The news has been full of cyber attacks carried out by hackers like the notorious Anonymous, a loosely connected group of Internet "hacktivists".

 This year companies, international agencies, and governments are being hit with a flood of  Advanced Persistent Threats. This is when a group of hackers pursuing a specific agenda, often organized by a nation state target and attack computer networks to shut them down, steal info, or even place messages on their websites to shame or discredit them. Most countries have group set up to combat and/or engage in this type of activity... although most will not admit it. China alone has six "technical reconnaissance bureaus" where workers wage cyber-war on government selected targets.

One of the few books available on the shadowy world of covert corporate and private intelligence was written by a UrbanThinking member Dr Andre Brown. 

Below is the overview:

Dr. Andrew Brown's new book centers on the world of corporate espionage and counterintelligence practice globally. The main thrust of this work is to give the reader a definitive account of modern day private sector spies. How spies are trained, where they come from, what they do, how they do it, who they target, how they subvert sources and compromise private/corporate systems using covert technical means and advanced cyber weapons. In addition there is a large section to help companies around the world identify the threat they face, develop countermeasures, and defeat spies and those who would hire them. If you have ever had an interest in learning how spies do what they do (beyond the myths of Hollywood) this book will give you that insight. For companies and individuals the book also provides invaluable resources to help develop an effective strategy of defense both pro active and passive to face this most modern of challenges. This is the book on modern espionage that leaves all others behind.

 

Who Is The Amur Strategic Research Group? The Amur Strategic Research Group was formed to provide an exclusive venue for top thinkers to communicate their ideas and share their work. Business, Finance, Intelligence, Foreign Policy, Consulting, Image Engineering and many other fields are represented among the members of the ASRG. Above is the first work to be made publicly available by the group.