Mezonic agenda : hacking the presidency / Herbert H. Thompson.

By:

Thompson, Herbert H

Material type: Text

text

Media type:

computer

Carrier type:

online resource

ISBN:

9781931836838
1931836833
1931836000
9781931836005
0080479405
9780080479408

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Mezonic agenda.DDC classification:

813/.6 22

LOC classification:

PS3620.T56 M49 2004eb

Online resources:

EBSCOhost

Contents:

Cover; Contents; Preface; About the CD; About the Contest; Part One, The Mezonic Agenda: Hacking the Presidency; Prologue: Seattle, WA; Chapter 1: Seattle, WA; Chapter 2: Macau, China; Chapter 3: Amsterdam, the Netherlands; Chapter 4: Amsterdam, the Netherlands; Chapter 5: Amsterdam, the Netherlands; Chapter 6: Amsterdam, the Netherlands; Chapter 7: Amsterdam, the Netherlands; Chapter 8: Amsterdam, the Netherlands; Chapter 9: Amsterdam, the Netherlands; Chapter 10: Amsterdam, the Netherlands; Chapter 11: Seattle, Washington; Chapter 12: Amsterdam, the Netherlands.

Summary: The Mezonic Agenda deals with some of the most pressing topics in technology and computer security today including: reverse engineering, cryptography, buffer overflows, and steganography. The book tells the tale of criminal hackers attempting to compromise the results of a presidential election for their own gain. The accompanying CD contains real, working versions of all the applications described in the fictional narrative of the book. Computer users, programmers, IT professionals, and policy makers need to be made aware of the risks involved with deploying new technologies and see how attackers can leverage these technologies for their own purposes. While the story in The Mezonic Agenda is fictional, the technologies, exploits, and hacking techniques are all very real. * The first cyber-thriller" that allows the reader to "hack along" using the accompanying CD which contains working versions of all the applications described in the book. * To be published in October 2004 when interest in the American Presidential election will be at its highest. * Provides IT professionals with the most advanced, timely, and accurate information available on security exploits in a fascinating, fictional narrative.

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Print version record.

The Mezonic Agenda deals with some of the most pressing topics in technology and computer security today including: reverse engineering, cryptography, buffer overflows, and steganography. The book tells the tale of criminal hackers attempting to compromise the results of a presidential election for their own gain. The accompanying CD contains real, working versions of all the applications described in the fictional narrative of the book. Computer users, programmers, IT professionals, and policy makers need to be made aware of the risks involved with deploying new technologies and see how attackers can leverage these technologies for their own purposes. While the story in The Mezonic Agenda is fictional, the technologies, exploits, and hacking techniques are all very real. * The first cyber-thriller" that allows the reader to "hack along" using the accompanying CD which contains working versions of all the applications described in the book. * To be published in October 2004 when interest in the American Presidential election will be at its highest. * Provides IT professionals with the most advanced, timely, and accurate information available on security exploits in a fascinating, fictional narrative.

Includes bibliographical references (page 368).