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An Ethical Guide to Cyber Anonymity

An Ethical Guide to Cyber Anonymity

By : Kushantha Gunawardana
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An Ethical Guide to Cyber Anonymity

An Ethical Guide to Cyber Anonymity

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By: Kushantha Gunawardana

Overview of this book

As the world becomes more connected through the web, new data collection innovations have opened up more ways to compromise privacy. Your actions on the web are being tracked, information is being stored, and your identity could be stolen. However, there are ways to use the web without risking your privacy. This book will take you on a journey to become invisible and anonymous while using the web. You will start the book by understanding what anonymity is and why it is important. After understanding the objective of cyber anonymity, you will learn to maintain anonymity and perform tasks without disclosing your information. Then, you’ll learn how to configure tools and understand the architectural components of cybereconomy. Finally, you will learn to be safe during intentional and unintentional internet access by taking relevant precautions. By the end of this book, you will be able to work with the internet and internet-connected devices safely by maintaining cyber anonymity.
Table of Contents (16 chapters)
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Part 1: The Basics of Privacy and Cyber Anonymity
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Part 2: Methods and Artifacts That Attackers and Competitors Can Collect from You
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Chapter 5: Tools and Techniques That Attackers Use
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Part 3: Concepts and Maintaining Cyber Anonymity
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Creating vulnerabilities to compromise systems

We discussed how attackers compromise systems and steal personal data. This can be done in multiple ways; launching an attack and compromising the system is one of the ways that attackers steal your data. To launch an attack, there must be three components to be fulfilled.

They are as follows:

  • Vulnerable system
  • Exploit for the recovered vulnerability
  • The motivation of the attacker

Vulnerable system

The definition of a vulnerable system is a system with existing weaknesses. This is not only an operating system. There can be different layers of the system that can be vulnerable. It can be an operating system or installed applications, in which the procedures may allow for creating vulnerability, and the protocols used can be vulnerable. This can be recovered by vulnerability assessment. During vulnerability assessment, testers will try to understand whether the targeted system has any known vulnerability. Testers...

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