The Threatened Net. How the internet became a Perilous place

Introduction
A flaw in the design: The Internet’s founders saw its promise but didn’t foresee users attacking one another
Bracing for nuclear war
The first ‘killer app’
‘It’s kind of like safe sex’
Concerns from the NSA
‘Operation Looking Glass’
A network is born
Old flaws, new dangers
The Long Life of a Quick ‘Fix’: Internet protocol from 1989 leaves data vulnerable to hijackers
The honor system
Pakistan crashes YouTube
‘Knee-deep in alligators’
Networks with no maps
Unstoppable momentum
‘No one was buying’
A disaster foretold — and ignored: LOpht’s warnings about the Internet drew notice but little action
Geek heaven in a Boston loft
Exposing bugs for all to see
Bill Gates rides ‘Tidal Wave’
700 users, 1 dumb password
A close call at the NSA
Dropping the ax
‘Hackers are like water’
The rise of the black hats
Hacks on the highway: Automakers rush to add wireless features, leaving our cars open to hackers
The drive-by hack
Taking over from far away
An ‘army of zombie drones’
Helpless in a Jeep Cherokee
Preventing embarrassment
A coming wave of lawsuits
‘This isn’t a car problem’
The future of computing hangs on one dominant operating system that has glaring security weaknesses
Accidental hero
The ultimate attack surface
Cassandra
Signs of trouble
Dodo birds had it coming
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