"Former chief of British Secret Intelligence Adrian Weston gets a call in the night from the Prime Minister: the Pentagon, NSA, and CIA were hacked simultaneously. When the culprit is revealed to be a brilliant British teenager with no agenda, Weston has an idea: If he can do this to us, what can he do to our enemies?"--From the publisher's web site.

"Michael is a skilled internet gamer in a world of advanced technology. When a cyber-terrorist begins to threaten players, Michael is called upon to seek him and his secrets out"--

Exposes America's burgeoning new cyber warfare capability and its vulnerabilities and documents the first skirmishes that have taken place in cyberspace.

In 2015, Russian hackers tunneled into the computer systems of the Democratic National Committee, and the emails they stole may have changed the course of American democracy. That same year, the Russians not only had broken into networks at the White House, the State Department, and the Joint Chiefs of Staff, but had placed implants in American electrical and nuclear plants that could give them the power to switch off vast swaths of the country. American...

Journalist Mark Bowden delivers a look at the ongoing and largely unreported war taking place literally beneath our fingertips. When the Conficker computer worm was unleashed on the world in November 2008, cybersecurity experts did not know what to make of it. Was it a platform for criminal profit, or a weapon? The worm, exploiting security flaws in Microsoft Windows, grew at an astonishing rate, infecting millions of computers around the world within...

Natasha Mori and Bryan Ferrago work for the Net Force Cyber Squad, an elite government agency created to lead the charge against America2s online enemies. They2ve traveled to Maine2s coast for a project to study extreme weather forecasting, and hopefully enjoy a little vacation. But someone from Natasha2s past has followed them and, as a hurricane approaches, sees a chance to take her out of commission permanently. A team of elite biotech-enhanced...

"Anthology of curated articles exploring cyberterrorism and cyber attacks used to create chaos and fear. The viewpoints in this resource debate the potential damage created by cyberterrorism, how it can be prevented, and who is responsible for policing it"--

"Social media has been weaponized, as state hackers and rogue terrorists have seized upon Twitter and Facebook to create chaos and destruction. This urgent report is required reading, from defense expert P.W. Singer and Council on Foreign Relations fellow Emerson Brooking"-- "Two defense experts explore the collision of war, politics, and social media, where the most important battles are now only a click away.

Through the weaponization...