Deception in the Digital Age ─ Exploiting and Defending Human Targets Through Computer-Mediated Communications

Deception in the Digital Age: Exploiting and Defending Human Targets through Computer-Mediated Communication helps readers understand how to conduct a deep psychological profile and digital autopsy of malicious code attackers and their malware. Users will find an in-depth guide that provides valuable insights on the motivations and capabilities of attackers explained through a hybridized methodology of technical profiling that combines digital criminalistics with behavioral evidence to develop a profile of malicious code attackers.

The text provides a detailed analysis of the psychological, sociological, and technical indicators that reveal predictors of attacks and conversely post-mortem attribution of attackers, presenting a unique resource that empowers readers to both troubleshoot and protect their own computer networks. Written by information security experts with real-world investigative experience, the text is the most instructional book available on the subject, providing practical guidance to readers with featured tools, diagrams, examples, exercises, and checklists that enhance the learning process.

• Presents a dual pronged approach to the investigation process that combines digital criminalistics and behavioral evidence to develop profiles of malicious code attackers
• Written by leading information security experts with real-world investigative experience
• Examines the group dynamics behind malicious code development and attacker groups
• Teaches the specifics of malware code crime scene analysis and insider forensics