Countdown to Zero Day

406 pages

English language

Published Nov. 11, 2014

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978-0-7704-3617-9
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The virus now known as Stuxnet was unlike any other piece of malware built before: Rather than simply hijacking targeted computers or stealing information from them, it proved that a piece of code could escape the digital realm and wreak actual, physical destruction—in this case, on an Iranian nuclear facility.

In these pages, journalist Kim Zetter tells the whole story behind the world’s first cyberweapon, covering its genesis in the corridors of the White House and its effects in Iran—and telling the spectacular, unlikely tale of the security geeks who managed to unravel a top secret sabotage campaign years in the making.

But Countdown to Zero Day also ranges beyond Stuxnet itself, exploring the history of cyberwarfare and its future, showing us what might happen should our infrastructure be targeted by a Stuxnet-style attack, and ultimately, providing a portrait of a world at the edge of a new kind of …

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Now I know why the SecOps folks are so paranoid. This was an amazing look at what went on with Stuxnet, but also covers the bigger issues surrounding digital security, exploits, governments, war, and terrorism. Terrifying, really. I'm glad I don't run Windows, but even on Linux I feel far less safe than I did.

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