Zero Day Threat The Shocking Truth of How Banks and Credit Bureaus Help Cyber Crooks Steal Your Money and Identity

Name: Zero Day Threat The Shocking Truth of How Banks and Credit Bureaus Help Cyber Crooks Steal Your Money and Identity
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ISBN: 9781402756955

ISBN-10: 140275695X

ISBN-13: 9781402756955

Edition: 2008

Authors: Byron Acohido, Jon Swartz

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"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..." 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. "USA Today" 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…

Book details

List price: $19.95
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: Union Square Press
Publication date: 4/1/2008
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 304
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 1.25" tall
Weight: 1.342
Language: English



Prologue


Introduction



Built for Speed



System Stimulation



System Fissures



Self-Anointed Avenger



The Convenience Quotient



Predators and Opportunists



Perpetuating Errors



Cost of Doing Business



Vulgar Cheats and Swindles



Hungry Sharks



Perception Challenge



Larger Rings



Public Acceptance



Gaps in the System



Keys to the Puzzle



Self-Contained Units



Under Siege



What Must Be Done


Epilogue



Personal Security and Advocacy



Survey of Security Experts


Glossary


A Note on Sourcing


Acknowledgments


Index


About the Authors