Tolga TAVLAS

Author of DIGITAL BANKING TIPS and CYBERSECURITY DICTIONARY FOR EVERYONE, #Fintech Influencer, #CyberSecurity Professional.

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I’m delighted to share that my new book, “HACK HAPPENS,” has just been launched! 🙂

You probably know this is my third book, after Digital Banking Tips (2015) and Cybersecurity Dictionary for Everyone (2024). Of course, each has a different story behind it.

Digital Banking Tips started with a blog post I wrote for Finextra at 3:30 a.m. when I couldn’t sleep. Then came more posts, three of which made it into the Top 5 Finextra blogs 2015.

Even though I’ve loved it since day one, I always thought banking was a boring topic for most people. So I was surprised when those tips reached hundreds of thousands of readers. That content is still part of some university curricula and is frequently referenced. (Except by one guy 🥴 who apparently knows everything about digital banking and found it “totally useless.” The rest seemed to love it.)

It even made me a small celebrity in the fintech world at the time. I once appeared on an influencer list alongside Bill Gates, just slightly above The Financial Times. It’s a pity that the influence wasn’t about financial well-being — just influence with no commercial value. Still, it meant something.

Then came Cybersecurity Dictionary for Everyone (2024). That one started as a book on Identity and Access Management (IAM), but the content turned out to be either too complicated, boring, or just plain dull.

Two editors I hired walked away mid-project — not once, but twice. That was enough to convince me that something wasn’t working. Maybe the world needed a cybersecurity dictionary more than it needed another IAM book.

In some ways, it was an easier task — I’d been collecting cybersecurity terms for years. But translating them into everyday language was tough. I kept wondering: Is this even useful in the age of AI? Aren’t all these terms already on Google?

But the last year proved otherwise, not because of sales (yes, the most frequently asked and “respected” KPI 🙄). And no, it’s obviously not selling enough — otherwise I wouldn’t be writing this from the small desk in my bedroom, but from a yacht in the Mediterranean, right?

What was amazing was the interaction with people worldwide while promoting the dictionary.

For a modest cybersecurity guy, working independently with no PR budget, reaching 400 million impressions, 3.5 million engagements, and thousands of conversations was unexpected — numbers you'd usually associate with major corporations or government campaigns.

That gives you insight. Big insight.

HACK HAPPENS is the result of that insight.

I have no idea how much it will sell, what kind of reach it will have, or whether people will love it.

But I did my best to repay what I owe to society and the good people who share this world with us.

I hope I managed to do that. 🥸

Let’s see what unique experiences it brings… 😎

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Emerging cyber threats from Genetic Data https://t.co/akLAGZZjlD #cybersecurity #infosec

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Phishing emails delivering infostealers surge 84% https://t.co/mH4pJ2T2PS #cybersecurity #infosec

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Chinese Cybercriminals Released Z-NFC Tool for Payment Fraud https://t.co/TdPyX4QANd #cybersecurity #infosec

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FBI Reveals “Staggering” $16.6bn Lost to Cybercrime in 2024 https://t.co/azUWXW6iVB #cybersecurity #infosec

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FBI confirms $16.6 billion losses to cyber-crime in 2024 https://t.co/A2ZFIf4ydv #cybersecurity #infosec

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FBI: Cybercrime Losses Rocket to $16.6B in 2024 https://t.co/He154APV97 #cybersecurity #infosec

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CEO of cybersecurity firm charged with installing malware on hospital systems https://t.co/SLjxdnhTJL #cybersecurity #infosec

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DDoS attacks jump 358% compared to last year https://t.co/ZkBjRLT4Hc #cybersecurity #infosec

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AI and automation shift the cybersecurity balance toward attackers https://t.co/13tteVh0YZ #cybersecurity #infosec

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Criminals Are Using AI to Put a New Face on Old Schemes https://t.co/PrdN9UCUNF #cybersecurity #infosec

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UK to Take Steps in Helping Protect Consumers Against Cyber Threats from Smart Devices https://t.co/yQbCJ7zByM #cybersecurity #infosec

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Can Cybersecurity Weather the Current Economic Chaos? https://t.co/IQ0D83Fpqp #cybersecurity #infosec

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Iran Reportedly Grapples With Major Cyberattack on Banking Systems https://t.co/Eenbd9vZZd #cybersecurity #infosec

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Telegram Founder Arrested at France Airport https://t.co/bcAg0irC2r #cybersecurity #infosec

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Current attacks, targets, and other threat landscape trends https://t.co/tPJbysVdqp #cybersecurity #infosec

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Defense in Diversity: A Strategy for Robust Cybersecurity https://t.co/Yl2v397FCL #cybersecurity #infosec

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Cybersecurity's Real Challenge Is Communication, Not Just Technology https://t.co/0HyrjUVaGO #cybersecurity #infosec

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74% of IT professionals worry AI tools will replace them https://t.co/OPrpzxV1SO #cybersecurity #infosec