An Introduction to Hacking and Crimeware

AUTHORITATIVE SOURCES OF INFORMATION

Malware evolves and morphs at neck-breaking speed, and it is almost impossible to keep up with new developments. Therefore, any book or article in a scholarly journal on malware and its commercialization will become obsolete by the time it is released off the press.

Having said that, Hacking: The Next Generation by Nitesh Dhanjani, Billy Rios, and Brett Hardin⁷¹ provides software code examples and a good technical background on the most common types of malware, attack vectors, and defense mechanisms. In addition, the book by Jeffrey Carr, Inside Cyber Warfare: Mapping the Cyber Underworld,⁷² is probably the most comprehensive information available on understanding cyberwarfare and its actors.

The most authoritative, ...