{"product_id":"9781402756955","title":"Zero Day Threat: The Shocking Truth of How Banks and Credit Bureaus Help Cyber Crooks Steal Your Money and Identity","description":"“If you bank or manage your stocks online, you have to read this book. Cyberspace is making all sorts of things possible. Unfortunately, among them are fraud, theft, and espionage—all of which can directly impact you.”--Richard Clarke, noted counterterrorism expert and bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eAgainst All Enemies\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003eA white-collar true-crime story, \u003ci\u003eZero Day Threat\u003c\/i\u003e is a powerful investigative expose on bank and lending policies that actually facilitate ID theft and fraud. \u003ci\u003eUSA Today\u003c\/i\u003e reporters Acohido and Swartz reveal the many ways that established corporations and technology giants (including Bank of America, Microsoft, and Google) have fixated on the Internet to maximize their profits, heedless of increased risks to customers. While examining the exploding range of hidden Internet hazards, they reveal the ways in which cyber crooks nab identity data--such as Dumpster diving for bountiful paper trash that offers account user names, passwords and Social Security numbers--and then exploit that information through channels opened up by careless corporate policies. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUsing real-life examples of those who have endured the nightmare of a stolen identity, \u003ci\u003eZero Day Threat\u003c\/i\u003e organizes its narrative around three central archetypes: \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Exploiters: The drug addicts, scam artists, and crime lords who carry out the gritty aspects of data theft and financial fraud; \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Enablers: The credit card companies, banks, and credit bureaus who broker data; \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Expediters: The technology experts running the gamut from good guys like Bill Gates to the devious virus writers and database hackers always on the alert for fresh flaws.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003eIntended not merely to alarm, but to illuminate, \u003ci\u003eZero Day Threat\u003c\/i\u003e exposes how lawbreakers do their dirty work, and how corporations help them do it. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Union Square Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47059098599664,"sku":"9781402756955","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781402756955_p0.jpg?v=1763770729","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781402756955","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}