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Stopping computer crimesTwo new books about intrusions and computer viruses remind us that attacks against our computers on networks are the actions of human beings. Cliff Stoll's book about the hacker who spent a year, beginning in Aug. 1986, attempting to use the Lawrence Berkeley Computer as a stepping-stone for access to military secrets is a spy thriller that illustrates the weaknesses of our password systems and the difficulties in compiling evidence against a hacker engaged in espionage. Pamela Kane's book about viruses that attack IBM PC's shows that viruses are the modern version of the old problem of a Trojan horse attack. It discusses the most famous viruses and their countermeasures, and it comes with a floppy disk of utility programs that will disinfect your PC and thwart future attack.
Document ID
19920002439
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Preprint (Draft being sent to journal)
Authors
Denning, Peter J. (Research Inst. for Advanced Computer Science Moffett Field, CA, United States)
Date Acquired
September 6, 2013
Publication Date
November 28, 1989
Subject Category
Computer Programming And Software
Report/Patent Number
NASA-CR-188896
RIACS-TR-89-47
NAS 1.26:188896
Accession Number
92N11657
Funding Number(s)
CONTRACT_GRANT: NCC2-387
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Work of the US Gov. Public Use Permitted.

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