The Wolf in the System : How Timeless Stories Reveal the Hidden Patterns of Cybersecurity
Overview
What if the greatest threats to our digital world were understood centuries before computers existed?
The wolf in sheep's clothing. Little Red Riding Hood. Hansel and Gretel. The Boy Who Cried Wolf.
We grew up believing these were simple stories about danger, deception and the consequences of misplaced trust. But hidden within them are patterns of human behaviour that continue to shape some of the most sophisticated cyberattacks of our time.
In The Wolf in the System, cybersecurity author and practitioner Paul Thomas takes readers on an unexpected journey through folklore, psychology, history and modern cybercrime.
From the fraudulent invoices that cost Google and Facebook more than $120 million to the attack that disrupted MGM Resorts, the book explores how criminals exploit familiar relationships, manipulate authority and turn ordinary human instincts against the organisations that depend upon them.
But the wolves are evolving.
As artificial intelligence introduces deepfakes, synthetic identities and autonomous agents into our digital lives, the boundaries between genuine and fraudulent, human and machine, trusted and untrusted are becoming increasingly difficult to recognise.
Drawing on real-world incidents and timeless stories, Thomas reveals why the most important questions in cybersecurity are not always technical. They concern how we establish trust, recognise deception, respond to uncertainty and make decisions when the evidence is incomplete.
Written for cybersecurity professionals, business leaders and curious readers alike, The Wolf in the System offers a fresh perspective on the threats we face and the human behaviours that make them possible.
The technology has changed. The stories haven't.
The wolves never left. We simply gave them new places to hide.
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Details
- ISBN-13: 9798162318316
- ISBN-10: 9798162318316
- Publisher: Independently Published
- Publish Date: October 2026
- Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 0.68 inches
- Shipping Weight: 0.96 pounds
- Page Count: 326
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