Moving Target

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ISBN: 9798995839736

The Obedient Machine

Dean Mauro

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Cyber Crime Junkies Media
21 April 2026

True crime; Corporate crime; Organised crime; Criminal law & procedure; IT & Communications law

Series: The Moving Target Trilogy

Stevie Parker survived Book One. She changed her passwords. She got skeptical. She stopped being the easiest target on the street.

Then her company adopted AI, and she had to learn a completely different lesson.

AI is not evil. It is obedient. It does exactly what you tell it to do. It also does exactly what you fail to tell it not to do. The criminals understood that before most organizations did. They are using your tools, your voice, your face, and your trust against you

- and they are doing it at a scale and speed that no human team can match without the right systems watching.

Moving Target: The Obedient Machine follows Stevie through the next phase of the threat - artificial intelligence deployed without governance, inside an organization that does not fully understand what it just turned on. A private equity deal is on the table. The pressure to move fast is real. And somewhere inside the network, a breach from months ago is quietly waiting.

Alongside Stevie's story, each chapter pulls back the curtain on a real criminal operation: synthetic identity fraud, AI-generated deepfakes used to impersonate executives, voice cloning, ransomware detonating during due diligence, and the governance failures that made all of it possible. Every crime in this book happened. Only Stevie is composite.

What You Will Learn

Why AI adoption without governance is an open door for criminals How deepfakes and voice cloning are being used against businesses right now What synthetic identity fraud looks like from the inside

The machine is obedient. The question is who it is obeying.

The Moving Target Trilogy

Book 1 - Moving Target: The Art of Online Camouflage - Available now. Cybercrime, identity targeting, and the basics that actually work.

Book 2 - Moving Target: The Obedient Machine - The book you are holding. AI deployed without governance, ransomware, deepfakes, and the leadership failures that make it all possible.

Book 3 - Moving Target: Ghost and the Machine - Coming late 2026. Stevie goes dark. The complete arc from targeted to invisible.

By: Dean Mauro
Imprint: Cyber Crime Junkies Media
Volume: 2
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm, Spine: 16mm
Weight: 440g
ISBN: 9798995839736
Series: The Moving Target Trilogy
Pages: 202
Publication Date: 21 April 2026
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Dean Mauro is an experienced Cybersecurity and AI Security expert. Member of FBI InfraGard. VP of Growth at NetGain Technologies. Host of Cyber Crime Junkies Podcast. Other books in this trilogy include Book One: Moving Target: The Art of Online Camouflage (available now everywhere) Book Three: Moving Target: Ghost and the Machine (Coming Later 2026) All are Written and narrated by David Dean Mauro. Published by David Dean Mauro & Cyber Crime Junkies Media. Copyright 2026. All rights reserved.

Reviews for Moving Target: The Obedient Machine

""A look behind the curtain most SMBs don't want to acknowledge. Relevant, timely, and pressing. These are lessons in how easy it is to be a victim."" -Matthew Rosenquist, CISO, Former Intel ""Dean Mauro makes cybercrime understandable without making it simplistic. A sharp, relatable guide to how modern cybercrime really works and how our mindset needs to change today."" -Dr. Sergio Sanchez, CISO Healthcare, Former Activision and Apple ""The operational details he lays out are accurate. He wrote it for the people who actually need it. Buy it for someone you have been trying to get to take this seriously.""-Jon DiMaggio, Cybersecurity Intelligence Analyst ""A punch in the face that reads like fiction. Moving Target pulls you in like a story right up until a door opens that looks like your door. This is a world where criminals aren't picking you - they're just pulling handles until something opens. And most of us are still unlocked. A thriller that actually teaches you how the world works now. No jargon. No fluff. Just clarity."" -Mike Acerra, CEO LUXBLOX, Author