Spam Nation: The Inside Story of Organized Cybercrime―from Global Epidemic to Your Front Door - Couverture souple

Krebs, Brian

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1492603236 ISBN 13 : 9781492603238

Editeur : Sourcebooks, 2015

Synopsis

Now a New York Times bestseller!Winner of a 2015 Prose Award!There is a Threat Lurking Online with the Power to Destroy Your Finances, Steal Your Personal Data, and Endanger Your Life.In Spam Nation, investigative journalist and cybersecurity expert Brian Krebs unmasks the criminal masterminds driving some of the biggest spam and hacker operations targeting Americans and their bank accounts. Tracing the rise, fall, and alarming resurrection of the digital mafia behind the two largest spam pharmacies-and countless viruses, phishing, and spyware attacks-he delivers the first definitive narrative of the global spam problem and its threat to consumers everywhere.Blending cutting-edge research, investigative reporting, and firsthand interviews, this terrifying true story reveals how we unwittingly invite these digital thieves into our lives every day. From unassuming computer programmers right next door to digital mobsters like "Cosma"-who unleashed a massive malware attack that has stolen thousands of Americans' logins and passwords-Krebs uncovers the shocking lengths to which these people will go to profit from our data and our wallets.Not only are hundreds of thousands of Americans exposing themselves to fraud and dangerously toxic products from rogue online pharmacies, but even those who never open junk messages are at risk. As Krebs notes, spammers can-and do-hack into accounts through these emails, harvest personal information like usernames and passwords, and sell them on the digital black market. The fallout from this global epidemic doesn't just cost consumers and companies billions, it costs lives too.Fast-paced and utterly gripping, Spam Nation ultimately proposes concrete solutions for protecting ourselves online and stemming this tidal wave of cybercrime-before it's too late."Krebs's talent for exposing the weaknesses in online security has earned him respect in the IT business and loathing among cybercriminals... His track record of scoops...has helped him

A propos du livre

Revue de presse :

Krebs' guided tour of the cybercriminal underworld is a cautionary tale about menacing cultures of hackers, spammers and duplicitous digital network cybercrooks... an eye-opening, immensely distressing exposé on the current state of organized cyberspammers. --Kirkus

Armed with reams of information sent to him by feuding hackers and cybercrooks, Krebs explores just how and why these spammers get away with so much...By exposing our digital weaknesses and following the money, he presents a fascinating and entertaining cautionary tale. Krebs s work is timely, informative, and sadly relevant in our cyber-dependent age. --Publishers Weekly

Krebs' guided tour of the cybercriminal underworld is a cautionary tale about menacing cultures of hackers, spammers and duplicitous digital network cybercrooks... an eye-opening, immensely distressing exposé on the current state of organized cyberspammers. --Kirkus

Armed with reams of information sent to him by feuding hackers and cybercrooks, Krebs explores just how and why these spammers get away with so much...By exposing our digital weaknesses and following the money, he presents a fascinating and entertaining cautionary tale. Krebs s work is timely, informative, and sadly relevant in our cyber-dependent age. --Publishers Weekly

Présentation de l'éditeur :

There s an online epidemic that costs governments billions and threatens the personal security of consumers everywhere... This is the first insider look at the global drug-spam problem how it works, who buys, and who profits through the story of the world's two largest pharmacy spam operations. Blending cutting-edge research and first-hand interviews, award-winning reporter and cybercrime expert Brian Krebs delivers a riveting account of this spam empire and proposes concrete solutions for stopping it before it s too late.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Sourcebooks
• Date d'édition: 2015
• ISBN 10: 1492603236
• ISBN 13: 9781492603238
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 320