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Cyberheist: The biggest financial threat facing American businesses since the meltdown of 2008 Paperback – April 20, 2011

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Not since the markets melted down, and the recession sank its icy hooks into the business climate in 2008, has American business faced a threat as serious as the current cybercrime scene. Small to medium enterprises have been hard-hit in particular, amounting to tens of millions of dollars being stolen out of their bank accounts.

This book is meant to educate you about the dangers of conducting business online. In particular, it covers phishing, a particular type of social engineering attack delivered by email or over the Internet.

Our goal is to help you recognize the increasing danger that individuals and organizations face when they use the Internet, especially when conducting financial activity, and take proactive measures to protect your organization. These risks include theft of sensitive information, theft of goods and services, loss of intellectual property, and exposure to fraudulent online money transfers that empty your bank accounts: a cyberheist.

Don't become a statistic. Read this book and apply the strategies and techniques described within to protect your organization from a potentially devastating cyberheist.

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Stu Sjouwerman (pronounced shower-man ) has been in Information Technology for 30+ years, the last 9 of which were in IT Security. As a co-founder of Inc. 500 company Sunbelt Software, he has been specializing in antispyware products since 2003. A few years later, Sunbelt developed antivirus software, integrated a fi rewall, and at the same time developed antispam software for both consumers and enterprises. In 2010, Sunbelt was sold to GFI software, a portfolio company of Insight Partners, a $3 billion Boston-based hedge fund.

This is Stu s fourth book. He has co-authored three books about Windows system administration, the first being Windows NT Power Toolkit. Released in October 1999, this book reached #4 on Amazon.com s USA bestseller list the first week of its release and #1 in the UK. In 2003, a new book about Windows XP was published. The second and third books also reached Amazon s Top 10 List.

Since 1996, Stu has been the Editor-in-Chief of WServerNews, an email newsletter that goes to 100,000 IT system administrators and helps them to keep their systems secure, and up and running. Stu is now serving as publisher and editor of GFI Media Services, a division of GFI that produces four major online newsletters, including WServerNews, WXPnews, Win7News, and GFISecurityNews. These newsletters are tailored to deliver up-to-date technology information to both consumers and enterprises.

After having been on the software side of security, and still seeing workstations getting infected by malware, Stu realized that the human element of security was being neglected. He decided to start a new company called KnowBe4 that helps organizations train their employees to stay secure on the Internet. He lives in the Tampa Bay, Florida, area with his wife Rebecca and their three cats.

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ KnowBe4 (April 20, 2011)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 240 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0983400008
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0983400004
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.05 pounds

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Dirk A. D. Smith

Cyberheist: Training us not to be the weak link

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on April 25, 2011

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In Cyberheist the author attempts to set before the reader what dangers exist doing business online. He succeeds. Written for those in small to medium enterprises (SMEs), his warnings and solutions apply equally well to home and to large government and business offices.

The book works for two reasons. First, he knows the topic. Stu Sjouwerman (pronounced "shower-man") has been in the Information Technology (IT) field for more than thirty years and nearly ten in IT Security. In fact, his company teaches the topic and published the book. Second, he does what too few technology writers do: he speaks (writes) in common parlance while taking the reader through what can be arcane technology and some misunderstood and unknown terms. Let's face it, how many really know what vishing, smishing, phreaking, and typosquatting mean? Well, now I do and he handled it all without putting me to sleep.

Cyberheist is well-organized in 19 chapters in 3 parts that explain cybercrime attacks and techniques, descriptions of actual crimes, and how to counter it all. The last chapter is a brief call to offer the services of his company. Being that he made his affiliation clear at the start and that his entreaty is tastefully brief, this is okay with me. He sweetened the pot with a free download called ThreatApp that sends an alert to your smartphone regarding a threat that's hot that day. Also included at the end is a list of acronyms, a glossary of terms, a list of cybercrime- and cybersecurity-related sources, and a thorough list of reference sources.

Ultimately, Cyberheist makes it clear that it is the human element that is so often the weakest link in the chain of cybersecurity. By understanding those risks and how to handle them, end-users and IT professionals alike can take steps to dramatically reduce the risk of online threats making it more than a good read, it should be required reading. From computer-based deception to mortgage (foreclosure) fraud...reading Cyberheist will go a long way to protecting you from theft of your personal funds, business funds, even the loss of your house itself. If you fall victim to a cyberheist after reading Sjouwerman's book, shame on you.

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Joe K.

Very Informative & Interesting

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on April 25, 2013

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This is one of the best cyber-security books I've ever bought and read. It contains facts based on through research and provides numerous tips and rich information about the crimes on the Internet, and most importantly, it provides tips and steps on how to react to them and protect yourself from such threats - the title says it all. I love the Kindle version, I can read it on my computer or my mobile phone.

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Markus Weber

How to protect yourself from Cybercriminals

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on April 29, 2011

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"Cyberheist" is an excellent book, which raises awareness about Internet security. It is well written and provides you with the tools to detect internet fraud.
Once you know how these criminals operate, you can avoid falling into their traps.
Anyone who uses a computer connected to the internet needs to know this information to protect themselves.

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ConnerHome

Buy from Knowbe4, not from Better World Books used.

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on June 29, 2019

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Don’t buy from Better World Books. They cut out a 3 inch chunk of the cover and first couple pages.

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Ben Rothke

Brief and easy to read overview on the topic of cybercrime

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on July 30, 2012

While often quoted in the context of cybercrime, Will Sutton is famously -- but apocryphally - supposed to have answered reporter, Mitch Ohnstad, who asked why he robbed banks, by saying, "because that's where the money is."

It is no myth that there is plenty of money and other digital assets on networks worldwide. Those that want to ensure the security of those assets need to safeguard them.

In Cyberheist: The biggest financial threat facing American businesses since the meltdown of 2008, author Stu Sjouwerman details the current state of cybercrime, and presents numerous ways firms can ensure the safety of digital assets in their possession.

The book is written specifically for smaller to medium size businesses that often lack the staff and budget necessary to ensure effective information security.

At the end-user level, the book spends some time dealing with the threat of social engineering, specifically around phishing and spear-phishing.

In chapter 5, the author writes of vishing, which is a method of social engineering using telephone systems to obtain access to confidential personal and business information. He notes several factors that contribute to the success of vishing, including the inherent trust places in telephone systems, a reachable phone-using population, general acceptance of automated phone message and more.

Chapter 8 is especially interesting which details credit card and epayment scams. The book notes that online merchant fraud is a multi-billion dollar business and provides an overview of the problem, and ways to avoid such scams.

The best part of the book comes in part 3 which are 5 chapters on countering cybercrime. Topics such as the fundamentals of safe computing, policies, technologies, architecture and secure banking are dealt with.

At under 200 pages, Cyberheist: The biggest financial threat facing American businesses since the meltdown of 2008 is not the definitive text or the most comprehensive one on the topic. But for those looking for a brief and easy to read overview of the topic, with a lot of real-world advice, Cyberheist: The biggest financial threat facing American businesses since the meltdown of 2008 makes for a good read.

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