First published 2009
Kevin Mitnick transforms his notorious hacking past into a mission to protect businesses and governments from cyber criminals. Building on his previous work about social engineering tactics, Mitnick now exposes actual computer intrusions that happened in the real world. His reputation in the hacker community opened doors that remain closed to other security experts. The perpetrators shared their methods freely, trusting Mitnick with details they would never reveal to law enforcement or corporate security teams. The book chronicles a diverse collection of break-ins, from friends who reverse-engineered Las Vegas slot machines to win nearly a million dollars, to teenagers recruited by terrorists to infiltrate Lockheed Martin systems. Mitnick examines prison hackers operating from inside a Texas correctional facility and follows a self-styled Robin Hood who breached corporate networks only to alert companies about their vulnerabilities. Each case study combines gripping narrative with practical security lessons, showing exactly how these intrusions succeeded and what countermeasures could have prevented them.
Genres: crime, non-fiction, 21st-century, computer-science
Vibes: suspenseful, thought-provoking
Tropes: real-life-events
Kindle Edition · Wiley, John & Sons, Incorporated