Spam Nation: The Inside Story of Organized Cybercrime—from Global Epidemic to Your Front Door

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Brian Krebs

Spam Nation

The Inside Story of Organized Cybercrime—from Global Epidemic to Your Front Door

Brian Krebs

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English

Sourcebooks, Inc
01 May 2015

Society & Social Sciences; Crime & criminology; Computer security

"An expose of the global cybercrime epidemic and its threat to consumers everywhere

A New York Times bestseller and winner of a 2015 Prose Award!

There is a threat lurking online. A secret war 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."

By: Brian Krebs
Imprint: Sourcebooks, Inc
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 210mm, Width: 140mm, Spine: 20mm
Weight: 413g
ISBN: 9781492603238
ISBN 10: 1492603236
Pages: 304
Publication Date: 01 May 2015
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

BRIAN KREBS is an award-winning journalist and founder of the highly acclaimed cybersecurity blog KrebsonSecurity.com. For 14 years, Krebs was a reporter for The Washington Post, where he authored the popular Security Fix blog. He has appeared on CNN, NPR, Fox, the Wall Street Journal, Forbes, and more and has been profiled by the New York Times and Bloomberg Businessweek.

Reviews for Spam Nation: The Inside Story of Organized Cybercrime—from Global Epidemic to Your Front Door

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 expose on the current state of organized cyberspammers. - Kirkus