1st Edition
Surviving the Wild Wild Web A User’s Playbook to Navigating the Internet's Trickiest Terrains
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
Biography
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.
