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11 of the Best Books and Articles on: Hackers and Hacking

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Hacking Cyberspace » Read Now
by David J. Gunkel. 237 pgs.

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...even a formidable gang of hackers, hacking will persist. For it is not...why publications addressing hacking and hackers take the form not of theoretical...distinct phases...
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Intellectual Property in the Information Age: The Politics of Expanding Ownership Rights (Chap. 5 "Hackers: The Construction of Deviance in the Information Age") » Read Now
by Debora J. Halbert. 186 pgs.

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Halbert examines the expansion of intellectual property rights in the information age. She critiques the theoretical foundations and current American approach to copyright law, and she suggests that we should not extend copyright law without critically assessing the impact such a move would have on the free exchange of information.
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Cyberwars: Espionage on the Internet (Discussion of hackers and hacking begins on p. 107) » Read Now
by Jean Guisnel. 285 pgs.

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To some a brand-new forum for the freedom of speech, the Internet is also the most up-to-date way to gather intelligence. Brilliant hackers like Kevin Mitnik -- modern-day "pirates" -- pose real security threats to government and industry. Cyberwars explores a dangerous new world where international...
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To some a brand-new forum for the freedom of speech, the Internet is also the most up-to-date way to gather intelligence. Brilliant hackers like Kevin Mitnik -- modern-day "pirates" -- pose real security threats to government and industry. Cyberwars explores a dangerous new world where international terrorists plot their attacks and are tracked by secret service organizations on-line, drug traffickers do business and launder money, and electronic economic espionage is the order of the day. Examining efforts to police on-line communication and content, Guisnel assesses the implications of pervasive surveillance for the inherently democratic medium of the Internet. As these issues are the focus of ongoing debates in government and the private sector, Cyberwars couldn't be more timely.
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A Site Where Hackers Are Welcome: Using Hack-in Contests to Shape Preferences and Deter Computer Crime, in Yale Law Journal » Read Now
by Brent Wible. 47 pgs.

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...argues that "look-and-see" hacking, where hackers only explore systems without...unethical. (87) In fact, many hackers believed hacking to serve a useful...
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Spooked: Espionage in Corporate America (Chap. 9 "Chief Hacking Officer") » Read Now
by Adam L. Penenberg, Marc Barry. 194 pgs.

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Imagine your main business competitor building a satellite-equipped "war room" to secretly monitor your new ventures. Imagine your classified product prototype mysteriously landing on the market under the brand name belonging to your archrival. Impossible? This isn't a story line from the latest spy...
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Imagine your main business competitor building a satellite-equipped "war room" to secretly monitor your new ventures. Imagine your classified product prototype mysteriously landing on the market under the brand name belonging to your archrival. Impossible? This isn't a story line from the latest spy thriller, it's modern-day corporate America. Spooked thrusts readers into a clandestine world -- where business means war and information is worth stealing.
Through narrative accounts of corporate spies within companies such as IBM, Microsoft, and Motorola, Spooked dramatically brings to life one of America's fastest-growing industries: Corporate Intelligence. In this page-burning expose, Adam Penenberg and Marc Barry uncover and describe in thrilling detail the alarming regularity of espionage in industry. They offer an unsettling portrait of America's publicly traded companies, and unravel the truth and hypocrisy behind the multi-billion dollar corporate intelligence industry.
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Corporate Misconduct: The Legal, Societal, and Management Issues (Chap. 8 "Hacking, Computer Viruses, and Software Piracy: The Implications of Modern Computer Fraud for Corporations") » Read Now
by Margaret P. Spencer, Ronald R. Sims. 218 pgs.

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An in-depth discussion and analysis of corporate misconduct and its complexities. Volume editors and their contributors explore the legal, societal, and business ramifications; offer a wide range of real-world and theoretical examples and the lessons they teach; and provide practical recommendations...
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An in-depth discussion and analysis of corporate misconduct and its complexities. Volume editors and their contributors explore the legal, societal, and business ramifications; offer a wide range of real-world and theoretical examples and the lessons they teach; and provide practical recommendations to management for countering misconduct in their own organizations. The book is also a valuable resource for teachers and students of business ethics, management, and business-government relations.
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International Agreement Needed to Stop Hackers, in Insight on the News » Read Now
by Stephen D. Bryen. 2 pgs.

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...investigation of the hackers who shut down major...hopes to stop Web hacking, it had better stop...computer hacking. Hacking the Internet no...teenagers. Todays hackers...
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Cyberwarriors, in Harvard International Review » Read Now
by Dorothy Denning. 6 pgs.

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...attention to the hackers as well as to...Internet connection. Hacking tools can be downloaded...in 1999. The US hacking group called Team...war." The Kosovo Hackers Group...
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Fighting Hackers, Fraud and Wrong Perceptions, in ABA Banking Journal » Read Now
by Aubrey B. Patterson. 1 pgs.

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...Fighting hackers, fraud and wrong perceptions...the biggest credit card hacking incident so far." So much...who were affected in the hacking incident will lose a...
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He May Be a White Hat, a Black Hat, a Phreaker or a Script Kiddie. But Is He Just a Vandal, or Is He a Modern-Day Hero?, in New Statesman » Read Now
by Richard Adams. 2 pgs.

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...pointed first at hackers. "Most people have no idea of what hacking is all about," says...Soho. The term "hackers" that is bandied...associate it with. Hacking, in its...
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Hackers: Crime in the Digital Sublime » Read Now
by Paul A. Taylor. 198 pgs.

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The practice of computer hacking is increasingly being viewed as a major security dilemma in Western societies, by governments and security experts alike. Using a wealth of material taken from interviews with a wide range of interested parties such as computer scientists, security experts and...
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The practice of computer hacking is increasingly being viewed as a major security dilemma in Western societies, by governments and security experts alike. Using a wealth of material taken from interviews with a wide range of interested parties such as computer scientists, security experts and hackers themselves, Paul Taylor provides a uniquely revealing and richly sourced account of the debates that surround this controversial practice. By doing so, he reveals the dangers inherent in the extremes of conciliation and antagonism with which society reacts to hacking and argues that a new middle way must be found if we are to make the most of society's high-tech meddlers.
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