O’Reilly Media to offer Rough Cut of “Inside Cyber Warfare” by December

Last Updated on Wednesday, 2 September 2009 08:15 Written by Jeffreycarr Wednesday, 2 September 2009 08:15

At least, that’s the plan according to a phone conversation that I had with my editor yesterday. Rough Cuts is essentially a beta version of the book; an early look before the final version is published.

I’m very excited about “Inside Cyber Warfare” and its content, particularly since some very bright and talented colleagues are contributing different pieces to it. Here is a look at the final table of contents, which is significantly different from what I first proposed.

“Inside Cyber Warfare: Mapping the Cyber Underworld”

By Jeffrey Carr

Forward by Lewis Shepherd

Introduction

Chapter 1: Assessing the Problem

Chapter 2: The Rise of the Non-State Hacker

Chapter 3: The Legal Status of Cyber Warfare

Chapter 4: Active Defense as a Cyber Strategy

Chapter 5: The Intelligence Component

Chapter 6: The Social Life of Non-State Hackers

Chapter 7: Follow the Money

Chapter 8: Organized Crime in Cyberspace

Chapter 9: Investigating Attribution

Chapter 10: Weaponizing Malware

Chapter 11: The Role of Cyber in Military Doctrine

Chapter 12: The Five Stages of a Politically Motivated Cyber Attack

Chapter 13: Advice to Policy Makers: Voices from the Field

I’m also including a free, autographed copy of the book to all new subscribers of IntelFusion: FLASH Traffic as a way of saying thanks for your support.

The National Security Risks of Gov 2.0 and Social Software

Last Updated on Monday, 1 June 2009 02:21 Written by admin Monday, 1 June 2009 02:17

I’m particularly pleased to point you to this post that I wrote for O’Reilly Radar. With the rush towards more openness in Government and the impending Gov 2.0 Summit, I noticed a lack of published material on the risks associated with Gov 2.0, particularly those that involve Social software like Twitter, Facebook, Govloop, etc.

I also list 5 recommendations on things that you can do right now to reduce your risks and increase your understanding about how you may be targeted by our adversaries via your use of social media.

First Peek: “Inside Cyber Warfare: Mapping the Cyber Underworld”

Last Updated on Thursday, 19 February 2009 11:18 Written by admin Thursday, 19 February 2009 11:18

I’m thrilled by the opportunity presented to me by the good folks at O’Reilly Media to write a book for them on Cyber Warfare. It’ll be available later this year but I thought that you might like to see what I’ll be covering inside the 400 page book.

I’ve also created a Twitter alias (@InsideCyberWar) for those of you who want to stay on top of the latest news including when a Rough Cut will be available, sneak peeks, where I’ll be speaking, etc.

Inside Cyber Warfare: Mapping the Cyber Underground

Foreward

Introduction

Chapter 1: Assessing the Problem

Chapter 2: The Rise of the Non-State Hacker

Chapter 3: Nationalistic Hacker Crews

Chapter 4: Motivation and Ideology

Chapter 5: A Tiered Hierarchy

Chapter 6: The Social Life of Non-State Hackers

Chapter 7: Follow the Money

Chapter 8: The Underground Economy

Chapter 9: Tracing the Attack Route

Chapter 10: Weaponizing Malware

Chapter 11: The Role of Cyber in Military Doctrine

Chapter 12: The Hard Challenge of Attribution

Chapter 13: A Public-Private Partnership

Glossary

Index