The Language of Cyber Attacks: A Rhetoric of Deception

Aaron Mauro
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Many cyberattacks begin with a lure: a seemingly innocent message designed to establish trust with a target to obtain sensitive information or compromise a computer system. The perils of clicking an unknown link or divulging sensitive information via email are well-known, so why do we continue to fall prey to these malicious messages? This groundbreaking book examines the rhetoric of deception through the lure, asking where its all-too-human allure comes from and suggesting ways in which we can protect ourselves online.

Examining practices and tools such as phishing, ransomware and clickbait, this book uses case studies of notorious cyberattacks by both cyber criminals and nation-states on organizations such Facebook, Google, and the US Department of Defence, and in-depth, computational analyses of the messages themselves to unpack the rhetoric of cyberattacks. In doing so, it helps us to understand the small but crucial moments of indecision that pervade one of the most common forms of written communication.

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城市拾遺 : 探尋港九歷史遺跡

陳天權
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歷史建築研究者陳天權，穿梭大街小巷，帶領大家尋覓隱沒於港九都市某個角落的歷史遺跡蹤影。

今天香港僥倖留存下來的文物建築，大多數已獲評級，成為珍貴的文化遺產，但隨着城市發展，一些構築物或舊物，例如牌坊、門樓、界石、奠基石、紀念碑和雕像等，卻因不屬於建築物而被大家忽略。當中包括物件（如十九世紀的八角形鐵水缸）、構築物（如戰時公共食堂和爐灶、子午線標記石柱）、遺址（如兵頭花園的神社遺跡、英華女學校幼稚園校舍），它們與建築物一樣，可以讓人回望過去，了解城市發展的因由，每一件的背後，都能道出一段引人入勝的故事。

本書精選四十項港九市區「非建築類別」遺跡加以介紹，可為我們深入接觸香港歷史，提供一些線索。

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Superagency: What Could Possibly Go Right with Our AI Future

Reid Hoffman, Greg Beato
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Instant New York Times and USA Today Bestseller.

Tech visionary and co-founder of Manas AI Reid Hoffman shares his unique insider’s perspective on an AI-powered future, making the case for its potential to unlock a world of possibilities.

"An essential companion." — Fei-Fei Li
"An important read." —Bill Gates
"Brilliant mind. Compassionate heart. Bold ideas…Read this book!” —Van Jones
"Refreshingly optimistic and welcome perspective." — Ariana Huffington
"A fascinating and insightful book." —Yuval Noah Harari

As taught at UPenn's Wharton and Stanford.

Superagency offers a roadmap for using AI inclusively and adaptively to improve our lives and create positive change. While acknowledging challenges like disinformation and potential job changes, the book focuses on AI’s immense potential to increase individual agency and create better outcomes for society as a whole.

Imagine AI tutors personalizing education for each child, researchers rapidly discovering cures for diseases like Alzheimer's and cancer, and AI advisors empowering people to navigate complex systems and achieve their goals. Hoffman and co-author, tech and culture writer Greg Beato envision a world where these possibilities, and many more, become a reality.

Superagency challenges conventional fears, inviting us to view the future through a lens of opportunity, rather than fear. It’s a call to action – to embrace AI with excitement and actively shape a world where human ingenuity and the power of AI combine to create something extraordinary.

Entrepreneur Reid Hoffman is a co-founder of LinkedIn, Inflection AI, and Manas AI. He is also host of the podcasts Possible and Masters of Scale.

(Excerpt from amazon.com)

中文學術寫作入門

范家偉
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本書作者范家偉博士任教本地大學多年，發現修讀文史的本科生普遍缺乏論文寫作的基礎和系統的訓練，因而撰寫本書，輔助大學新生掌握學期論文的寫作技巧與規範。

全書分為十二部分，扼要講解撰寫學期論文的要點，包括學術倫理的規範及意義、論文架構、尋找題目的方法、搜集資料的途徑、徵引資料的原則、撰寫論文的注意事項（事實查證、章節連繫、修飾行文等）、參考書目與注釋的寫法、怎樣閱讀古籍等，內容全面而實用，解說層次分明。作者從自身的治學經驗出發，配以大量具針對性的例子，令讀者更易於掌握論文寫作的竅門。

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The Lost Bookshop

Evie Woods
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‘The thing about books,’ she said ‘is that they help you to imagine a life bigger and better than you could ever dream of.’

On a quiet street in Dublin, a lost bookshop is waiting to be found …

For too long, Opaline, Martha and Henry have been the side characters in their own lives.

But when a vanishing bookshop casts its spell, these three unsuspecting strangers will discover that their own stories are every bit as extraordinary as the ones found in the pages of their beloved books. And by unlocking the secrets of the shelves, they find themselves transported to a world of wonder… where nothing is as it seems.

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雲端封建時代 : 串流平台與社群媒體背後的經濟學 (Technofeudalism: What Killed Capitalism)

雅尼斯．瓦魯法克斯 (Yanis Varoufakis)
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《紐約時報》暢銷第1名的經濟學家、我們這時代的修昔底德
雅尼斯．瓦魯法克斯 Yanis Varoufakis 最爆炸性的話題之作

※臺灣中文版作者序

全球大流行的疫情、抖音的崛起與無止境的金融危機，在在分散了我們對全球經濟運作方式的注意。藏在資本主義的外皮底下，一種更可怕的全新階級制度正在悄悄成形，名為「科技封建主義」。

今天，大型科技企業正在匯聚史無前例的龐大資金，打造屬於自己的網路雲端領地，進而獲得不成比例的現實權力。當數位平台掏空市場，雲端租金取代了利潤，而馬斯克或祖克柏這樣的科技巨擘成為新世界的封建領主，我們這些早已離不開社群媒體、串流平台與第三方支付的一般人，就成了數位時代的農奴：像農奴一樣辛勤勞動，以換取地主提供的各項服務。這就是雲端封建時代的真相。

希臘前財政部長雅尼斯．瓦魯法克斯將在本書中呈現，這種更險惡的可怕制度究竟是如何取代掉傳統的資本主義，威脅到我們習以為常的民主自由制度，促成了美中新冷戰的全球格局，甚至是永遠改變了我們所生活在其中的世界。

作為二十一世紀最重要的激進經濟思想家，作者也試圖對這一劃時代變革提供解方與指引。資本主義為何死去？世界為何走向科技封建主義？如何在一切太遲之前，阻止狀況惡化下去？本書將透過一段段平易近人的父子對話，帶領讀者一步步理解這些變化究竟是如何發生，以及身為小老百姓的我們，如何能夠奪回屬於自己的權力。

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