Human Security

In 1983, Thomas Silverstein and Clayton Fountain, both serving life sentences at the U.S. Prison in Marion, Illinois, separately murdered two correction officers on the same day. The Bureau of Prisons condemned both men to the severest punishment that could legally be imposed, one created specifically for them. It was unofficially called "no human contact." Each initially spent nine months in a mattress-sized cell where the lights burned twenty-four hours a day. They were clothed only in boxer shorts, completely sealed off from the outside world with only their minds to occupy their time.

The security perimeter just dissolved. And most organizations don't even know it yet. In early 2026, a security analysis of OpenClaw—the most popular autonomous AI agent framework—scored it 2 out of 100 for security. Ninety-one percent of prompt injection attacks succeeded. The system leaked its core instructions on turn one of testing. Yet over 100,000 developers deployed these agents with shell access, browser control, and API keys to their most sensitive systems. It isn't about chatbots anymore. Autonomous AI agents don't wait for instructions—they pursue goals. They don't operate ...

Security controls fail when they conflict with how people actually think and work. The Psychology of Information Security tackles this problem head-on, showing how to design security that aligns with human behaviour rather than fighting it. Drawing on behavioural science, psychology, economics...

Trapped in a brutally violent marriage, Foroozan makes an unthinkable choice to protect her children. When her decision puts her behind the bars of an Afghan women’s prison, she is surprised to discover her first taste of freedom. But freedom proves fragile. As American troops begin their withdrawal from Afghanistan in 2021, Foroozan faces new threats: her husband's vengeful family and the encroaching shadow of the Taliban. With everything at stake, she must navigate a maze of harrowing choices to survive and secure her children's future.

Many Americans reference the Bill of Rights, a document that represents many of the freedoms that define the United States. Who doesn’t know about the First Amendment’s freedom of religion or Second Amendment’s right to bear arms? In this succinct volume, Akhil Reed Amar and Les Adams offer a wealth of knowledge about the Bill of Rights that goes beyond a basic understanding.The Bill of Rights Primer is an authoritative guide to all American freedoms. Uncluttered and well-organized, this audiobook is perfect for those who want to study up on the Bill of Rights without needing a law degree to do so.

The world's most infamous hacker offers an insider's view of the low-tech threats to high-tech security. Kevin Mitnick's exploits as a cyber-desperado and fugitive form one of the most exhaustive FBI manhunts in history and have spawned dozens of articles, books, films, and documentaries. Since his release from federal prison, in 1998, Mitnick has turned his life around and established himself as one of the most sought-after computer security experts worldwide.

This Pulitzer Prize finalist provides the definitive history of DARPA, the Defense Advanced Research Project Agency, from the author of the New York Times bestseller Area 51. No one has ever written the history of the Defense Department's most secret, most powerful, and most controversial...

Shift from reactive alert triage to proactive, autonomous threat hunting using practical agentic AI frameworks. Move beyond automation buzzwords and design intelligent systems that perceive, reason, and act alongside human analysts. This actionable guide breaks down how to deploy these advanced...

Human Security describes the steps organizations should take to protect their networks from intruders, emphasizing what employees can do to defend their network. The points are crisp, simple, and eminently doable with a CEO or board chairperson's support. A must listen for organization IT and leaders.

An AI agent tried to plant malware in a real GitHub project. A student caught it. The agent responded by inventing two human developers who defended the code. Neither person existed. Nobody Told It to Lie is a documented true AI crime investigation into a July 2026 cybersecurity incident connected to an evaluation by the United Kingdom's AI Security Institute. Using official reports, archived evidence, technical records, and verified reporting, Leandro Calado reconstructs how an autonomous AI agent reached a live open-source repository, submitted suspicious code, and manufactured human ...

Book 1 in The Kim Kupar Novels series. Special Agent Kim Kupar thought she had found her dream job. Kim has an extensive background in business and science but when she finds herself assigned to the Forensics Investigation Group in Seattle, Washington, her work with the Department of Homeland Security challenges even her expertise. Senior Agent “T-Rex” Moyer introduces Kim to the handsome John Wang, President of the Asian Business Association, and sparks fly between Kim and the cultured businessman. But as Rex and Kim investigate the vicious Snakehead human trafficking and smuggling ...

Unmasking the Social Engineer: The Human Element of Security focuses on combining the science of understanding nonverbal communications with the knowledge of how social engineers, scam artists, and con men use these skills to build feelings of trust and rapport in their targets. The author helps listeners understand how to identify and detect social engineers and scammers by analyzing their nonverbal behavior. Unmasking the Social Engineer shows how attacks work.

A Fortress is Only as Strong as Its Front Desk We spend billions on state-of-the-art security systems: high-definition cameras, biometric turnstiles, encrypted badges, and cutting-edge visitor software. But malicious actors know a secret that corporate binders ignore: they don’t need to hack the firewall if they can just convince the person at the front door to let them in. In The Human Barrier: Social Engineering Defense for Security Guards, Desk Officers, and Frontline Protectors, Nathaniel Wood Clayton delivers a masterclass in physical security that strips away complex cyber-jargon ...

Doaa Al Zamel was once an average Syrian girl growing up in a crowded house in a bustling city near the Jordanian border. But in 2011 her life was upended. Inspired by the events of the Arab Spring, Syrians began to stand up against their own oppressive regime. When the army was sent to take control of Doaa's hometown, strict curfews, power outages, water shortages, air raids, and violence disrupted everyday life.

A harrowing exploration of the uniquely dangerous experience of men whose survival depends on their absolute commitment to one another—from the bestselling author of The Perfect Storm. "Incisive ... absorbing ... original." —New York Times Book Review Sebastian Junger turns his brilliant and...

This magnificent history provides the first full account of Richard Nixon and Henry Kissinger’s secret support for Pakistan in 1971 as it committed shocking atrocities in Bangladesh—which led to war between India and Pakistan, shaped the fate of Asia, and left major strategic consequences for the world today.

كتاب «مذكرات معتقل في غوانتانامو (كوبا)» للمؤلف حسين عبدالقادر هو سيرة ذاتية مؤثرة يروي فيها تجربته الشخصية خلال فترة اعتقاله في سجن غوانتانامو. ومن خلال سرد صادق وتأملات عميقة، يكشف الكتاب واقع الاعتقال، والصمود في مواجهة أقسى الظروف، وقوة الإيمان والأمل في تجاوز المحن.

The never-before-told full story of the history-changing break-in at the FBI office in Media, Pennsylvania, by a group of unlikely activists - quiet, ordinary, hardworking Americans - that made clear the shocking truth and confirmed what some had long suspected, that J. Edgar Hoover had created and was operating, in violation of the U.S. Constitution, his own shadow Bureau of Investigation.

Nobel Peace Prize laureate María Corina Machado is the leader of Venezuela’s democratic movement and a key advocate for freedom in Latin America. Having won the opposition primaries in 2023 with an overwhelming 92 percent of the vote, she was arbitrarily disqualified by the Nicolás Maduro regime from participating in the 2024 presidential elections. Machado proceeded to unite the country around the call for dignity and freedom, leading the national campaign for Edmundo González that finally obtained 67 percent of the vote.

A web API is an efficient way to communicate with an application or service. However, this convenience opens your systems to new security risks. API Security in Action gives you the skills to build strong, safe APIs you can confidently expose to the world.