There is a Threat Lurking Online with the Power to Destroy Your Finances, Steal YOUR INDIVIDUAL Data, and Endanger YOUR DAILY LIFE. In Spam Nation, investigative journalist and cybersecurity expert Brian Krebs unmasks the legal masterminds driving some of the biggest spam and hacker functions targeting People in america and their standard bank accounts. Tracing the rise, fall, and alarming resurrection from the digital mafia behind both largest spam pharmacies-and countless infections, phishing, and spy ware attacks- about Spam Nation he delivers the first definitive narrative of the global spam problem and its threat to consumers all over the place. Blending cutting-edge study, investigative confirming, and firsthand interviews, this terrifying accurate story reveals how we unwittingly request these digital thieves into our lives every day. From unassuming pc programmers right next door to digital mobsters like ‘Cosma’-who unleashed a massive malware attack which has stolen a large number 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 Us citizens revealing themselves to fraud and dangerously dangerous items from rogue online pharmacies, but also those who never open junk communications are at risk. As Krebs notes, spammers can-and do-hack into accounts through these emails, harvest private information like usernames and passwords, and sell them over the digital dark marketplace. The fallout out of this global epidemic doesn’t simply cost customers and businesses billions, it costs lives too. Fast-paced and absolutely gripping, Spam Country eventually proposes concrete solutions for protecting ourselves on-line and stemming this tidal influx of cybercrime-before it’s as well late. ‘Krebs’s skill for exposing the weaknesses in online protection offers gained him respect in the IT business and loathing among cybercriminals.… His history of scoops…provides helped him end up being the rare blogger who facilitates himself on the effectiveness of his status for hard-nosed reporting.’ -Bloomberg Businessweek