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That makes book #10 on my plagiarism shelf, with 5 more in the to-do stack. WTB razors, emo music and vodka.
Over one year ago, we documented a case where Evans was plagiarizing content for his Twitter feed. Since then, he has demonstrated a clear pattern of plagiarism and copyright violation. Even after his ‘National CyberSecurity’ web site was ousted by GoDaddy for repeated copyright violations (scraping entire articles and re-posting without permission), Evans continues to do it.
This book may win for the worst copy/paste job in our brief plagiarism review history.. Sahil Khan is a moron.
mailto:sales@dpb.in cc:sahilkhan14@gmail.com bcc:errata[at]attrition.org re: http://is.gd/jOGCAx Khan didn’t reply when I mailed..
Sahil Khan mailed back. I asked if an ethical hacker would plagiarize. “No any sensible person will not do this”
He “appreciates my review” and would like to discuss it on Skype or phone. Telling him no, IM or e-mail. ACCOUNTABILITY BITCHEZ
[03-26 14:28] Sahil Khan: I will be very fair,I have used some materials from the internet.
[03-26 14:30] jericho: Second, will i find plagiarism in your other two books..
[03-26 14:30] Sahil Khan: Yes you will but not this much.
[03-26 14:37] Sahil Khan: How long will you keep this article in your website. [03-26 14:37] jericho: Forever.
*drumroll* … and we have plagiarism, a new author this time! working on the write-up this week.
Well it’s official. I’ve made it: Gregory D Evans has ripped off my work!
“Computer Networking Handbook” (ISBN: 978-1-58909-666-0) is a 48 page book that “has a simple approach to computer networking, protocols and network hardware”. The book is published by Bookstand Publishing (a company that facilitates self publishing), authored by Dr. Ali Jahangiri, with a cover price of $19.95. At roughly 41 cents a page, this book is costly by most standards.
… anyone have a copy to donate?
… and yet another book ordered. i’d bet a nickel or two it will end up on the plagiarism list.
Per several users’ request.
Update: With the Wish List posting, donations to cover Errata book reviews have doubled in total. Wow. Thank you!
“Network Intrusion Alert: An Ethical Hacking Guide to Intrusion Detection” written by Ankit Fadia and Manu Zacharia (ISBN 1598634143 and 9781598634143) contains significant amounts of plagiarized material. Published in 2008, the book uses material from a wide variety of sources to varying degrees. In many cases, entire paragraphs are used with little or no alteration, and no citation or credit. This large-scale plagiarism is detailed below. The book, published by Thomson Course Technology, was technically reviewed by Arlie Hartman, who apparently did not check if the material was original.
Ankit Fadia’s career is built on the cornerstone of him writing a ‘hacking’ book when he was 14, which he used as a means of establishing his expertise on the subject of computer security. Since the book ‘Unofficial Guide to Ethical Hacking’ (ISBN 0333 93679 5) was published in 2001, Fadia has not been able to keep sales figures straight…