Schmidt apr 20, 2020 apr 20, 2020 zero day an airliner s controls abruptly fail mid flight over the atlantic an oil tanker runs aground in japan when its navigational system suddenly stops dead hospitals everywhere have to abandon their comput. The title of this book is zero day and it was written by mark russinovich, howard schmidt foreword. Microsofts mark russinovich released his first novel, a thriller based on a zeroday attack. The seattle postintelligencer guns, babes, rootkits, blade servers, damsels in.
Russinovichs novels zero day foreword by howard schmidt 12 and trojan horse foreword by kevin mitnick were published by thomas dunne books on march 15, 2011 and september 4, 2012. Windows sysinternals tools written by mark russinovich. Marks webcasts windows sysinternals microsoft docs. Youve thrilled to windows internals, now thrill to mark russinovichs latest masterpiece, the novel zero day. A new book by mark russinovich, an author who really understands computers, code and networks. He was a cofounder of software producers winternals before it was acquired by microsoft in 2006 early life and education. Mark russinovich on rootkits in commercial software zdnet. Stuxnet is a malicious computer worm, first uncovered in 2010, thought to have been in development since at least 2005. Mark russinovich on zero day and beyond redmondmag. Russinovichs novels zero day foreword by howard schmidt and trojan horse foreword by kevin mitnick were published by thomas dunne books on march 15, 2011 and september 4, 2012.
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. K scott asks mark about how he decided to write zero day. Now theres a novel about highfrequency trading publishers weekly on rogue code. In other words, mark knows what he talks about when writing about zero day attacks. Both are in a series of popular technothrillers, that have attracted praise from industry insiders such as mikko hypponen and daniel suarez. The microsoft technical fellow discusses his new novel about dangerous malware a security. Mark talks about how early, unsophisticated viruses still caused a lot of damage, and it got him thinking about what a virus. Explaining rootkit in laymans terms in a novel is quite some feat. Several seemingly unrelated incidents take place all over the world, all involving computer failures.
Zero day is also a novel by mark russinovich published last year that revolves around that concept. Im excited to announce that my first novel, a cyber thriller entitled zero day, is now available at all major book retailers. Microsoft ubertech guru mark russinovich has recently turned his skills to tech fiction writing with his new book zero day thomas dunne books, march, 2011. Stuxnet is a highly infectious selfreplicating computer worm that disrupted iranian nuclear plants. The term rootkit is a compound of root the traditional name of the privileged account on unixlike operating systems and. He is author of the popular sysinternals tools as well as coauthor of the windows internals book series, a contributing editor for technet magazine, and a senior contributing editor for windows it pro. A jeff aiken novel jeff aiken series book 1 and millions of other. Mac zeroday makes rootkit infection very easysecurity affairs. This book is a cantputitdown thriller until you start thinking about it. Although neither country has openly admitted responsibility, the worm is widely understood to be a cyberweapon built. A novel by mark russinovich if you are a windows userdeveloper then the name mark russinovich might seem familiar to you, mark is of course the guy who started sysinternals, he discovered the sony rootkit on their cds and is now a technical fellow at microsoft.
In russinovichs wellcrafted third jeff aiken novel after 2012. I was surprised to find myself eagerly flipping the pages read more. The first few chapters of zero day focus on a series of devastating attacks by a new breed of malware that is. It looks somewhat like daniel suarezs daemon, i think.
Presented as an exciting fiction story, the narrative sweeps you along at a relentless pace, the characters. Mark russinovich works at microsoft in one of the seniormost technical positions. Rootkitrevealer is an advanced rootkit detection utility. Mark russinovich of sysinternals hes the programmer who brought the sony drm rootkit into the light of day discusses commercial software using rootkit technology. Since then, a short called operation desolation also came out for the kindle and was also found to be very enjoyable in its bitesize adventure format. A cofounder of winternals, he joined microsoft when the company was acquired in 2006. A jeff aiken novel jeff aiken series book online at best prices in india on. Before joining microsoft and becoming one of its most important software engineers, mark russinovich was in the business of pissing the company off. Trojan horse, a cyberthriller by microsoft fellow mark russinovich, is the second in the series after zero day. A rootkit is a collection of computer software, typically malicious, designed to enable access to a computer or an area of its software that is not otherwise allowed for example, to an unauthorized user and often masks its existence or the existence of other software.
