jayemar reviewed Countdown to Zero Day by Kim Zetter
Review of "Countdown to Zero Day: Stuxnet and the Launch of the World's First Digital Weapon" on 'Goodreads'
4 stars
Well researched and detailed
406 pages
English language
Published Nov. 11, 2014
Countdown to Zero Day
by Kim Zetter
4 stars
(25 reviews)
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 …
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 war.
jayemar reviewed Countdown to Zero Day by Kim Zetter
Review of 'Countdown to Zero Day' on 'Goodreads'
4 stars
Well researched and detailed
axleyjc reviewed Countdown to Zero Day by Kim Zetter
Review of "Countdown to Zero Day: Stuxnet and the Launch of the World's First Digital Weapon" on 'Goodreads'
4 stars
Fascinating look behind the process of uncovering the first known state sponsored "cyber" attack.
axleyjc reviewed Countdown to Zero Day by Kim Zetter
Review of 'Countdown to Zero Day' on 'Goodreads'
4 stars
Fascinating look behind the process of uncovering the first known state sponsored "cyber" attack.
Deuce reviewed Countdown to Zero Day by Kim Zetter
Review of "Countdown to Zero Day: Stuxnet and the Launch of the World's First Digital Weapon" on 'Goodreads'
2 stars
first 7 chapters were quite fascinating but the rest not so much.
lots of roughly put texts with no internal structure, lots of chewing on the same thought
Deuce reviewed Countdown to Zero Day by Kim Zetter
Review of 'Countdown to Zero Day' on 'Goodreads'
2 stars
first 7 chapters were quite fascinating but the rest not so much.
lots of roughly put texts with no internal structure, lots of chewing on the same thought
