Evansville Vanderburgh Public Library

Behold a pale farce, cyberwar, threat inflation, & the malware industrial complex, Bill Blunden and Violet Cheung

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Behold a pale farce

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Bill Blunden and Violet Cheung

cyberwar, threat inflation, & the malware industrial complex

This book presents a data-driven message that exposes the cyberwar media campaign being directed by the Pentagon and its patronage networks. By demonstrating that the American public is being coerced by a threat that has been blown out of proportion, this book discusses how the notion of cyberwar instills a crisis mentality that discourages formal risk assessment, making the public anxious and hence susceptible to ill-conceived solutions. With content that challenges conventional notions regarding cyber security, Behold a pale farce covers topics, including cybercrime; modern espionage; mass-surveillance systems; and the threats facing infrastructure targets such as the Federal Reserve, the stock exchange, and telecommunications, in a way that provides objective analysis rather than advocacy

A backdrop of metaphors -- Our frenemy in Asia -- Cyberwar as a misdiagnosis -- Cybercrime -- Espionage -- The scope of the U.S. espionage -- The infrastructure -- Thread inflation -- The quandary of attribution -- Shades of Orwell -- The origins of cyber-insecurity -- Cyber-security for the 99%

Behold a Pale Farce: Cyberwar, Threat Inflation, & the Malware Industrial Complex