Goodman gives us a much-needed reminder that all our wondrous technology can easily be turned against us.Įqually alarming are the stories in Swiped, a detailed account of how hackers steal information and identities by Adam Levin, a cofounder of. These are nightmare scenarios, and they’re no longer just science fiction.
Goodman also touches on the many threats inherent in artificial intelligence and biotech-two areas poised for enormous growth-from killer robots to plagues that are genetically engineered to attack a specific person (say, a sitting head of state). We have more than evil teakettles to reckon with, though. One of my favorite examples, from 2013, is Chinese irons and teakettles that were illicitly outfitted with Wi-Fi cards, allowing the appliances to secretly join their owners’ home networks and spread viruses and spam. Goodman spends several chapters, for instance, on gaping security holes in the internet of things.
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He provides jaw-dropping statistics (the best antivirus software catches only 5% of online threats 80% of hackers work for organized crime rings) and a strong point of view on where our future vulnerabilities lie. You couldn’t ask for a better overview than Future Crimes, by Marc Goodman, a cybercrime adviser to Interpol, the United Nations, and other institutions. Recent releases cover the many forms of cybercrime, why cybersecurity matters, and why both businesses and individuals need to take these issues seriously. And the latest series in the CSI television franchise? CSI: Cyber, starring Patricia Arquette and Ted Danson.īook publishers, too, are getting in on the action. Even baseball teams are hacking their rivals now.
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Media outlets are full of stories about retailers, governments, tech companies, celebrities, ordinary people-everything and everyone-getting hacked. Cybercrime is one of the hottest topics of the digital age.
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