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Future crimes : everything is connected, everyone is vulnerable and what we can do about it / Marc Goodman

By: Language: English Publication details: London : Gorgi Books, 2016Edition: Corgi editionDescription: 682 pages ; 20 cmISBN:
  • 9780552170802
  • 0552170801
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • HV 6773 G653f 2016
Contents:
Prologue: The irrational optimist: How I got this way A gathering storm. Connected, dependent, and vulnerable System crash Moore's outlaws You're not the customer, you're the product The surveillance economy Big data, big risk I.T. phones home In screen we trust Mo' screens, mo' problems The future of crime. Crime, Inc Inside the digital underground When all things are hackable Home hacked home Hacking you Rise of the machines: when cyber crime goes 3-D Next-generation security threats: Why cyber was only the beginning Surviving progress. Surviving progress The way forward Appendix: Everything's connected, everyone's vulnerable: Here's what you can do about it
Summary: "Technological advances have benefited our world in immeasurable ways, but there is an ominous flipside. Criminals are often the earliest, and most innovative, adopters of technology and modern times have led to modern crimes. Today's criminals are stealing identities, draining online bank-accounts and wiping out computer servers. It's disturbingly easy to activate baby cam monitors to spy on families, pacemakers can be hacked to deliver a lethal jolt, and thieves are analyzing your social media in order to determine the best time for a home invasion. Meanwhile, 3D printers produce AK-47s, terrorists can download the recipe for the Ebola virus, and drug cartels are building drones. This is just the beginning of the tsunami of technological threats coming our way. In Future Crimes, Marc Goodman rips open his database of hundreds of real cases to give us front-row access to these impending perils. Reading like a sci-fi thriller, but based in startling fact, Goodman raises tough questions about the expanding role of technology in our lives. Future Crimes is a call to action for better security measures worldwide, but most importantly, will empower readers to protect themselves against these looming technological threats before it's too late."-- Publisher's description
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Libro Libro Biblioteca Juan Bosch Biblioteca Juan Bosch Ciencias Sociales Ciencias Sociales (3er. Piso) HV 6773 G653f 2016 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 00000126891

subtitle on cover: Inside the digital underground and the battle for our connected world

Originally published: 2015

Prologue: The irrational optimist: How I got this way
A gathering storm. Connected, dependent, and vulnerable
System crash
Moore's outlaws
You're not the customer, you're the product
The surveillance economy
Big data, big risk
I.T. phones home
In screen we trust
Mo' screens, mo' problems
The future of crime. Crime, Inc
Inside the digital underground
When all things are hackable
Home hacked home
Hacking you
Rise of the machines: when cyber crime goes 3-D
Next-generation security threats: Why cyber was only the beginning
Surviving progress. Surviving progress
The way forward
Appendix: Everything's connected, everyone's vulnerable: Here's what you can do about it

"Technological advances have benefited our world in immeasurable ways, but there is an ominous flipside. Criminals are often the earliest, and most innovative, adopters of technology and modern times have led to modern crimes. Today's criminals are stealing identities, draining online bank-accounts and wiping out computer servers. It's disturbingly easy to activate baby cam monitors to spy on families, pacemakers can be hacked to deliver a lethal jolt, and thieves are analyzing your social media in order to determine the best time for a home invasion. Meanwhile, 3D printers produce AK-47s, terrorists can download the recipe for the Ebola virus, and drug cartels are building drones. This is just the beginning of the tsunami of technological threats coming our way. In Future Crimes, Marc Goodman rips open his database of hundreds of real cases to give us front-row access to these impending perils. Reading like a sci-fi thriller, but based in startling fact, Goodman raises tough questions about the expanding role of technology in our lives. Future Crimes is a call to action for better security measures worldwide, but most importantly, will empower readers to protect themselves against these looming technological threats before it's too late."-- Publisher's description

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