MARC GOODMAN has spent a career in law enforcement and technology. He has served as a street police officer, senior adviser to Interpol and futurist-in-residence with the FBI. As the founder of the Future Crimes Institute and the Chair for Policy, Law, and Ethics at Silicon Valley's Singularity University, he continues to investigate the intriguing and often terrifying intersection of science and security, uncovering nascent threats and combating the darker sides of technology.
NEW YORK TIMES and WALL STREET JOURNAL BESTSELLER
"Addictive....[I]ntroduces readers to this brave new world of
technology, where robbers have been replaced by hackers, and
victims include nearly anyone on the Web... He presents his myriad
hard-to-imagine cybercrime examples in the kind of matter-of-fact
voice he probably perfected as an investigator. He clearly wants us
never to look at our cellphones or Facebook pages in the same way
again -- and in this, Future Crimes succeeds marvelously."
-- The Washington Post "Excellent and timely...Mr. Goodman is no
neo-Luddite. He thinks innovations could ultimately lead to
self-healing computer networks that detect hackers and
automatically make repairs to shut them out. He rightly urges the
private and public sectors to work more closely together,
'crowdsourcing' ideas and know-how...The best time to start
tackling future crimes is now."
-- The Economist "This is a must-read!"
-- Larry King
"Future Crimes is a risk compendium for the Information Age....
Exhaustively researched.... Fascinating.... Thrilling to read"
-- San Francisco Chronicle "In Future Crimes, Goodman spills out
story after story about how technology has been used for illegal
ends...The author ends with a series of recommendations that, while
ambitious, appear sensible and constructive...Goodman's most
promising idea is the creation of a "Manhattan Project" for cyber
security...[Future Crimes is] a ride well worth taking if we are to
prevent the worst of his predictions from taking shape."
-- Financial Times
..".a superb new book..."
-- The Boston Globe "You couldn't ask for a better [cyber risk]
overview than Future Crimes."
-- Harvard Business Review "Marc Goodman is a go-to guide for all
who want a good scaring about the dark side of technology."
-- New Scientist "Utterly fascinating stuff... Goodman weds the joy
of geeky technology with the tension of true crime. The future of
crime prevention starts here."
-- NPR, San Francisco "A well-researched whirlwind tour of
internet-based crime."
-- Science Magazine
"By the middle of the first chapter you'll be afraid to turn on
your e-reader or laptop, and you'll be looking with deep suspicion
at your smartphone... [Goodman's] style is breezy but his approach
is relentless, as he leads you from the guts of the Target data
breach to the security vulnerabilities in social media...Mr.
Goodman argues convincingly that we are addressing exponential
growth in risky technologies with thinking that is, at best,
incremental.
--Pittsburgh Post-Gazette "OMG, this is a wakeup call. The outlaws
are running faster than the architects. Use this book to shake up
the companies you buy from, the device makers, telecom carriers,
and governments at all levels. Demand that they pay attention to
the realities of our new world as outlined within this thorough and
deep book. Marc Goodman will startle you with the ingenuity of the
bad guys. I'm a technological optimist. Now I am an eyes-wide-open
optimist."
-- Kevin Kelly, co-founder of Wired Magazine and bestselling author
of What Technology Wants "The hacks and heists detailed in Future
Crimes are the stuff of thrillers, but unfortunately, the world of
cybercrime is all too real. There could be no more sure-footed or
knowledgeable companion than Marc Goodman on this guided tour of
the underworld of the Internet. Everyone -- and the business world
especially -- should heed his advice."
-- Daniel H. Pink, New York Times bestselling author of Drive and
To Sell is Human "A riveting read."
-- Nassim Nicholas Taleb, professor of engineering at NYU and New
York Times bestselling author of The Black Swan
"From black ops to rogue bots and everything in between, Future
Crimes is a gripping must-read. Marc Goodman takes readers on a
brilliant, 'behind-the-screens' journey into the hidden world of
21st century criminal innovation, filled with one mind-boggling
example after another of what's coming next. Future Crimes raises
tough questions about the expanding role of technology in our lives
and the importance of managing it for the benefit of all humanity.
Even better, Goodman offers practical solutions so that we not only
survive progress, but thrive to an extent never previously
imagined."
-- Peter H. Diamandis, New York Times bestselling author of
Abundance; CEO, XPRIZE Foundation; Exec. Chairman, Singularity
University "Future Crimes reads like a collection of unusually
inventive, terrifying plots conjured up by the world's most
ingenious science fiction writer... except that almost every story
in this goosebump-raising book is happening all around us right
now. It's a masterful page-turner that warns of a hundred worst
case scenarios you've never thought of, while also -- thank
goodness -- offering bold and clever strategies to thwart
them."
-- Jane McGonigal, New York Times bestselling author of Reality is
Broken
"As Marc Goodman shows in this highly readable book, what is going
on in the background of your computer has turned the internet into
a fertile ground for massive crime...Future Crimes has the pace of
a sci-fi film but it's happening now."
