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Spam nation : the inside story of organized cybercrime--from global epidemic to your front door
Title:
Spam nation : the inside story of organized cybercrime--from global epidemic to your front door
Author:
Krebs, Brian, author.
Personal Author:
Publication Information:
Naperville, Illinois : Sourcebooks, [2014]
Physical Description:
251 pages ; 24 cm
Summary:
Explores "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"--Amazon.com.
Language:
English
Contents:
Parasite -- Bulletproof -- The pharma wars -- Meet the buyers -- Russian roulette -- Partner(ka)s in (dis)organized crime -- Meet the spammers -- Old friends, bitter enemies -- Meeting in Moscow -- The antis -- Takedown -- Endgame -- A spam-free world: how you can protect yourself from cybercrime.
ISBN:
9781402295614
Format :
Book