Inside the Spam Cartel: Trade Secrets from the Dark Side

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You May Hate Spammer-X, But Can You Afford to Ignore Him?

Learn How Spammers Stay One Step Ahead of the Law

A Methodical and Technically Explicit Exposé That Travels Beyond Configuring Filters and Cleaning Mailboxes

A “Must Read” for Security Professionals, Law Enforcement, Hackers, and Programmers

“You may not know me, but it’s likely you have received at least one of the 10 to 20 million spam e-mails I send each week. This is my story, my chance to tell the world how and why I became one of the world’s most prolific spammers. I’ll take you inside the Spam Cartel, showing real examples and techniques used to send spam, including how e-mail addresses are obtained, spam filters are evaded, and money is made. I want you to understand how a spammer works and why I choose to work in one of the most hated industries in the world. “—Spammer X

Understand SPAM as an Industry See why SPAM has become a preferred means of mass market advertising for many companies.

Learn How Spammers “Own” Proxy Servers and SMTP Relays Scan networks to identify security flaws for exploitation.

Bait the Hook with Phishing and Scam SPAM See how promises of a Nigerian treasury surplus or an uncollected lottery winning attract the unsuspecting.

Discover the Top Spoofed Spam Domains You may be surprised to know that the most commonly abused domains include Microsoft, Yahoo, and Ameritech locations.

Employ SPAM Forensics Track a spammer’s activities and build a fingerprint from the spam they send and the techniques they use.

Learn the Rules of the CAN-SPAM Act Find the teeth in the law to help protect both corporate and national security interests.

Create Messages that Get Read Only the best spammers have mastered the art of making the reader want to buy an otherwise useless product.

Learn how VoIP Spam May Be the Next Big Thing VoIP creates an IP address for your phone number, meaning most of the spammer’s e-mail techniques can be readily ported.

Your Solutions Membership Gives You Access to:

Comprehensive FAQ page that consolidates all of the key points of this book into an easy to search web page

“From the Author” Forum where the authors post timely updates and links to related sites

The complete code listings from the book

These downloadable e-booklets:

WarDriving: Learning to WarDrive

Hacking the Code: Managing Sessions

Cyber Adversary Characterization: Introduction to Auditing the Hacker Mind

Wireless Hacking: Building Outdoor Enclosures and Antenna Masts

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Credit Risk Scorecards: Developing and Implementing Intelligent Credit Scoring

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Praise for Credit Risk Scorecards

“Scorecard development is important to retail financial services in terms of credit risk management, Basel II compliance, and marketing of credit products. Credit Risk Scorecards provides insight into professional practices in different stages of credit scorecard development, such as model building, validation, and implementation. The book should be compulsory reading for modern credit risk managers.”

—Michael C. S. Wong Associate Professor of Finance, City University of Hong Kong Hong Kong Regional Director, Global Association of Risk Professionals

“Siddiqi offers a practical, step-by-step guide for developing and implementing successful credit scorecards. He relays the key steps in an ordered and simple-to-follow fashion. A ‘must read’ for anyone managing the development of a scorecard.”
—Jonathan G. Baum Chief Risk Officer, GE Consumer Finance, Europe

“A comprehensive guide, not only for scorecard specialists but for all consumer credit professionals. The book provides the A-to-Z of scorecard development, implementation, and monitoring processes. This is an important read for all consumer-lending practitioners.”
—Satinder Ahluwalia Vice President and Head-Retail Credit, Mashreqbank, UAE

“This practical text provides a strong foundation in the technical issues involved in building credit scoring models. This book will become required reading for all those working in this area.”
—J. Michael Hardin, PhD Professor of StatisticsDepartment of Information Systems, Statistics, and Management ScienceDirector, Institute of Business Intelligence

“Mr. Siddiqi has captured the true essence of the credit risk

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Trends in Communication Technologies and Engineering Science

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Introductory Econometrics: Using Monte Carlo Simulation with Microsoft Excel

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This highly accessible and innovative text (and accompanying CD-ROM) uses Excel (R) workbooks powered by Visual Basic macros to teach the core concepts of econometrics without advanced mathematics. It enables students to run monte Carlo simulations in which they repeatedly sample from artificial data sets in order to understand the data generating process and sampling distribution. Coverage includes omitted variables, binary response models, basic time series, and simultaneous equations. The authors teach students how to construct their own real-world data sets drawn from the internet, which they can analyze with Excel (R) or with other econometric software.

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Monte Carlo Simulation and Finance

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Monte Carlo methods have been used for decades in physics, engineering, statistics, and other fields. Monte Carlo Simulation and Finance explains the nuts and bolts of this essential technique used to value derivatives and other securities. Author and educator Don McLeish examines this fundamental process, and discusses important issues, including specialized problems in finance that Monte Carlo and Quasi-Monte Carlo methods can help solve and the different ways Monte Carlo methods can be improved upon. This state-of-the-art book on Monte Carlo simulation methods is ideal for finance professionals and students. Order your copy today.

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Modeling Risk: Applying Monte Carlo Simulation, Real Options Analysis, Forecasting, and Optimization Techniques

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This completely revised and updated edition of Applied Risk Analysis includes new case studies in modeling risk and uncertainty as well as a new risk analysis CD-ROM prepared by Dr. Mun. On the CD-ROM you’ll find his Risk Simulator and Real Options Super Lattice Solver software as well as many useful spreadsheet models.

“Johnathan Mun’s book is a sparkling jewel in my finance library. Mun demonstrates a deep understanding of the underlying mathematical theory in his ability to reduce complex concepts to lucid explanations and applications. For this reason, he’s my favorite writer in this field.”
—Janet Tavakoli, President, Tavakoli Structured Finance, Inc. and author of Collateralized Debt Obligations and Structured Finance

“A must-read for product portfolio managers . . . it captures the risk exposure of strategic investments, and provides management with estimates of potential outcomes and options for risk mitigation.”
—Rafael E. Gutierrez, Executive Director of Strategic Marketing and Planning, Seagate Technology, Inc.

“Once again, Dr. Mun has created a ‘must-have, must-read’ book for anyone interested in the practical application of risk analysis. Other books speak in academic generalities, or focus on one area of risk application. [This book] gets to the heart of the matter with applications for every area of risk analysis. You have a real option to buy almost any book?you should exercise your option and get this one!”
—Glenn Kautt, MBA, CFP, EA, President and Chairman, The Monitor Group, Inc.

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