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Cyberattaques vs Cybercriminalité: Which Should You Read?
Two cybersecurity books on Cybercrime, compared honestly: who each is for, what each does best, and which to read first.
A clear, journalistic decoding of the cyberattack ecosystem — ransomware gangs, state actors, and the economics and geopolitics behind the headlines — by one of France's best-known cyber experts.
Solange Ghernaouti's structured treatment of cybercrime — how it works, how to prevent it, how to respond — spanning technical, legal and organisational angles.
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Key takeaways
- The most accessible French overview of the modern threat ecosystem — ransomware, state actors, the underground economy.
- Billois is a working consultant, so the examples are grounded in real incident response, not theory.
- A great gateway book for non-technical decision-makers who need to grasp the stakes.
- A 2023 structured survey of cybercrime spanning technique, law and prevention — broad rather than deep.
- Strong on the legal and organisational response that purely technical books skip.
- A natural companion to Ghernaouti's Cybersécurité, focused on the criminal dimension.
How they compare
We rate Cyberattaques higher (4/5 against 3/5 for Cybercriminalité). For most readers, that means Cyberattaques is the primary pick and Cybercriminalité is a useful follow-up.
Cyberattaques is pitched at beginner level. Cybercriminalité is pitched at intermediate level. Read the easier one first if you're not yet comfortable with the topic.
Cyberattaques and Cybercriminalité both cover Cybercrime, Foundations, so reading them in sequence reinforces the same material from different angles.