North York Central Library Blog

Every week, there seems to be another newspaper article about computer hackers and their victims. Two recent incidents come to mind: 

-over a billion passwords were reportedly stolen by a group of Russian hackers from various organizations.  Shortly after, doubts were raised about that story and whether this was a PR stunt by a company who provided online security services. 

-the personal photos of Hollywood celebrities were stolen and posted after someone hacked into their online accounts.

Whether it's a billion passwords or a thousand photos stolen, it is obvious that there are some bad people out there who want to get a hold of your personal information. How can you protect yourself? 

One way is by attending the presentation, Cyber Hacking: an inside look at North York Central Library on September 23 at 6:45 pm. 

For Do-It-Yourselfers, another way is to read up on the subject:

Computer security by Dieter Gollmann

Anti-hacker toolkit by Mike Shema

Basics of information security by Jason Andress

What is computer science? an information security perspective by Daniel Page and Nigel Smart

For general interest reading on how pervasive cyber crimes and hacking are, the following titles may be of interest:

Darkmarket: cyberthieves, cybercops and you by Misha Glenny

We are Anonymous by Parmy Olson

Targeted cyber attacks: multi-staged attacks driven by exploits and malware by Aditya Sood and Richard Enbody

Cybersecurity and cyberwar: what everybody needs to know by PW Singer and Allan Friedman