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Cyberattacks and cyberscams : is there an end in sight? / by Stephan, Jennifer.;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 57-61) and index.Introduction: Cyberscams and cyberattacks surge -- Cyberscams -- Ransomware attacks -- Nation-state attacks -- Defending against scams and attacks -- What more can be done."Cyberspace brings tradeoffs. Connectivity has boosted economic productivity, improved education, enhanced social interactions, and created new forms of entertainment. But it also makes people and things vulnerable. There is no end in sight to cyberscams or cyberattacks. But experts believe Americans can reduce the number of scams and attacks and also build resilience to recover from them more quickly"--Publisher description.Ages 14-18
Subjects: Young adult literature.; Computer fraud; Internet fraud; Swindlers and swindling;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Avoiding clickbait / by Thiel, Kristin,1977-author.(CARDINAL)627614;
Includes bibliographical references and index.What is clickbait? -- Characteristics of clickbait -- Resisting clickbait -- Putting your skills into action.
Subjects: Internet and children; Internet advertising; Internet fraud; Media literacy;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Virtual unreality : just because the Internet told you, how do you know it's true? / by Seife, Charles,author.(CARDINAL)658194;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 231-239) and index.Catching the stupid bug -- Appeal to authority -- An army of one -- Telling fake people from real -- The loneliness of the interconnected -- Copy, right? -- Scarcity -- All hat, no cattle -- White noise and the Red Queen -- Artificial unintelligence -- Make money fast -- Companies : private, public, and shady -- This is your brain -- Living in the raw.Seife takes "us deep into the Internet information jungle and [cuts] a path through the trickery, fakery, and cyber skullduggery that the online world enables. Taking on everything from breaking news coverage and online dating to program trading and that eccentric and unreliable source that is Wikipedia, Seife arms his readers with actual tools--or weapons--for discerning truth from fiction online"--Provided by publisher.
Subjects: Computer network resources; Electronic information resource literacy.; Internet fraud; Internet literacy.; Internet;
Available copies: 3 / Total copies: 3
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Online scams / by O'Sullivan, J. K.,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."Protect Yourself Online examines the risks and benefits of using the internet today. Readers will learn the history of important online issues, the warning signs of common online dangers, and the ways in which they can get online safely and responsibly."
Subjects: Computer crimes; Internet fraud; Internet;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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419 / by Ferguson, Will,author.(CARDINAL)648998;
A car tumbles through darkness down a snowy ravine. A woman without a name walks out of a dust storm in Africa. And in the seething heat of Lagos City, a criminal cartel scours the Internet, looking for victims. Lives intersect. Worlds collide. And it all begins with a single email: 'Dear Sir, I am the daughter of a Nigerian diplomat, and I need your help ... ' At once a chilling thriller about a lonely woman avenging her father's death and an epic portrait of morality and corruption across the globe, Will Ferguson's Giller Prize-winning novel plunges into the labyrinth of li.
Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Fathers and daughters; Fathers; Internet fraud; Swindlers and swindling; Fathers.;
Available copies: 4 / Total copies: 4
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Bésame primero : ¿dejarías tu vida para asumir la de otra persona? by Moggach, Lottie.(CARDINAL)402868;
Leila, a sheltered young misfit, discovers an online chat forum where she feels accepted and falls under the spell of the website's charismatic founder, who entices her into assuming the stolen identity of a glamorous but desperate woman.
Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Fiction.; Young women; Identity theft; Identity (Psychology); Internet fraud; Suicide;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Kiss me first : a novel / by Moggach, Lottie.(CARDINAL)402868;
Leila, a sheltered young misfit, discovers an online chat forum where she feels accepted and falls under the spell of the website's charismatic founder, who entices her into assuming the stolen identity of a glamorous but desperate woman.
Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Young women; Identity theft; Identity (Psychology); Internet fraud; Suicide;
Available copies: 7 / Total copies: 7
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There is no Ethan : how three women caught America's biggest catfish / by Akbari, Anna,author.(CARDINAL)415019;
"There is no Ethan" catalogs Akbari's experiences as both victim and investigator of a catfishing scheme to emotionally con women. She joins with two other women to track down the perpetrator and explores what it means to live in a world where technology mediates relationships and truth, reality, and identity have become slippery terms.
Subjects: Biographies.; Akbari, Anna.; Online dating.; Swindlers and swindling; Online manipulation.; Internet fraud.; Online dating.;
Available copies: 17 / Total copies: 17
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Spam nation : the inside story of organized cybercrime--from global epidemic to your front door / by Krebs, Brian,author.(CARDINAL)408145;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 245-251).Parasite -- Bulletproof -- The pharma wars -- Meet the buyers -- Russian roulette -- Partner(ka)s in (dis)organized crime -- Meet the spammers -- Old friends, bitter enemies -- Meeting in Moscow -- The antis -- Takedown -- Endgame -- A spam-free world: how you can protect yourself from cybercrime.Explores "the criminal masterminds driving some of the biggest spam and hacker operations targeting Americans and their bank accounts. Tracing the rise, fall, and alarming resurrection of the digital mafia behind the two largest spam pharmacies--and countless viruses, phishing, and spyware attacks--he delivers the first definitive narrative of the global spam problem and its threat to consumers everywhere"--Amazon.com.
Subjects: Computer crimes; Internet fraud; Spam (Electronic mail); Phishing.; Organized crime;
Available copies: 4 / Total copies: 4
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Web of deception : misinformation on the Internet / by Mintz, Anne P.(CARDINAL)202432;
Includes bibliographical references and index.Web hoaxes, counterfeit sites, and other spurious information on the Internet / Paul S. Piper -- Charlatans, leeches, and old wives : medical misinformation / Susan M. Detwiler -- It's a dangerous world out there : misinformation in the corporate universe / Helene Kassler -- Internet users at risk : the identity/privacy target zone / Stephen E. Arnold -- Brother have you got a dime? Charity scams on the Web / Carol Ebbinghouse -- Welcome to the dark side : how e-commerce, online consumer, and e-mail fraud rely on misdirection and misinformation / Lysbeth B. Chuck -- Make sure you read the fine print : legal advice on the Internet / Carol Ebbinghouse -- How to evaluate a web site / LaJean Humphries -- This is what I asked for? The searching quagmire / Susan Feldman -- How a search engine works / Elizabeth D. Liddy -- Getting mad, getting even, getting money : remedies for intentional misinformation / Carol Ebbinghouse -- Endnote : What a tangled web we weave / Barbara Quint and Anne P. Mintz.
Subjects: Internet fraud.; Electronic information resource literacy.; Computer network resources; Internet searching.;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
On-line resources: Suggest title for digitization;
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