{"product_id":"countdown-to-zero-day-stuxnet-and-the-launch-of-the-worlds-first-digital-weapon","title":"Countdown to Zero Day: Stuxnet and the Launch of the World's First Digital Weapon","description":"\u003ctable align=\"center\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"2\" cellspacing=\"0\" width=\"100%\"\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"productDetailSmallElements\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Quotes\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\"Part detective story, part scary-brilliant treatise on the future of warfare...an ambitious, comprehensive, and engrossing book that should be required reading for anyone who cares about the threats that America--and the world--are sure to be facing over the coming years.\" \n\u003cbr\u003e--Kevin Mitnick, \"New York Times\" bestselling author of \"Ghost in the Wires \"and \"The Art of Intrusion\" \n\u003cbr\u003e \"Unpacks this complex issue with the panache of a spy thriller...even readers who can't tell a PLC from an iPad will learn much from Zetter's accessible, expertly crafted account.\" \n\u003cbr\u003e--\"Publishers Weekly\" (starred) \n\u003cbr\u003e\"A true techno-whodunit [that] offers a sharp account of past mischief and a glimpse of things to come...Zetter writes lucidly about mind-numbingly technical matters, reveling in the geekery of malware and espionage, and she takes the narrative down some dark electronic corridors... Governments, hackers and parties unknown are launching ticking computer time bombs every day, all coming to a laptop near you.\" \n\u003cbr\u003e--\"Kirkus\" \n\u003cbr\u003e\"An exciting and readable story of the world's first cyberweapon. Zetter not only explains the weapon and chronicles its discovery, but explains the motives and mechanics behind the attack -- and makes a powerful argument why this story matters.\" \n\u003cbr\u003e--Bruce Schneier, author of \"Secrets and Lies \"and \"Schneier on Security\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eMarc Notes\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tIncludes bibliographical references and index.;This story of the virus that destroyed Iran's nuclear centrifuges ... shows that the door has been opened on a new age of warfare, one in which a digital attack can have the same destructive capability as a megaton bomb dropped from an airplane--;Provided by publisher.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Quotes\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\"Exhaustively researched...gives a full account of this \"hack of the century,\" as the operation has been called, [but] the book goes well beyond its ostensible subject to offer a hair-raising introduction to the age of cyber warfare.\" \n\u003cbr\u003e--\"Wall Street Journal\" \n\u003cbr\u003e\"Part detective story, part scary-brilliant treatise on the future of warfare...an ambitious, comprehensive, and engrossing book that should be required reading for anyone who cares about the threats that America--and the world--are sure to be facing over the coming years.\" \n\u003cbr\u003e--Kevin Mitnick, \"New York Times\" bestselling author of \"Ghost in the Wires \"and \"The Art of Intrusion\" \n\u003cbr\u003e \"Unpacks this complex issue with the panache of a spy thriller...even readers who can't tell a PLC from an iPad will learn much from Zetter's accessible, expertly crafted account.\" \n\u003cbr\u003e--\"Publishers Weekly\" (starred) \n\u003cbr\u003e\"A true techno-whodunit [that] offers a sharp account of past mischief and a glimpse of things to come...Zetter writes lucidly about mind-numbingly technical matters, reveling in the geekery of malware and espionage, and she takes the narrative down some dark electronic corridors... Governments, hackers and parties unknown are launching ticking computer time bombs every day, all coming to a laptop near you.\" \n\u003cbr\u003e--\"Kirkus\" \n\u003cbr\u003e\"An exciting and readable story of the world's first cyberweapon. Zetter not only explains the weapon and chronicles its discovery, but explains the motives and mechanics behind the attack -- and makes a powerful argument why this story matters.\" \n\u003cbr\u003e--Bruce Schneier, author of \"Secrets and Lies \"and \"Schneier on Security\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBiographical Note\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tKIM ZETTER is an award-winning journalist who covers cybercrime, civil liberties, privacy, and security for \n\u003ci\u003eWired\u003c\/i\u003e. She was among the first journalists to cover Stuxnet after its discovery and has authored many of the most comprehensive articles about it. She has also broken numerous stories over the years about WikiLeaks and Bradley Manning, NSA surveillance, and the hacker underground.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Quotes\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\"Immensely enjoyable...Zetter turns a complicated and technical cyber- story into an engrossing whodunit...The age of digital warfare may well have begun.\" \n\u003cbr\u003e-- \n\u003ci\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"An authoritative account of Stuxnet's spread and discovery...[delivers] a sobering message about the vulnerability of the systems--train lines, water-treatment plants, electricity grids--that make modern life possible.\" \n\u003cbr\u003e-- \n\u003ci\u003eEconomist\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Exhaustively researched...Zetter gives a full account of this \"hack of the century,\" as the operation has been called, [but] the book goes well beyond its ostensible subject to offer a hair-raising introduction to the age of cyber warfare.\" \n\u003cbr\u003e-- \n\u003ci\u003eWall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Part detective story, part scary-brilliant treatise on the future of warfare...an ambitious, comprehensive, and engrossing book that should be required reading for anyone who cares about the threats that America--and the world--are sure to be facing over the coming years.\" \n\u003cbr\u003e--Kevin Mitnick, \n\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \n\u003ci\u003eGhost in the Wires \u003c\/i\u003eand \n\u003ci\u003eThe Art of Intrusion\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Unpacks this complex issue with the panache of a spy thriller...even readers who can't tell a PLC from an iPad will learn much from Zetter's accessible, expertly crafted account.