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

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. 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

There is a Threat Lurking Online 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. 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."Krebs's talent for exposing the weaknesses in online security has earned him respect in the IT business and loathing among cybercriminals.… His track record of scoops…has helped him become the rare blogger who supports himself on the strength of his reputation for hard-nosed reporting." —Bloomberg Businessweek. Tr

"SPAM Nation - Book Review: Ignore this book at your Peril" according to Mark Gibson. 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 dedicated to in-depth cyber-security news and investigation. Brian has become one of the most informed and pr. mjw said The first couple chapters read like a memoir and Brian takes numerous stabs at the. 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 criticism of The Post are generally related to appropriate vetting of sources and material. It's easy to u. "A deep dive for the right audience" according to Jay. 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 enthusiast might tell.Where the book does become a bit broader is in its definition of Spam, to include fraud & phi

" - 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 duplicitous digital network 'cybercrooks' an eye-opening, immensely distressing expose on the current state of organized cyberspammers. "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