The newest threat to security has been categorized as the Advanced Persistent Threat or APT. The APT bypasses most of an organization's current security devices, and is typically carried out by an organized group, such as a foreign nation state or rogue group with both the capability and the intent to persistently and effectively target a specific entity and wreak havoc. Most organizations do not understand how to deal with it and what is needed to protect their network from compromise. In...

A cybersecurity expert offers helpful tips and easy-to-follow instructions on how to keep you, your family, and your business safer online.The Internet is an informative, fun, and educational resource for the entire family, but it also has its own risks and dangers. From phishing to cyberbullying to identity theft, there are myriad ways you could be harmed online, often with irreparable damage. Fortunately, there are precautions everyone can take to protect themsel...

In an age where deepfakes and digital trickery blur the lines between reality and illusion, one curious observer takes a whimsical dive into the strange anomalies found in global images and videos. From mysterious visual oddities to eyebrow-raising coincidences, this satirical novel explores the unsettling power of AI and the increasingly surreal state of modern media.But that’s just the beginning. Enter a surreal parallel between the structure of the British government and Lewis C...

Based on news reports, you might think there's a major cybersecurity threat every four to five months. In reality, there's a cybersecurity attack happening every minute of every day.Today, we live our lives—and conduct our business—online. Our data is in the cloud and in our pockets on our smartphones, shuttled over public Wi-Fi and company networks. To keep it safe, we rely on passwords and encryption and private servers, IT departments and best practices. But as ...

Cyber Spying Tracking Your Family's (Sometimes) Secret Online Lives shows everyday computer users how to become cyber-sleuths. It takes readers through the many different issues involved in spying on someone online. It begins with an explanation of reasons and ethics, covers the psychology of spying, describes computer and network basics, and takes readers step-by-step through many common online activities, and shows what can be done to compromise them. The book's final section describes p...

Profit from the years to come and start making investments in your financial future today.There is nothing more satisfying than seeing the balance of a financial account rise month after month. However, you need to be informed of the best financial investments in order for it to happen. Who can you go to for wise, reliable advice on investing?You'll learn about investing in step-by-step guides from this book!Why is investing knowledge necessary?...

Lieutenant Austin Naray hoped he would never have to set foot on the frozen lands of Aguret ever again. But fate has other plans for him.It is the dawn of a new galactic war. The NAC, seeking to claim Legacy territory, strikes hard and fast with a campaign that puts several planets on the border at risk.One of those planets is Aguret.After the success of a risky mission to disable an enemy warship, Lieutenant Naray and several other members of his strike team are fo...

Christmas is a time to celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ, the first Christmas miracle. But miracles are still happening today and can happen in any time, space, or realm, as six authors explore in this Christmas anthology.“Captain’s Conundrum” by Jake Tyson - After receiving superpowers, John Hudson has been hired by the U.S. government to serve as Captain Condor to a team of superheroes. But Hudson’s years as a soldier in Afghanistan still haunt him as he wonders if God even exi...

Top-of-the-class tips for starting your college search, from professional advisors and counselors.Compiled by a successful business and leadership author and his college-bound daughter, the words of wisdom in this book can jump start your collegiate research and guide you in the process as you select and apply to colleges and universities.Top experts and insiders across the country were interviewed and have given many wise and different opinions on what's i...

They were expecting boredom. They got a bloodbath.Outpost Four was supposed to be a quiet rotation—babysit a radar dish in the frozen mountains and count the days. But when Bravo Team arrives, they find the base in ruins. No signs of life.No signs of Alpha Team. Only wreckage . . . and something watching.A monstrous predator has awakened beneath the ice—an ancient terror shaken loose by a recent earthquake. Towering at eighteen feet, possessed by mu...

Where is the academic study of music today, and what paths should it take into the future? Should we be looking at how music relates to society and constructs meaning through it, rather than how it transcends the social? Can we ‘remix’ our discipline and attempt to address all musics on an equal basis, without splitting ourselves in advance into subgroups of ‘musicologists’, ‘theorists’, and ‘ethnomusicologists’? These are some of the crucial issues that Nicholas Cook has raised since he e...

Even after more than 250 years since its discovery, Pompeii continues to resonate powerfully in both academic discourse and the popular imagination. This volume brings together a collection of ten papers that advance, challenge and revise the present conceptions of the city's art, industry and infrastructure. The discussions of domestic art in this book, a perennial topic for Pompeian scholars, engage previously neglected subjects such as wall ornaments in domestic decoration, the sculptur...