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Zero Day Threat
April 9, 2008
Someone just brought this newly-published book to my attention: Zero Day Threat: The Shocking Truth of How Banks and Credit Bureaus Help Cyber Crooks Steal Your Money and Identity, by Byron Acohido and Jon Swartz (tech reporters for USA Today) and it strikes me as a title readers of this column will want to know about.
The publisher characterizes the book thusly: “A white-collar true-crime story, Zero Day Threat is a powerful investigative expose on bank and lending policies that actually facilitate ID theft and fraud,” and their synopsis goes on further to note: “No matter how careful and tech-savvy you are, no matter if you rarely use a computer, you are more likely than ever to have your credit or debit card numbers usurped, to have cash surreptitiously transferred out of one of your financial accounts, or to have someone snatch up the proceeds of a loan by piggybacking on your credit history....”
There’s an excerpt from the book on the Wired site, and the Prologue is available at the Zero Day Threat web site, where you’ll find lots of related information, including links to stories the two authors have written on cyber-crime, and testimonials about the book from other writers and individuals prominent in the cyber industry.
Given the questions we routinely get from users about the relative security and vulnerability of online systems, this seems like a book librarians should know about. At the time of this writing, WorldCat lists only 5 libraries as owning it, but it’s available at Amazon and Barnes and Noble. I’m asking for a copy at my local library, and I’d be interested to hear from readers who’ve read it.
More as it happens (in a supposedly secure socket?),
Cheryl
Posted by Cheryl LaGuardia on April 9, 2008 | Comments (0)
