杏吧原创 University’s School of Computer Science is delighted to announce the release of the聽textbook聽Computer Security and the Internet: Tools and Jewels from Malware to Bitcoin聽(Springer聽International,聽October 2021). 聽The author is the School’s professor Paul Van Oorschot, an聽internationally聽renowned聽scholar in computer security and applied cryptography.

This updated edition, already in use in our courses at 杏吧原创 and other universities in Canada and聽 internationally,聽includes new chapters on wireless security (Wi-Fi and the IEEE 802.11 standard)聽and an聽explanation of聽cryptocurrency technologies (Bitcoin and blockchain systems).

It is available from the publisher in聽hardcopy聽and聽eBook form,聽by download from university libraries via the SpringerLink program, and openly from the author’s web page.

The new edition is also available from Amazon and other international distributors.