Countdown to Zero Day: Stuxnet and the Launch of the World's First Digital Weapon (Unabridged) Countdown to Zero Day: Stuxnet and the Launch of the World's First Digital Weapon (Unabridged)

Countdown to Zero Day: Stuxnet and the Launch of the World's First Digital Weapon (Unabridged‪)‬

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Publisher Description

A top cybersecurity journalist tells the story behind the virus that sabotaged Iran’s nuclear efforts and shows how its existence has ushered in a new age of warfare—one in which a digital attack can have the same destructive capability as a megaton bomb. 

“Immensely enjoyable . . . Zetter turns a complicated and technical cyber story into an engrossing whodunit.”—The Washington Post
 
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.

GENRE
History
NARRATOR
JO
Joe Ochman
LANGUAGE
EN
English
LENGTH
13:00
hr min
RELEASED
2014
November 11
PUBLISHER
Random House Audio
SIZE
823.7
MB

Customer Reviews

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Techie but narrative driven

I enjoyed the book and learning about the topic. The dark side of the internet is fascinating and the author certainly has a passion for it. Her exploration of Stuxnet was in depth, well supported, and thoroughly explained. It’s well written and my only criticism of the book was it felt at times the author was writing for herself and not me, and I was watching her get lost in her words. Maybe I’m just not “tech-chic” enough. Still, I enjoyed it. The narrator was fine to listen to and the sound/production value was good.

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