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The Language of Cyber Attacks: A Rhetoric of Deception

The Language of Cyber Attacks: A Rhetoric of Deception

Mauro, Aaron
Mandal, Anthony
Kidd, Jenny

Paperback

Series: Bloomsbury Studies in Digital Cultures

General ReferenceComputer Security

ISBN10: 1350354678
ISBN13: 9781350354678
Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
Published: Oct 3 2024
Pages: 240
Weight: 0.52
Height: 0.60 Width: 5.40 Depth: 8.40
Language: English

Many cyberattacks begin with a lure: a seemingly innocent message designed to establish trust with a target to obtain sensitive information or compromise a computer system. The perils of clicking an unknown link or divulging sensitive information via email are well-known, so why do we continue to fall prey to these malicious messages? This groundbreaking book examines the rhetoric of deception through the lure, asking where its all-too-human allure comes from and suggesting ways in which we can protect ourselves online.

Examining practices and tools such as phishing, ransomware and clickbait, this book uses case studies of notorious cyberattacks by both cyber criminals and nation-states on organizations such Facebook, Google, and the US Department of Defence, and in-depth, computational analyses of the messages themselves to unpack the rhetoric of cyberattacks. In doing so, it helps us to understand the small but crucial moments of indecision that pervade one of the most common forms of written communication.

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