Spam Nation Audiobook (Free)

There’s a Threat Lurking Online with the energy to Destroy FINANCES, Steal YOUR INDIVIDUAL Data, and Endanger Your Life. In Spam Country, investigative journalist and cybersecurity professional Brian Krebs unmasks the criminal masterminds driving a number of the biggest spam and hacker operations targeting Us citizens and their loan company 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- about Spam Country he delivers the first definitive narrative from the global spam issue and its risk to consumers almost everywhere. Blending cutting-edge research, investigative confirming, and firsthand interviews, this terrifying true story reveals how exactly we unwittingly request these digital thieves into our lives each day. From unassuming pc programmers right next door to digital mobsters like ‘Cosma’-who unleashed a massive malware attack that has stolen thousands of People in america’ logins and passwords-Krebs uncovers the shocking measures to which these people will head to benefit from our data and our wallets. Not merely are hundreds of thousands of People in america exposing themselves to scams and dangerously dangerous items from rogue online pharmacies, but even those who hardly ever open junk communications are in risk. As Krebs records, spammers can-and do-hack into accounts through these email messages, harvest personal information like usernames and passwords, and sell them within the digital black market. The fallout out of this global epidemic doesn’t just cost customers and companies billions, it costs lives as well. Fast-paced and absolutely gripping, Spam Country eventually proposes concrete solutions for safeguarding ourselves on the web and stemming this tidal wave of cybercrime-before it’s as well late. ‘Krebs’s skill for revealing the weaknesses in online protection has earned him respect in the IT business and loathing among cybercriminals.… His track record of scoops…provides helped him end up being the rare blogger who supports himself on the effectiveness of his popularity for hard-nosed confirming.’ -Bloomberg Businessweek