Kingpin: How One Hacker Took Over the Billion-Dollar Cybercrime Underground
By: Kevin Poulsen
4.12
Format: None pages, Hardcover
Former hacker Kevin Poulsen has, over the past decade, built a reputation as one of the top investi…
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1. The Art of Invisibility: The World's Most Famous Hacker Teaches You How to Be Safe in the Age of Big Brother and Big Data
By: Kevin D. Mitnick , Robert Vamosi
3.98
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
Kevin Mitnick, the world's most famous hacker, teaches you easy cloaking and counter-measures for c… read more
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- computers
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"In the midst of this culture of openness and sharing, we need to think carefully about the information we're volunteering to the world. Sometimes the world is listening."-Kevin D. Mitnick, The Art of Invisibility: The World's Most Famous Hacker Teaches You How to Be Safe in the Age of Big Brother and Big Data
2. The Art of Deception: Controlling the Human Element of Security
By: Kevin D. Mitnick , William L. Simon , Steve Wozniak , William L. Simon
3.76
Format: 352 pages, Paperback
The world's most infamous hacker offers an insider's view of the low-tech threats to high-tech secu… read more
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"Beware of geeks bearing gifts"-Kevin D. Mitnick, The Art of Deception: Controlling the Human Element of Security
"Il fattore umano è l'anello più debole della sicurezza"-Kevin D. Mitnick, The Art of Deception: Controlling the Human Element of Security
3. Countdown to Zero Day: Stuxnet and the Launch of the World's First Digital Weapon
By: Kim Zetter
4.17
Format: 406 pages, Hardcover
In January 2010, inspectors with the International Atomic Energy Agency noticed that centrifuges at… read more
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- computers
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"The nations, of course, that are most at risk of a destructive digital attack are the ones with the greatest connectivity. Marcus Ranum, one of the early innovators of the computer firewall, called S…"-Kim Zetter, Countdown to Zero Day: Stuxnet and the Launch of the World's First Digital Weapon
4. Ghost in the Wires: My Adventures as the World's Most Wanted Hacker
By: Kevin D. Mitnick , William L. Simon , Steve Wozniak
4.12
Format: None pages, Hardcover
Kevin Mitnick was the most elusive computer break-in artist in history. He accessed computers and n… read more
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5. Kingpin: How One Hacker Took Over the Billion-Dollar Cybercrime Underground
By: Kevin Poulsen
4.12
Format: None pages, Hardcover
Former hacker Kevin Poulsen has, over the past decade, built a reputation as one of the top investi… read more
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- true crime
- nonfiction
- crime
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6. Hackers: Heroes of the Computer Revolution
By: Steven Levy
4.16
Format: 354 pages, Paperback
A mere fifteen years ago, computer nerds were seen as marginal weirdos, outsiders whose world would… read more
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7. Daemon (Daemon #1)
By: Daniel Suarez
3.40
Format: None pages, Mass Market Paperback
A high-tech thriller for the wireless age that explores the unthinkable consequences of a computer … read more
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8. The Art of Intrusion: The Real Stories Behind the Exploits of Hackers, Intruders & Deceivers
By: Kevin D. Mitnick , William L. Simon
4.15
Format: 200 pages, Paperback
Hacker extraordinaire Kevin Mitnick delivers the explosive encore to his bestselling The Art of Dec… read more
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9. The Cuckoo's Egg: Tracking a Spy Through the Maze of Computer Espionage
By: Clifford Stoll
4.15
Format: 200 pages,
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10. American Kingpin: The Epic Hunt for the Criminal Mastermind Behind the Silk Road
By: Nick Bilton
4.40
Format: 328 pages, Hardcover
The unbelievable true story of the man who built a billion-dollar online drug empire from his bedro… read more
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"It was time to bring in the people with the calculators."-Nick Bilton, American Kingpin: The Epic Hunt for the Criminal Mastermind Behind the Silk Road
"This is one of those rare government buildings in which someone who uses a calculator for a living can wield more power than a person who carries a gun."-Nick Bilton, American Kingpin: The Epic Hunt for the Criminal Mastermind Behind the Silk Road
11. We Are Anonymous: Inside the Hacker World of LulzSec, Anonymous, and the Global Cyber Insurgency
