Recommended Reading: Instituto Allende Lifelong Learning Program
Thanks for attending the session on Bitcoin, Pig Butchering, Deepfakes, and Zero Days: Today’s Cybersecurity Landscape.
Here are some recommended resources for your enjoyment and education:
- The Code Book : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Code_Book From 2000, but an excellent resource
- Bryan Krebs – prominent journalist focused on cyber-crime
- His main website / blog : https://krebsonsecurity.com/
- Spam Nation – his book : https://www.amazon.com/Spam-Nation-Organized-Cybercrime-Epidemic/dp/1402295618/ref=sr_1_1
- Book: The Information: A History, a Theory, a Flood by James Gleick
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Information:_A_History,_a_Theory,_a_Flood
- Published 2011, but a thorough analysis through that time
- eBook from Washington Post journalist (2015, back when the Post was still credible)
- About the history of the internet from a security perpective
- The Threatened Net https://www.amazon.com./Threatened-Net-Became-Perilous-English-ebook/dp/B0DR26WH1Q
- NYT interview with Michael Pollan on AI an Consciousness
- NYT articles on Pig Butchering
- Cory Doctor on being phished: https://doctorow.medium.com/https-pluralistic-net-2025-04-05-troy-hunt-teach-a-man-to-phish-c2ab7956c026
- Great book about the underground market in vulnerabilities (zero days):Published 2021
- HBO documentary on Bitcoin’s inventor, Satoshi Nakamoto
- Article about the extent and sophistication of North Korea’s cryptocurrency crime