-- Express UK
"As new loopholes open up in cyberspace, people inevitably find
ways to flow through them. Future-proof yourself by reading this
book. No one has a better vantage point than Goodman, and you won't
want to touch another keyboard until you know what's in these
pages."
--David Eagleman, New York Times bestselling author of
Incognito
"Future Crimes is the Must Read Book of the Year. Endlessly
fascinating, genuinely instructive, and truly frightening. Be
warned: Once you pick it up, you won't put it down. Super cool and
super interesting."
--Christopher Reich, New York Times bestselling author "Technology
has always been a double edged sword - fire kept us warm and cooked
our food but also burned down our villages. Marc Goodman provides a
deeply insightful view into our twenty-first century's fires. His
philosophy matches my own: apply the promise of exponentially
growing information technologies to overcome age old challenges of
humankind while at the same time understand and contain the perils.
This book provides a compelling roadmap to do just that."
-- Ray Kurzweil, inventor, author and futurist "Much has been
discussed regarding today's cybercrime threats as well as the
cybercriminals' modus operandi. What is lacking, however, is what
we can do about them. Mr. Marc Goodman's book Future Crimes brings
our global dialogue on safety and security to the next level by
exploring how potential criminals are exploiting new and emerging
technologies for their nefarious purposes. It provides a futuristic
perspective grounded on current case studies. Future Crime is an
essential read for law enforcers, corporations and the community
alike. It offers answers beyond what comes next to what we can do,
both individually and collectively, to secure ourselves and our
communities."
-- Khoo Boon Hui, former President of Interpol "A tour de force of
insight and foresight. Never before has somebody so masterfully
researched and presented the frightening extent to which current
and emerging technologies are harming national security, putting
people's lives at risk, eroding privacy, and even altering our
perceptions of reality. Future Crimes paints a sobering picture of
how rapidly evolving threats to technology can lead to disasters
that replicate around the world at machine speed. Goodman clearly
demonstrates that we are following a failed cybersecurity strategy
that requires new thinking rather than simply more frameworks, more
information sharing, and more money. Read this now, and then get
angry that we really haven't taken the technology threat seriously.
If the right people read Goodman's book and take action, it might
just save the world."
-- Steven Chabinsky, former Deputy Assistant Director of the FBI's
Cyber Division "As with Naomi Klein's This Changes Everything and
Robert Whitaker's Anatomy of an Epidemic, Future Crimes deserves a
prominent place in our front-line library. Goodman takes us behind
the computer screen to a dark world where Crime Inc. flourishes at
our expense. When the criminal mind conceives "what if" it is only
a matter of time before its dream becomes our nightmare. Goodman
urges us to take responsibility for this new world we are speeding
towards. If we don't perhaps the greater crime will be ours."
-- Ed Burns, co-creator of The Wire "This is a fantastic book and
one that should be read by every cyber crime fighter. Technology
breeds crime. . . it always has and always will. Unfortunately,
there will always be people willing to use technology in a negative
self serving way. Your only defense is the most powerful tool
available to you - education. Read Future Crimes and understand
your risks and how to combat them. The question I am most often
asked in my lectures is 'what's the next big crime?' The answer is
in this book."
-- Frank Abagnale, New York Times bestselling author of Catch Me If
You Can and Stealing Your Life "Hacking robots and bad guys using
AI and synthetic biology to carry out bad deeds may seem like
science fiction, but that is the real world of Future Crimes that
awaits us. Marc Goodman, one of the world's leading experts on the
field, takes the reader on a scary, but eye-opening tour of the
next generation nexus of crime, technology, and security."
-- PW Singer, New York Times bestselling author of Wired for War
"In this highly readable and exhaustive debut, [Marc Goodman]
details the many ways in which hackers, organized criminals,
terrorists and rogue governments are exploiting the vulnerability
of our increasingly connected society... Goodman suggests solid
actions to limit the impact of cybercrimes, ranging from increased
technical literacy of the public to a massive government 'Manhattan
Project' for cybersecurity to develop strategies against online
threats. A powerful wake-up call to pay attention to our online
lives."
-- Kirkus starred review "[A] hair-raising expos� of
cybercrime...Goodman's breathless but lucid account is good at
conveying the potential perils of emerging technologies in layman's
terms, and he sprinkles in deft narratives of the heists already
enabled by them...A timely wake-up call."
-- Publishers Weekly "Future Crimes is required reading for anyone
who wants to comprehend the rise of cyber crime in an age of mass
surveillance. Goodman goes beyond lurid headlines to explore the
implications of technologies that are transforming every industry
and society on Earth--in the process creating an ocean of real-time
personal data plied by businesses, governments, and criminals
alike. Far from a screed against tech, Marc Goodman's Future Crimes
is an eye-opening and urgent call to action to preserve the
benefits of our high-tech revolution."
-- Daniel Suarez, New York Times bestselling author of Daemon
"In the wake of North Korea's cyber-terrorist attack on Sony as
well as numerous hacker break-ins throughout the corporate world,
it's become increasingly obvious that neither governments nor
corporations are prepared for the onslaught of problems...Goodman
nails the issue and provides useful input on the changes needed to
make our systems and infrastructure more secure."
-- Inc.com
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