Over the weekend I received a nice holiday letter from lawyers representing Sony Pictures Entertainment , demanding that I cease publishing detailed stories about the company’s recent hacking and delete any company data collected in the process of reporting on the breach. While I have not been the most prolific writer about this incident to date, rest assured such threats will not deter this reporter from covering important news and facts related to the breach. A letter from Sony’s lawyers
Be Wary of ‘Order Confirmation’ Emails
If you receive an email this holiday season asking you to “confirm” an online e-commerce order or package shipment, please resist the urge to click the included link or attachment: Malware purveyors and spammers are blasting these missives by the millions each day in a bid to trick people into giving up control over their computers and identities.
Spam Nation Book Tour Highlights
Greetings from sunny Austin, Texas, where I’m getting ready to wrap up a week-long book tour that began in New York City, then blazed through Chicago, San Francisco, and Seattle. I’ve been trying to tweet links to various media interviews about Spam Nation over the past week, but wanted to offer a more comprehensive account and to share some highlights of the tour
Amazon: Spam Nation one of “Best of Month”
A quick update on my new book, Spam Nation, The Inside Story of Organized Cybercrime — From Global Epidemic to Your Front Door debuting on bookstore shelves Tuesday, Nov. 18 : Amazon has selected Spam Nation as one of their “ Best Books of the Month ” picks for November, listed alongside such notable authors as Stephen King and Nora Roberts .
‘Spam Nation’ Publisher Discloses Card Breach
In the interests of full disclosure: Sourcebooks – the company that on Nov. 18 is publishing my upcoming book about organized cybercrime — disclosed last week that a breach of its Web site shopping cart software may have exposed customer credit card and personal information.
Spam Nation Book Offer + Tour Details
As many of you know, my first book — Spam Nation — hits bookstore shelves on Nov. 18