By: Parmy Olson
4.49
Format: 563 pages, Hardcover
A thrilling, exclusive expose of the hacker collectives Anonymous and LulzSec. WE ARE ANONYMOUS is … read more
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12. Takedown: The Pursuit and Capture of Kevin Mitnick, America's Most Wanted Computer Outlaw - By the Man Who Did It
By: John Markoff , None
3.00
Format: 24 pages, Paperback
The dramatic true story of the capture of the world's most wanted cyberthief by brilliant computer … read more
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13. The Innovators: How a Group of Hackers, Geniuses and Geeks Created the Digital Revolution
By: Walter Isaacson
3.82
Format: 148 pages, Hardcover
The computer and the internet are among the most important innovations of our era, but few people k… read more
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14. Permanent Record
By: Edward Snowden
4.30
Format: 339 pages, Hardcover
Edward Snowden, the man who risked everything to expose the US government’s system of mass surveill… read more
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"The government should be afraid of the people, the people shouldn't be afraid of the government."-Edward Snowden, Permanent Record
"This was the ultimate leap of faith, in a way: I could hardly trust anyone, so I had to trust everyone."-Edward Snowden, Permanent Record
"A little bit of math can accomplish what all the guns and barbed wire can't: a little bit of math can keep a secret."-Edward Snowden, Permanent Record
"The reason you're reading this book is that I did a dangerous thing for a man in my position: I decided to tell the truth."-Edward Snowden, Permanent Record
15. A Hacker's Mind: How the Powerful Bend Society's Rules, and How to Bend them Back
By: Bruce Schneier
3.73
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
It’s not just computers―hacking is everywhere. Legendary cybersecurity expert and New York Times… read more
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- computers
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16. Sandworm: A New Era of Cyberwar and the Hunt for the Kremlin's Most Dangerous Hackers
By: Andy Greenberg
4.36
Format: 368 pages, Kindle Edition
A chilling, globe-spanning detective story, tracking an elite group of Russian hackers and the futu… read more
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17. Tracers in the Dark: The Global Hunt for the Crime Lords of Cryptocurrency
By: Andy Greenberg
4.50
Format: 367 pages, Hardcover
Over the last decade, a single innovation has massively fueled digital black markets: cryptocurrenc… read more
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18. This Is How They Tell Me the World Ends: The Cyberweapons Arms Race
By: Nicole Perlroth
4.34
Format: 528 pages, Hardcover
From The New York Times cybersecurity reporter Nicole Perlroth, the untold story of the cyberweapon… read more
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- history
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"Finding a zero day is a little like entering God mode in a video game. Once hackers have figured out the commands or written the code to exploit it, they can scamper through the world's computer netw…"-Nicole Perlroth, This Is How They Tell Me the World Ends: The Cyberweapons Arms Race
19. The Ransomware Hunting Team: A Band of Misfits' Improbable Crusade to Save the World from Cybercrime
By: Renee Dudley
3.88
Format: 357 pages, Hardcover
A real-life technological thriller about a band of eccentric misfits taking on the biggest cybersec… read more
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20. The Mastermind: Drugs. Empire. Murder. Betrayal.
By: Evan Ratliff
4.04
Format: 480 pages, Hardcover
The incredible true story of the decade-long quest to bring down Paul Le Roux—the creator of a frig… read more
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21. Cult of the Dead Cow: How the Original Hacking Supergroup Might Just Save the World
By: Joseph Menn
3.75
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
The shocking untold story of the elite secret society of hackers fighting to protect our privacy, o… read more
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"Security is about how you configure power, and who has access to what. That is political,"-Joseph Menn, Cult of the Dead Cow: How the Original Hacking Supergroup Might Just Save the World
"If the combination of mindless, profit-seeking algorithms, dedicated geopolitical adversaries, and corrupt US opportunists over the past few years has taught us anything, it is that serious applied t…"-Joseph Menn, Cult of the Dead Cow: How the Original Hacking Supergroup Might Just Save the World
