Jim Salvatori is hired to head up the newly created Computer Security Department at Mayfair College after the school's computer system is attacked by a virus, but what people do not realize is that Jim is uniquely qualified to figure out whether Mayfair's computers fell victim to a joker or a criminal.
Ethan has always tried to get attention from his family, especially his dad, who's focus is always on his troubled stepsister, but when a dark secret threatens to destroy his family, Ethan's turns to his hacking skills to find the truth.
When Marcus, once called M1k3y, receives a thumbdrive containing evidence of corporate and governmental treachery, his job, fame, family, and well-being, as well as his reform-minded employer's election campaign, are all endangered.
"Sunday's father is dying of cancer. They've come home to Malagash, on the north shore of Nova Scotia, so he can die where he grew up. Her mother and her brother are both devastated. But devastated isn't good enough. Devastated doesn't fix anything. Sunday has a plan. She's started recording everything her father says. His boring stories. His stupid jokes. Everything. She's recording every single 'I love you' right alongside every 'Could we turn the heat up in here?' It's all important. Because Sunday is writing a computer virus. A computer virus that will live secretly on the hard drives of millions of people all over the world. A computer virus that will think her father's thoughts and say her father's words. She has thousands of lines of code to write. Cryptography to understand. Exploits to test. She doesn't have time to be sad. Her father is going to live forever"--Provided by publisher.
High-tech criminals are now facing innovative cybercrime prevention specialistscomputer forensic scientists. Readers learn how these skilled professionals track down perpetrators, and more importantly, how all computer users can protect themselves from the omnipresent threat of cybercrime.
High school sophomore Toby Klein enjoys computer hacking and wearing combat boots, so she thinks it is a joke when she is invited to join the cheerleading squad, but soon she learns cheering is just a cover for an elite group of government operatives.
When teenager Jesse is contacted by a former victim of King, a hacker who is currently stalking Jesse, Jesse is faced with the decision whether to join with the former victim and seek revenge on King, or continue to cede to King's demands.
