Spam Nation: The Inside Story of Organized Cybercrimeâfrom Global Epidemic to Your Front Door
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| Rating | : | 4.64 (818 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1501210424 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 271 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-12-30 |
| Language | : | English |
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. He has been profiled in the New York Times and Bloomberg Businessweek and has appeared on the Today Show, Good Morning America, CNN, NPR, Fox, ABC News, in the Wall Street Journal, Forbes, and more. For fourteen years, Krebs was a reporter for the Washington Post, where he authored the acclaimed Security Fix blog. Brian Krebs is an award-winning journalist and founder of the highly acclaimed cybersecurity blog KrebsOnSecurity
Mark Gibson said SPAM Nation - Book Review: Ignore this book at your Peril. Spam Nation: The Inside Story of Organized Cybercrime-from Global Epidemic to Your Front DoorBrian Krebs is an investigative journalist and former Washington Post staff reporter, where he covered Internet security, technology policy, cybercrime and privacy issues for the newspaper and website.Brian left the Washington Post after editorial management at WP decided that Cybercrime was an area that was a little too risky for its appetite.Brian went on to found his own Website krebsonsecurity.com a daily blog ded. The first couple chapters read like a memoir and Brian takes numerous stabs at the mjw As an infosec professional, I've been a fan of Brian's writing for a long time. Because I admire his blog so much, I very much looked forward to reading Spam Nation. Unfortunately, the book isn't well executed. The editors either pushed too hard or not enough. The first couple chapters read like a memoir and Brian takes numerous stabs at the Washington Post and the media in general. This commentary is misplaced. There's a good deal wrong with newspapers but that's off topic and seems overly personal. Brian's . Jay said A deep dive for the right audience. The writer focuses less on the concept of Spam itself, and more on his own personal involvement (from his difficulties in publishing articles in major media outlets, to his own conversations with spammers, to his findings traversing through online forums for information).This gives the story told in the book a certain granularity by extracting sub stories from the bigger picture. It’s written more like an extended piece by an investigative journalist, and less like the work that a historian or enthusias
"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 muchBy exposing our digital weaknesses and following the money, he presents a fascinating and entertaining cautionary tale. " - Kirkus" . 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 du
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. 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 ever