Countdown to Zero Day : Stuxnet and the launch of the world's first digital weapon

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Title:

Author:

Zetter, Kim, author.

Edition:

First edition.

Publication Date:

2014

Publication Information:

New York : Crown Publishers, [2014]

Physical Description:

433 pages ; 25 cm

ISBN:

9780770436179

Abstract:

This story of the virus that destroyed Iran's nuclear centrifuges, by top cybersecurity journalist Kim Zetter, 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.

Contents:

The case of the centrifuges -- Early warning -- 500 kilobytes of mystery -- Natanz -- Stuxnet deconstructed -- Springtime for Ahmadinejad -- Digging for zero days -- Zero-day paydays -- The payload -- Industrial controls out of control -- Precision weapon -- A digital plot is hatched -- A new fighting domain -- Digital warheads -- Son of Stuxnet -- Flame -- Olympic Games -- The mystery of the centrifuges -- Qualified success -- Digital Pandora.

Subject Term:

Cyberspace operations (Military science) -- United States.

Network-centric operations (Military science) -- United States.

Network-centric operations (Military science) -- Israel.

Computer crimes -- Investigation -- Iran -- Case studies.

Rootkits (Computer software)

Uranium enrichment -- Equipment and supplies.

Sabotage -- Iran.

Nuclear arms control -- Iran.

Nuclear nonproliferation -- Iran.

Geographic Term:

United States -- Armed Forces -- Information technology.