Practical Insecurity: The Layman's Guide to Digital Security and Digital Self-defense

Cover
Half Title
Copyright Page
Title Page
Table of Contents
Preface
About the Author
Chapter 1: The Security Landscape
	1.1: Cookies and Sundry Varieties of Spyware
	1.2: Social Engineering, Phishing, and Pharming
	1.3: Hackers, Crackers, Hacktivists, and Others
Chapter 2: Your Mind, the Best Security Instrument
	2.1: The Internet Wealth Formula
	2.2: Free Music, Free Movies, Free Land, and Fremont
	2.3: Surveying the Landscape and Minimizing Your Risks
	2.4: The Inherent Complexity of Software
	2.5: The Security Implications of Social Media
	2.6: Context is Everything...
	2.7: Change your Business Practices...
	2.8: Social Engineering Attacks...
	2.9: Social Media at Work...
	2.10: Business Considerations of Music, Movie, and Picture Downloads...
	2.11: Inherent Risks from Employees and How to Ameliorate Them...
	2.12: Be Authentic
	2.13: Backups
	2.14: Conclusion
Chapter 3: Essential Security Tools
	3.1: Anti-virus
	3.2: Anti-virus on Linux
	3.3: General Issues Regarding Antivirus
	3.4: Know your Enemy
	3.5: State Actors
	3.6: A Primer on Different Types of Malware
	3.7: Viruses
	3.8: Worms
	3.9: Trojan Horses
	3.10: Polymorphic Viruses
	3.11: Conclusion...No
	3.12: Firewalls
	3.13: Password Managers
	3.14: VPNs
	3.15: Encryption Tools
	3.16: Conclusion? Really!
Chapter 4: The Risks of File Sharing
	4.1: The Wonderful World of Filesharing
Chapter 5: Working to Maximize Your Privacy
	5.1: The Rise of Big Data
	5.2: Special Issues Relating to Facebook
	5.3: Issues Relating to Passwords
	5.4: Adventures in the Post-cookie Internet
	5.5: The Really Nasty Role of Internet Service Providers
	5.6: Conclusion Regarding VPNs
	5.7: More Issues Regarding Cookies
	5.8: The Problem with Pictures
	5.9: Image Harvesters
	5.10: The Problem of Embedded Location Information in Digital Pictures
	5.11: The Process of Hacking
	5.12: Social Engineering
	5.13: Using our Best Instincts Against us
	5.14: The Thorny Issue of Location Tracking
	5.15: The Basic Problem of Traitorware
	5.16: “Jailbreaking” Android
	5.17: Privacy and Location Issues with both Android and Apple
	5.18: Location Tracking Apps
	5.19: Just Don’t Check-in
	5.20: Limiting the Impact of Manufacturer Tracking
	5.21: De-Googling your Life
	5.22: Conclusion
Chapter 6: Training: Your Best Protection
	6.1: Basic Network Training
	6.2: The Individual
Chapter 7: Email — The Ongoing Flaw in Our Armor
	7.1: Getting Hooked Through Phishing
	7.2: Google: Sweet Puppy or Savage Wolf?
	7.3: Attachments, Detachments, and Vulnerability
	7.4 Can Spam? Not!
	7.5: A summary, One of Many...
Chapter 8: Social Media and Social Reputation
	8.1: Freedom of Speech and Slacktivisim
	8.2: The Virtue of Vanity
	8.3: Social Media, Social Manipulation
	8.4: I Hate “likes”
	8.5: The Great Balkanization of Social Media?
Chapter 9: Wifi, Home Networks, Home Security, and the Internet of Things
	9.1: The Problems with Wifi
	9.2: Home Networks and Digital Assistants
	9.3: General Problems of Home Networks
	9.4: The Internet of Things
	9.5: Baby Monitors, Pet Monitors, and Nanny-cams
	9.6: Home Security Systems
	9.7: Smart Environmental Control Systems
	9.8: Conclusion
Chapter 10: The Cloud
	10.1: Cloud Storage Business Models and How They Affect You
	10.2: Play for Pay Services
	10.3: Other Types of Cloud Services
	10.4: Concluding Issues Regarding Cloud Computing
Chapter 11: Acquiring Software
	11.1: Software Sources
	11.2: The Ins and Outs of Free Software
	11.3: Free Anti-virus
	11.4: Software and App Stores
Chapter 12: Fun with Protocols
	12.1: DNS
	12.2: Problems with HTTP and HTTPS
	12.3: Conclusion
Chapter 13: The Future
	13.1: You Need to be an Active Participant in Protecting Yourself
	13.2: That Which We Do to Ourselves
	13.3: Recommendations for Protecting Yourself in the World of the Home Security Gateway
	13.4: AI, the Not so Hidden Gremlin
Index