Fancy Bear se va de phishing : La oscura historia de la era de la información en cinco hackeos extraordinarios

It's a paradox of our times that we live in the information age but don't understand how it works. What if we knew more? In 'Fancy Bear Goes Phishing,' Scott J. Shapiro draws on his popular Yale hacking class to show that cybercrime has less to do with faulty programming than with the imperfect wiring of our psyche and culture. He tells the stories of notorious perpetrators, such as Robert Morris Jr., the graduate student who accidentally broke the internet in the 1980s, and the Bulgarian "Dark Avenger," who invented the first mutant computer virus engine. We also meet the sixteen-year-old from South Boston who took control of Paris Hilton's cell phone, the Russian intelligence agents who tried to interfere in a US election, and others. In recounting his stories, Shapiro exposes hackers' toolkits and reveals that cybercriminals not only misuse computer code but also exploit the philosophical principles of computing: the very characteristics that make computers possible also make hacking possible. He explains how our information society actually works, how our data is stored and manipulated, and why it is so vulnerable to exploitation. A blend of intellectual playfulness and dramatic true-crime narrative, 'Fancy Bear Goes Phishing' exposes the secrets of the digital age. Here you'll find hacking, espionage, warfare, and cybercrime like you've never read before.