of the world's leading Internet security experts, and Andy Crocker, a courageous British policeman, and their collaborative work to identify the criminals responsible for the now all-too-familiar viruses, worms, Trojans, and denial-of-service attacks that have infiltrated millions of computers and disabled thousands of Web sites.The Art of Intrusion: The Real Stories Behind the Exploits of Hackers, Intruders and DeceiversBy Kevin Mitnick and William L. However, The Hacker Crackdown is about far more than a series of police sting operations. More than 200 million computer and video games are sold to the 140 million gamers in America every year. He accessed computers and networks at the world's biggest companies–and however fast the authorities were, Mitnick was faster, sprinting through phone switches, computer systems, and cellular networks. Although the book will be best appreciated by the computer literate, even illiterates should be able to follow the technical complexities with little difficulty.The Fugitive Game: Online with Kevin MitnickBy Jonathan LittmanPublisher: Little, Brown and CompanyPublished: January 1, 1997Amazon Link:hereFree download :here(rar)The Fugitive Game is a compelling look at the events that led up to the capture of Kevin Mitnick, and no portion of the folklore surrounding the case is left untouched by the book's critical eye.
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