{"product_id":"9781787125971","title":"Preventing Digital Extortion","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLearn the art of preventing digital extortion and securing confidential data\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAbout This Book\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGet acquainted with multiple cyber extortion attacks and techniques to mitigate them\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLearn how DDOS, Crypto Virus, and other cyber extortion techniques can infect your computers, smartphones, servers, and cloud\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA concise, fast-paced guide that develops your skills in protecting confidential data by leveraging widely used tools\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003eWho This Book Is For\u003cp\u003eThis book targets IT security managers, IT security engineers, security analysts, and professionals who are eager to avoid digital extortion for themselves or their organizations. They may have heard of such attacks but are not aware of their various types, techniques, and business impact.\u003c\/p\u003eWhat You Will Learn\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDelve into the various types, stages, and economics of digital extortion\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eUnderstand the science behind different attacks\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eUnderstand the gravity of and mechanics behind ransomware and prevent and mitigate data breaches and financial losses\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eUse effective tools to defend against ransomware\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAnalyze attacks, the money flow, and cyber insurance processes\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLearn the art of preventing digital extortion and securing confidential data\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGet an idea of the future of extortion tactics and how technological advances will affect their development\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003eIn Detail\u003cp\u003eMore and more cyber threats keep emerging every day, affecting organizations across the board, targeting the entire spectrum of the Internet. Digital--or cyber--extortion so far has come across as the most serious of such threats as it seeks to profit from criminal activity, akin to blackmail. Such extortion has been rising exponentially in the digital age and has become a huge illegal money-making business, affecting users and organizations ranging from small businesses to large enterprises.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is an insightful study spelling out in detail the ways and means employed by cyber criminals in targeting various devices and the multiple dangers such malicious activity embodies.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHere will be found an overview of methods employed to impact and infect computers, smartphones, servers, and the IoT for cyber extortion. Then, it will move on to specific subjects in more detail, covering attacks such as DDoS-based extortion, cryptoviruses, and ransomware. You will learn how to prevent such attacks and eliminate them if you are compromised. This book will help you become a pro at securing your data and preventing your organization from paying a hefty ransom.\u003c\/p\u003eStyle and approach\u003cp\u003eThis step-by-step guide will start with the fundamentals of digital or cyber extortion and the various techniques used by hackers to demand ransom from an organization. It also focuses on types of ransomware and how it can infect your computer, mobile, cloud, server, and IOT. This practical guide will also explain how you can eliminate such attacks by leveraging various open source\/commercial tools.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Packt Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47135734071536,"sku":"9781787125971","price":20.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781787125971_p0.jpg?v=1763737873","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781787125971","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}