Why would we want to talk with the author of a "techno-thriller" about computer hackers (sample line: "Meet the kamikaze of computer invaders… the worm")?
Mr. Schneier, who is a computer scientist and the author of a best-selling technical book, "Applied Cryptography," has recently transformed his small consulting practice into an Internet alarm company backed by venture capitalists.
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In 2007, Swedish experts identified a Russian hacker known only by his colorful sobriquet -- The Corpse -- as the author of a virus that logged keystrokes on personal computers to capture passwords for Nordea, a Swedish bank, which were drained of a total of about $1 million.
In 2007, Swedish experts identified a Russian hacker known only by his colorful sobriquet — the Corpse — as the author of a virus that logged keystrokes on personal computers to capture passwords for Nordea, a Swedish bank, and the accounts were drained of about $1 million.
Daniel Barrett Auburndale, Mass., March 17, 2006 The writer, a computer scientist, is the author of six computer books.
Peter Kappler, the author of the computer program Grok, researched or created the games used in the movie.
He is also the author of two computer science textbooks.
Providing a smorgasbord of games in one is a trend among game manufacturers, said Ted Friedman, an associate professor of communication at Georgia State University and the author of "Electric Dreams: Computers in American Culture".
The author of the article, Lance Fortnow, a computer scientist at Northwestern University McCormick School of Engineering, initially told Dr. Vardi that the article would be a short one.
