Darknet, Bitcoin, Fraud

Have you been hacked yet? You're next! The chances are you will be attacked, soon. This book shows you how you'll be targeted, and what you will hopefully do to prevent it.One in five people have already been hacked, and 25 million more are defrauded every year. You read about it in the news; emails from your bank, "Change your password! Use a VPN! Verify your account details!" These tiny cyber-attacks are typically interstate or international, and never prosecuted. Identities, credit cards, titles, even actual lives are stolen and traded online. Victims rarely find out until it's far too late, and then they are faced with a long, uphill battle. These people never fully recover from the assault.Cybercrime is rampant and just getting worse- the nation just doesn't have the resources to combat it. The federal hiring focus is on cyber-agents: they need more whitehat hackers to investigate and prevent these attacks. Meanwhile, every second another helpless victim is snared in the US alone.How does this happen? Who can do this? You can. Anybody can! It's easy, but we're lured into believing otherwise. This concise manual describes the simplicity of committing digital fraud. Knowledge is power; the last thing the FBI needs is more pressure to fix something they can't. Our ignorance and complacency is the underlying problem. The author seeks to change that. Take a few minutes and try on the black hat! Find out for yourself what it feels like, and learn how to protect yourself from online villains.Each chapter is designed to illustrate ease, simplicity, and security. A wide swath of topics introduce the reader to the hacker tools and methods of attack. Bitcoin transactions are described from start to finish, which is an essential component of Darknet purchases and money laundering. Secure communications and online privacy tactics are highlighted to enable further research (if desired). Many of the weaknesses in our online structures exploited by today's cyber-criminals are revealed within, and various means to defend yourself are spelled out.Links and references are included throughout to hold the reader's hand and expand their opportunities (should you feel the desire). Warning: hard truths within. This may shake you up (at least) a little.
About the Author: Chuck is a technical writer and penetration tester living in Orlando, FL. Involved in electronics and programming since 1978, his nearly four decades of experience started with a microcomputer boasting a 6502 microprocessor. After saving up $500 working in his father's TV repair shop, he embarked upon his digital adventures with a brand new OSI Model 500 - at age 12. He learned how to program through reverse engineering and the sparse documentation for the chipset. Binary and machine code became a second language, and soon BASIC. A few years later, courses at a community college expanded his knowledge to include PASCAL, which (in the Delphi implementation) became his language of choice for the next couple decades. Drawn to technology, he founded a chain of computer repair stores in 1993 and began writing computer utilities to assist those ends. This culminated in the paradigm shattering "Silent Sword" anti-malware program, and the security expertise further contained within his literary work.