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