Considering the background of the author, the premise of zero day becomes even more compelling. A former government computer analyst whose warnings of the 911 attacks were ignored goes all out to. Mark russinovich looks like an average corporate computer whiz, even though hes a technical fellow for microsoft. Dennis fisher talks with mark russinovich of microsoft about his novel zero day, the idea of a coordinated cyber attack by terrorists and the difficulty of writing a technical novel for a. The first few chapters of zero day focus on a series of devastating attacks by a new breed of malware that is.
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Several seemingly unrelated incidents take place all over the world, all involving computer failures. Presented as an exciting fiction story, the narrative sweeps you along at a relentless pace, the characters and writing are excellent, and the story itself is great. To ask other readers questions about zero day, please sign up. Security researchers describe a zeroday threat as a malware threat capable of. In zero day, mark russinovich gives us a frightening glimpse of a realistic scenario a concerted cyber attack on western infrastructure thats all too easy to believe. Zero day by mark russinovich books hachette australia. Microsoft computer guru russinovichs first novel, a cautionary tale about the imminence of the great cyber attack to wipe out the internet, works. The top 5 cloud security threats presented by mark russinovich duration.
A mustread for all americans and for those entrusted with our security and our survival. Mark russinovich is a cybersecurity expert who has turned his considerable knowledge into a very scary and tooplausible novel. He was a cofounder of software producers winternals before it was acquired by microsoft in 2006. Praised for his combination of realworld technology and quickpaced action, with rogue code mark russinovich delivers an intense thriller about a cyber threat that seems all too possibleand the wall street traders who might allow it to happen. Mark russinovich, cto of azure, microsoft spoke about the companys open source journey of more than 10 years and the significant and growing contributions to open source projects ever since. Microsoft computer guru russinovichs first novel, a cautionary tale about the imminence of the great cyber attack to wipe out the internet, works pretty well as a. Mark russinovich on zero day and beyond redmondmag. They race against time to learn whos behind it and to stop it from happening. Mysteriously, systems are shutting down on airliners, at financial institutions, in hospitals, at auto factories and, most scarily, at nuclear power plants. My expectations were not met, but given that this is marks first novel i would say the. In zero day thomas dunne books, 2011, readers get a glimpse into a ticking timebomb scenario that software security expert, jeff aiken, races to defuse. Zero day is also the title of a novel by mark russinovich. Mark russinovich is a cybersecurity expert who has turned his considerable knowledge into a very scary and too plausible novel.