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Tutorial: Steal this computer book 3

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Steal this computer book 3

BackCover Steal This Computer Book 3-What They Won't Tell You About the Internet Introduction YOUR OWN REVOLUTION Part 1: Information Overload (Lies, Damn Lies, and Statistics) Chapter 1: Finding What You Need--The Magic of Search Engines SEARCH ENGINES TIPS FOR USING SEARCH ENGINES REMEMBER THE LIMITATIONS OF SEARCH ENGINES Chapter 2: Alternative Sources of News and Information NEWSPAPERS ONLINE MAGAZINES ONLINE NEWS SERVICES ONLINE FINDING MORE NEWS SOURCES CORPORATE INFLUENCE ON THE NEWS THE NEWS MEDIA ONLY REPORTS THE FACTS-AND ANYTHING ELSE ANYONE WILL TELL THEM THE NEWS AS HISTORY READING TO LEARN Chapter 3: Censoring Information (We Know What's Best for You) DEFEATING INTERNET FILTERS BANNED WEB PAGES TO VISIT PARENTAL CONTROL SOFTWARE READING BANNED BOOKS ONLINE IS ANYONE CENSORING THE CENSORS? Chapter 4: Hacktivism--Online Activism GETTING THE WORD OUT WITH EMAIL AND WEBSITES USING THE INTERNET AS A MEDIUM THE THREAT OF CYBERTERRORISM Chapter 5: Pledging Allegiance--Hatred as Patriotism MONITORING HATE GROUPS LEARNING FROM HATE GROUPS Chapter 6: Where the Hackers Are HACKER WEBSITES COMPUTER SECURITY WEBSITES HACKER MAGAZINES FINDING MORE HACKER WEBSITES HACKER USENET NEWSGROUPS FINDING HACKERS ON IRC HACKER CONVENTIONS DON'T PANIC: HACKERS ARE PEOPLE, TOO Part 2: Dangerous Threats on the Internet Chapter 7: Viruses and Worms HOW DIFFERENT VIRUSES INFECT A COMPUTER HOW VIRUSES AVOID DETECTION WORM INFECTION METHODS VIRUS MYTHS AND HOAXES LEARNING MORE ABOUT VIRUSES AND WORMS Chapter 8: Trojan Horses-- Beware of Geeks Bearing Gifts HOW TROJAN HORSES SPREAD TYPES OF TROJAN HORSES HOW HACKERS WRITE A TROJAN HORSE STOPPING A TROJAN HORSE LEARNING MORE ABOUT TROJAN HORSES Chapter 9: CON Games on the Internet THE AREA CODE SCAM THE NIGERIAN SCAM PYRAMID SCHEMES WORK-AT-HOME BUSINESSES THE LONELY HEARTS SCAM PACKET SNIFFERS, WEB SPOOFING, PHISHERS, AND KEYSTROKE LOGGERS REROUTING YOUR INTERNET CONNECTION ONLINE AUCTION FRAUDS THE FALLACY OF INTERNET MALLS URBAN LEGENDS CREDIT CARD FRAUD PROTECTING YOURSELF Chapter 10: Online Stalkers FINDING PHONE NUMBERS, STREET ADDRESSES, AND EMAIL ADDRESSES PROTECTING YOURSELF Part 3: Breaking and Entering Computers Chapter 11: Probing a Target WAR-DIALING PORT SCANNING WAR-DRIVING AFTER THEY FIND A WAY INTO A COMPUTER Chapter 12: Sneaking into a Computer ASK AND YE SHALL RECEIVE: THE ART OF SOCIAL ENGINEERING PASSWORD CRACKING SOFTWARE LOOPHOLES AND FLAWS BREAKING INTO A WIRELESS NETWORK PASSWORDS: THE FIRST LINE OF DEFENSE Chapter 13: Digging In CLEANING OUT THE LOG FILES KILLING THE MONITORING SOFTWARE OPENING A BACK DOOR SNIFFING FOR MORE PASSWORDS KILLING ROOTKITS Part 4: Protection Yourself Chapter 14: Computing on a Shoestring SAVE ON PRINTER SUPPLIES ALMOST-FREE SOFTWARE FREE MUSIC FREE INTERNET ACCESS FREE EMAIL FREE FAX SERVICES FREE WEBSITE HOSTING COMPUTING ON A BUDGET Chapter 15: Protecting Your Data and Your Privacy SPYING ON YOUR OWN COMPUTER COVERING YOUR TRACKS SHIELDING YOUR PRIVACY PROTECTING YOUR IDENTITY Chapter 16: Waging War on Spam WHY COMPANIES SPAM THE INTERNET AND HOW THEY DO IT PROTECTING YOURSELF FROM SPAMMERS ANTI-SPAM RESOURCES Chapter 17: Web Bugs, Adware, Pop-Ups, and Spyware WATCHING OUT FOR WEB BUGS ADWARE-SOFTWARE WITH BUILT-IN ADVERTISING STOPPING POP-UP/POP-UNDER ADVERTISEMENTS DETECTING SPYWARE THE ONLY SURE WAY TO PROTECT YOUR PRIVACY Part 5: Protecting Your Computer Chapter 18: Firewalls, Intrusion-Detection Systems, and Honeypots FIREWALLS: THE FIRST LINE OF DEFENSE INTRUSION-DETECTION SYSTEMS HONEYPOTS TRACING A HACKER Chapter 19: Computer Forensics: Recovering and Deleting Data FINDING DELETED DATA COMPUTER FORENSICS TOOLS EXPERIMENTING WITH FORENSICS TOOLS PROTECTING YOURSELF Chapter 20: Protecting Your Computer LOCKING UP YOUR COMPUTER PROTECTING YOUR COMPUTER PARTS PROTECTING YOUR LAPTOP BLOCKING ACCESS WITH BIOMETRICS Appendix A: Software INSTALLATION SUPPORT ANONYMITY ANTI-CON GAMES ANTI-SPYWARE ANTI-TROJAN HORSE ANTIVIRUS BULK EMAILERS CACHE AND COOKIE CLEANERS DESKTOP SECURITY DISASSEMBLERS DNS LOOKUP ENCRYPTION CRACKER FILE ENCRYPTION FILE INTEGRITY CHECKERS FILE SHREDDERS FORENSICS HEX EDITORS HONEYPOT TRAPS INTRUSION DETECTION IRC CLIENTS KEYSTROKE LOGGERS MP3 TOOLS PACKET SNIFFERS PARENTAL CONTROL PASSWORD RECOVERY PORT SCANNERS READERS REMOTE MONITORING ROLLBACK PROGRAMS SPAM FIGHTERS STEGANOGRAPHY SYSTEM LOCKS SYSTEM RESTORER VOICE ENCRYPTION VULNERABILITY SCANNERS WEB SITE PROTECTION Appendix B: A Hacker's Gallery of Rogue Tools PHONE PHREAKING TOOLS VIRUSES Appendix C: A Bit of History--Phone Phreaking and Other Phun A SHORT HISTORY OF PHONE PHREAKING POSSIBLY TRUE STORIES ABOUT PHONE PHREAKING GETTING STARTED " SHOULDER SURFING " CALLING CARD NUMBERS TELEPHONE COLOR BOXES COLOR BOX PROGRAMS WAR DIALERS AND PRANK PROGRAMS VOICE MAILBOX HACKING CELLULAR PHONE FRAUD AND TV SATELLITE DESCRAMBLING Appendix D: Glossary D-F G-M N-P R-S T-W List of Figures List of Tables