Why threats to cyber security keep getting worse
A more determined, professional criminal underground, combined with the systematic failure of financial companies, software makers, law enforcement and lawmakers to work together to plug security holes, adds up to a major and growing threat to consumers identities and money. That's one of the central themes of the upcoming book Zero Day Threat: How Banks and Credit Bureaus Help Cyber Crooks Steal Your Money and Identity by USA Today technology reporters Jon Swartz and Byron Acohido.