Surviving the Wild Wild Web

The information security arena is often vague and confusing for internet users and fallling into cyber traps can take ethical, financial, physical and mental tolls on individuals. With increasing cases of fake news, identity theft, piracy, spying and scams surfacing, this book explains the risks of the internet and how they can be mitigated.

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Marton Gergely teaches in the Department of Information Systems and Security at the United Arab Emirates University. He was born in New Delhi, India, and grew up in Budapest, Hungary. He holds a PhD in Business Administration, with an emphasis in Information Technology, from the University of Texas at San Antonio, USA. His current research interests include digital piracy, social and cognitive psychology in technology use, cyber law and ethics, social desirability bias, as well as emerging technologies.

Dr. Ian Grey was born and raised in the wilds of Co. Waterford, Ireland. He holds a BA and a PhD. in Psychology from the National University of Ireland (Cork) and a DClin. Psych from Trinity College Dublin. He holds additional postgraduate qualifications in Applied Behavior Analysis and in Forensic Psychology. He is currently Associate Professor of Clinical Psychology in the Department of Cognitive Science, United Arab Emirates University where he teaches courses on clinical psychology practice. His research interests include cognitive vulnerabilities, neuro-developmental disorders and determinants of mental health.

Heba Saleous is a Palestinian-American currently working towards earning her PhD in Information Security at the United Arab Emirates University under the supervision of Dr. Marton Gergely. She holds an MSc in Information Security from the same institution. Her current research interests include digital forensics, video game forensics and security, cybercrime and terrorism, cybercriminal behavior, and malware.

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Contents

About the authors

Introduction

Chapter 1: Pirates of the Ethernet Adventures in Illegal Downloading

Chapter 2: If You Teach a Man to Phish The Mechanics of Internet Scams

Chapter 3: Me, Myself, and a Stranger Chronicles of an Identity Thief

Chapter 4: Lies, Likes, and LOLs Social Media's Fake News Fiasco

Chapter 5: Hacking Health The Internet's Influence on Medical Information

Chapter 6: I Spy with My Little Eye The Internet and Digital Espionage

Chapter 7: Bytes and Blues How the Internet Plays with Adult Minds

Chapter 8: Pixelated Perils The Double-Edged Sword of Online Gaming

Chapter 9: From Swings to Smartphones The Impact of Social Media on Kids

Chapter 10: The Ghost in the Machine AI's Unseen Influence

Epilogue

Acknowledgments

Index