\" \n\u003cbr\u003e-- \n\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e (starred) \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"A true techno-whodunit [that] offers a sharp account of past mischief and a glimpse of things to come...Zetter writes lucidly about mind-numbingly technical matters, reveling in the geekery of malware and espionage, and she takes the narrative down some dark electronic corridors... Governments, hackers and parties unknown are launching ticking computer time bombs every day, all coming to a laptop near you.\" \n\u003cbr\u003e-- \n\u003ci\u003eKirkus\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"An exciting and readable story of the world's first cyberweapon. Zetter not only explains the weapon and chronicles its discovery, but explains the motives and mechanics behind the attack -- and makes a powerful argument why this story matters.\" \n\u003cbr\u003e--Bruce Schneier, author of \n\u003ci\u003eSecrets and Lies \u003c\/i\u003eand \n\u003ci\u003eSchneier on Security\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher Marketing\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eTop cybersecurity journalist Kim Zetter 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. \u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In January 2010, inspectors with the International Atomic Energy Agency noticed that centrifuges at an Iranian uranium enrichment plant were failing at an unprecedented rate. The cause was a complete mystery--apparently as much to the technicians replacing the centrifuges as to the inspectors observing them. \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Then, five months later, a seemingly unrelated event occurred: A computer security firm in Belarus was called in to troubleshoot some computers in Iran that were crashing and rebooting repeatedly. \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e At first, the firm's programmers believed the malicious code on the machines was a simple, routine piece of malware. But as they and other experts around the world investigated, they discovered a mysterious virus of unparalleled complexity. \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e They had, they soon learned, stumbled upon the world's first digital weapon. For Stuxnet, as it came to be known, was unlike any other virus or worm built before: Rather than simply hijacking targeted computers or stealing information from them, it escaped the digital realm to wreak actual, \n\u003ci\u003ephysical \u003c\/i\u003edestruction on a nuclear facility. \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In these pages, \n\u003ci\u003eWired \u003c\/i\u003ejournalist Kim Zetter draws on her extensive sources and expertise to tell the story behind Stuxnet's planning, execution, and discovery, covering its genesis in the corridors of Bush's White House and its unleashing on systems in Iran--and telling the spectacular, unlikely tale of the security geeks who managed to unravel a sabotage campaign years in the making. \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e But \n\u003ci\u003eCountdown to Zero Day \u003c\/i\u003eranges far beyond Stuxnet itself. Here, Zetter shows us how digital warfare developed in the US. She takes us inside today's flourishing zero-day \"grey markets,\" in which intelligence agencies and militaries pay huge sums for the malicious code they need to carry out infiltrations and attacks. She reveals just how vulnerable many of our own critical systems are to Stuxnet-like strikes, from nation-state adversaries and anonymous hackers alike--and shows us just what might happen should our infrastructure be targeted by such an attack. \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Propelled by Zetter's unique knowledge and access, and filled with eye-opening explanations of the technologies involved, \n\u003ci\u003eCountdown to Zero Day \u003c\/i\u003eis a comprehensive and prescient portrait of a world at the edge of a new kind of war.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations:\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"italic\"\u003eLibrary Journal Prepub Alert\u003c\/span\u003e 02\/15\/2014 pg. 74 (EAN 9780770436179, Hardcover)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"italic\"\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/span\u003e 09\/08\/2014 (EAN 9780770436179, Hardcover) - *Starred Review\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"italic\"\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/span\u003e 10\/15\/2014 (EAN 9780770436179, Hardcover)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"italic\"\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/span\u003e 11\/01\/2014 pg. 104 (EAN 9780770436179, Hardcover)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"italic\"\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/span\u003e 02\/15\/2014 (EAN 9780770436179, Hardcover)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Zetter, Kim\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Crown Publishing Group (NY)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePub Date:\u003c\/b\u003e 2014-11-11\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC:\u003c\/b\u003e Political Science|Intelligence \u0026amp; Espionage|Political Science|Security (National \u0026amp; International)|Computers|Security|Viruses \u0026amp; Malware|Computers|History\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSubjects:\u003c\/b\u003e Cyberspace operations (Military science)|United States|Network-centric operations (Military science)|Israel|Computer crimes|Investigation|Iran|Rootkits (Computer software)|Uranium enrichment|Equipment and supplies|Sabotage|Nuclear arms control|Nuclear nonproliferation|Information technology|Foreign relations|POLITICAL SCIENCE \/ Political Freedom \u0026amp; Secur|COMPUTERS \/ Security \/ General|COMPUTERS \/ General\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.48 lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780770436179\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eASIN:\u003c\/b\u003e -\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSKU:\u003c\/b\u003e SP-9780770436179\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Crown Publishing Group (NY)","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52147575259417,"sku":"SP-9780770436179","price":35.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0913\/0380\/5209\/files\/9780770436179_spiral.png?v=1774184115","url":"https:\/\/westbindery.com\/products\/countdown-to-zero-day-stuxnet-and-the-launch-of-the-worlds-first-digital-weapon","provider":"West Bindery","version":"1.0","type":"link"}