An airliners controls abruptly fail midflight over the atlantic. Any list of the ten smartest people in the computer biz today would have to include mark russinovitch. Read zero day a jeff aiken novel by mark russinovich available from rakuten kobo. Come hear mark russinovich, the master of windows troubleshooting, walk you through step by step how he has solved seemingly unsolvable system and application problems on windows. It also has worms and viruses and rootkits but you dont have to know any more about them than that if your computer has them, its going to be a pain. Author russinovich works for software giant microsoft i. A security researcher discovered a zeroday vulnerability in many mac firmware that could allow an easy installation of an efi rootkits. Russinovich joined microsoft in 2006 when microsoft acquired winternals software, the company he cofounded in 1996, as well as sysinternals, where he authors and publishes dozens of. Guns, babes, rootkits, blade servers, damsels in distress, and assassins. Zero day has been inducted into the cybersecurity canon zero day is now part of the collection of books recognized as ones everyone interested in cybersecurity should read. 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. Mark russinovich is a cybersecurity expert who has turned his considerable knowledge into a very scary and tooplausible novel. Library journal zero day by mark russinovich paints a chilling picture of what might happen if hackers lose interest in stealing credit cards and become more focused on cyberterrorism. Ex cia agent jeff aiken and dhs cybersecurity expert daryl haugen investigate random computer failures around the world and soon realize.
It altered the speed of centrifuges in the plants and shut them down. Stuxnet targets supervisory control and data acquisition systems and is believed to be responsible for causing substantial damage to the nuclear program of iran. Mark russinovich wikimili, the best wikipedia reader. Rootkitrevealer windows sysinternals microsoft docs.
Jeff is a computer consultant and has even managed to save the world more than once. He has penned two previous novels and a short story featuring the same character, jeff aiken. Whether or not youre a computer geek, zero day tells a compelling story with thrills and chills to entertain you. With technical street cred stretching from building windows uberutility sysinternals, to discovery of the sony rootkit, to defining the microsoft technical fellow position by example, mark knows tech like you know your coffee cup add one more achievement to the list.
The infiltration of this malware is quite simple and done through security holes together with infected downloads, often adobe reader or java fake updates. Zero day is a book in the style of crichton and clancy, weaving technical fact into the story. Zero day is also the title of a novel by mark russinovich, a technical fellow at microsoft and the author of sysinternals tools and the windows internals series of books microsoft press, 2009. If you have a question about a topic in any of these webcasts, please visit the sysinternals forum for answers and help from other users and our moderators. Mark provides an overview of several sysinternals tools, including process monitor, process explorer, and autoruns, focusing on the features. He is the author of the jeff aiken cyberthriller novels, zero day, trojan horse, and rogue code, and coauthor of the microsoft press windows internals books. Mark russinovich works at microsoft as a technical fellow, microsofts seniormost technical position. Download rootkitrevealer 231 kb run now from sysinternals live.
An oil tanker runs aground in japan when its navigational system suddenly stops dead. Martins griffin and has a total of 336 pages in the book. Watch free ondemand recordings of marks toprated presentations from teched, build and other conferences on azure, security, windows troubleshooting, malware hunting. If you like the sysinternals tools, the articles i post on this blog, are interested march, 2011 by mark russinovich 53. Written by a global authority on cyber security, zero day presents a chilling what if scenario that. The book is even more interesting and compelling if you have ever installed an antivirus product on a pc.
To ask other readers questions about zero day, please sign up. This episode of herding code the guys talk to mark russinovich about his new book, modern malware like stuxnet, his experiences discovering the sony rootkit, sysinternals tools, and computer security in general. Interview with scott hanselman about zero day and trojan horse, 26 july 2012. Russinovich was born in salamanca, spain and was raised in birmingham, alabama, united states, until he was 15, when he moved with his family. In the novel, a group of arab terrorists purchase a stalthy rootkit from a russian hacker, combine that with various offtheshelf virus components and succeed in infecting a large number of important computers in the west with the. Considering the background of the author, the premise of zero day becomes even more compelling. Einzelnachweise bearbeiten quelltext bearbeiten 10 jahre sony rootkit. This book is an easy read for anyone who has ever used a computer connected to the internet. Mark russinovich is a microsoft technical fellow working on the azure cloud infrastructure. Stuxnet a type of zeroday vulnerability was one of the earliest digital weapons used. If you like the sysinternals tools, the articles i. Mark eugene russinovich born december 22, 1966 is a spanishborn american software engineer who serves as cto of microsoft azure. A mustread for all americans and for those entrusted with our security and our survival.
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