SRINAGAR — Security Engineer Peer Tehleel Manzoor has published his 5th book ‘Virtual Menace’ which focuses on cyber awareness and safety.
The book also buckles down to fundamental cyber awareness providing an overview of threat actors and their tactics.
As stated by the writer, crime is undergoing a metamorphosis. The online technological revolution has opened gates to multiple crimes which can be perpetrated on an industrial scale, and crimes traditionally committed in an offline environments are increasingly being transitioned to an online environment.
This book takes a case study-based approach to exploring the types, perpetrators and victims of cyber frauds.
Topics gains includes:
An in-depth breakdown of the most common types of cyber swindlers and scams.
The victim selection techniques and perpetration strategies of fraudsters.
An exploration of the impact of fraud upon victims and best practice examples of support system for victims.
Current approaches for policing, punishing and preventing cyber frauds and scams.
This book argues for a greater need to contemplate and respond to cyber fraud and scams in a more effective and victim-centered manner.
It explores the victim-blaming discourse, before moving on to examine the structures of support in place to assist victims, noting some of the interesting initiatives from around the globe and the emerging strategies to counter this problem.
This book is an essential read for students and researchers, stepping up their knowledge in cybercrime, victimology and international fraud.