Cybernetics category: 51 books

In DarkMarket: Cyberthieves, Cybercops and You, Misha Glenny plunged into the murky depths of the world’s most notorious carder fraud site, DarkMarket. In this exclusive short eBook, he takes you even deeper into that world. In the realm of the cyberthief, your best friend can be your worst...

Hacking is both an art and the hallmark of the true computer geek; ethical hacking, practiced by experts to protect companies’ systems, can also be used to protect your own computer system and to regain access to accounts of yours that have been hacked by others. Although many people think...

A practical, cookbook style with numerous chapters and recipes explaining the penetration testing. The cookbook-style recipes allow you to go directly to your topic of interest if you are an expert using this book as a reference, or to follow topics throughout a chapter to gain in-depth knowledge if...

In this classic work, one of the greatest mathematicians of the twentieth century explores the analogies between computing machines and the living human brain. John von Neumann, whose many contributions to science, mathematics, and engineering include the basic organizational framework at the heart of...

Science world luminary John Brockman assembles twenty-five of the most important scientific minds, people who have been thinking about the field artificial intelligence for most of their careers, for an unparalleled round-table examination about mind, thinking, intelligence and what it means to be...

Defying predictions that the Internet would eventually create a world where nations disappeared in favor of a unified 'global village,' the new millennium has instead seen a proliferation of nationalism on the Web. Cyberspace, a vast digital terrain built upon interwoven congeries of data and sustained...

Attending the Yaqui tribe's Easter Ceremonies in Tucson should be a dream come true for a Cheyenne-wannabe-shaman like Mad Dog. But immediately after his midnight arrival he is accused of being a witch. Then moments later a policeman is murdered and Mad Dog is blamed. Suddenly Mad Dog and his wolf-hybrid...

The latest advances in technology development have been particularly useful to actor-network theory as a structure for much of its research. With a socio-technical approach to the understanding of information systems and applications, the actor-network theory aims to bring support for social influence...

Demand for integral and sustainable solutions is on the rise. As new ways of defining reality emerge, this generates the progression of more humanistic and sustainable construction of operating systems. Designing for Human-Machine Symbiosis Using the URANOS Model: Emerging Research and Opportunities...

Computing Reality is a rare and challenging research output in the area of cybernetic and system theory explaining the meaning behind the understanding, interpretation and application of scientific methodology for knowing scientific truth. The fundamental goal of Computing Reality is to explain how...

Our society continues to depend upon systems that are built in a way that they end up being inflexible and intolerant to change. Therefore there is an urgent need to investigate innovations and approaches to the management of adaptive and dependable systems. These studies are usually implemented through...

Real world problems are complex and full of uncertainty. Fuzzy computing technologies embedded into data analysis methodologies and decision-making processes help to address the complexity of these problems. Contemporary Theory and Pragmatic Approaches in Fuzzy Computing Utilization presents the most...

The integration of artificial intelligence and knowledge based methods and technologies as well as computer based information systems has created the next generation of information systems – intelligent information systems. This connection enables these new information systems to demonstrate novel...

Increasingly powerful and diverse computing technologies have the potential to tackle ever greater and more complex problems and dilemmas in engineering and science disciplines. Principal Concepts in Applied Evolutionary Computation: Emerging Trends provides an introduction to the important interdisciplinary...