The story fails to interest much after the stupid tv start to the book. A jeff aiken novel jeff aiken series by mark russinovich, howard schmidt. The author, mark russinovich, is a technical fellow at microsoft, author of several operating system internals books, and a contributing editor to several tech magazines. A jeff aiken novel jeff aiken series book 1 and millions of other books.
Last year, mark russinovich published the cyber thriller zero day. An introduction to blockchain with mark russinovich. A mustread for all americans and for those entrusted with our security and our survival. Mar 26, 2011 im excited to announce that my first novel, a cyber thriller entitled zero day, is now available at all major book retailers. You dont have to read zero hour to enjoy operation. This is shaping up to be a banner year for cybersecurity news of all stripes. Covering windows server 2008 r2 and windows 7, 6th edition, windows sysinternals administrators reference, windows internals. This site uses cookies to deliver our services, improve performance, for analytics, and if not signed in for advertising. Zero day is also the title of a novel by mark russinovich, a technical. In this session, russinovich explains the scenario, tools, and. Jeff aiken stumbles upon a sophisticated breach of the the heart of the new york stock exchange and races against the clock to stop a multibillion dollar heist that could collapse the economy. Until the vulnerability is mitigated, hackers can exploit it to adversely affect computer programs, data, additional computers or a network. Learn more about the books trojan horse and zero day by mark russinovich.
Mark russinovich, inside microsofts redmond, washington headquarters. Mark russinovich wikimili, the free encyclopedia wikimili, the free encyclope. Operation desolation by mark russinovich overdrive. In the very beginning of the book there is an airplane scene. Mark eugene russinovich born december 22, 1966 is a spanishborn american software engineer who serves as cto of microsoft azure. Internals and the sysinternals administrators reference, both from microsoft press, authored the cyberthriller zero day. 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. But still, its from mark russinovich, a guy behind many cool awesome tools that many of the it pro cant live. Mark russinovich on zero day and beyond redmondmag. Read operation desolation a short story by mark russinovich available from rakuten kobo. Mark russinovich books, find the lowest price on new, used books, textbooks. In zero day, mark russinovich gives us a frightening glimpse of a realistic. Written by a global authority on cyber security, zero day presents a chilling what if scenario that.
You dont have to read zero hour to enjoy operation desolation. Since then, a short called operation desolation also came out for the kindle and was also found to be very enjoyable. A novel by mark russinovich howard schmidt foreword. I really enjoyed mark russinovich s zero hour and the main characters jeff and daryl in that story.
Mark russinovich is a technical fellow in windows azure, microsofts cloud operating system group. Mark russinovich joins andrew richards and larry larsen on this episode of defrag tools to talk about the history of sysinternals, his involvement with. Trojan horse, a cyberthriller by microsoft fellow mark russinovich, is the second in the series after zero day. Rogue code, my latest technothriller, is out today on kindle, audible and hard cover.
Nov 24, 2017 microsoft azure cto mark russinovich photo courtesy web summit cc2. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading operation desolation. Half the book is the first chapter of mark s trojan horse, the second book of zero day, which leaves this book is way too short to enjoy. He is a widely recognized expert in distributed systems, operating system internals, and cybersecurity. Im in the windows azure cloud operating system team at microsoft. Considering the background of the author, the premise of zero day becomes even more compelling. Haishi bai brings together all the information youll need to deliver scalable and.
This book has a really good plot and some scenes that actually brought about a reaction. He is a widely recognized expert in distributed systems and operating systems. A jeff aiken novel jeff aiken series book 1 on your kindle in. Operation desolation was published just before trojan horse and takes place 1 year after the events of zero day. Mar 15, 2011 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. Operation desolation zero day series mark russinovich author 2012. Operation desolation is a short story by microsoft technical fellow mark russinovich. A thoughtprovoking new short story from the acclaimed author of zero day and trojan horse. 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. Microsoft windows servertm 2003, windows xp, and windows 2000 prodeveloper, and windows internals prodeveloper, and more on. 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. Challenging anonymous is like waving a red flag in front of a bull.
Covering windows server 2008 and windows vista, 5th edition, and windows internals. As far as accurate, compelling technical thrillers go it was right on target. Zero day isbn 9780312612467 pdf epub mark russinovich. Mark russinovich books list of books by author mark. Operation desolation ebook by mark russinovich rakuten kobo.
An introduction to blockchain with mark russinovich seth. Whether or not youre a computer geek, zero day tells a compelling story with thrills and chills to. Mark russinovich is a cybersecurity expert who has turned his considerable knowledge into a very scary and too plausible novel. The second book avoids delving into the details to the same extent, losing the main attraction and making the novice fiction writers weaknesses more jarring. Stream and download audiobooks to your computer, tablet or mobile phone. A cofounder of winternals, he joined microsoft when the company was acquired in 2006. It altered the speed of centrifuges in the plants and shut them down. Mar, 2011 im excited to announce that my first novel, a cyber thriller entitled zero day, is now available at all major book retailers. Mark russinovich, author of zero day, on librarything. Mark eugene russinovich is a spanishborn american software engineer who serves as cto of microsoft azure. Executive summary i recommend this book for the casual reader that is interested in cyber security topics. 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.
He is also author of the popular sysinternals tools. 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. If you like the sysinternals tools, the articles i post on this blog, are interested. Mark russinovich wikimili, the best wikipedia reader. Borrow ebooks, audiobooks, and videos from thousands of public libraries worldwide. From the perspective of the tightlycontrolled corporate giant that microsoft had become, russinovich was still a loose cannon. It follows a year after the events told in russinovichs first work of fiction, zero day. The tall, thin, darkhaired software guru helps coworkers maintain successful. For microsoft azure, 2017 will probably be remembered as the year of serverless and edge computing. The result is a well written, fast paced thriller from an author who really knows his stuff. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. If you are brave enough to try this one out, youll know what i mean. Stuxnet a type of zeroday vulnerability was one of the earliest digital weapons used. Russinovich struck out three times before he found a willing agent, which took more than a year after zero day s completion.
Stuxnet is a highly infectious selfreplicating computer worm that disrupted iranian nuclear plants. I really enjoyed mark russinovichs zero hour and the main characters jeff and daryl in that story. Russinovich is a respected expert in the field of windows operating system. This acclaimed book by mark russinovich is available at in several formats for your ereader.
Mark russinovich joins andrew richards and larry larsen on this episode of defrag tools to talk about the history of sysinternals, his involvement with the windows internals book series and advice. Zero day by mark russinovich and johnny heller audiobook. Mark russinovich is chief technology officer of microsoft azure, where he oversees the technical strategy and architecture of microsofts cloud computing platform. Zero day has an interesting premise, but falls waaaaaay short in execution. Apr 26, 2011 russinovich is coauthor for several books in the windows internals book series, as well as a contributing editor for technet magazine and windows it pro magazine. As the former head of the cias cyberterrorism unit, jeff aiken knows that we are already in a digital world war and that the stakes are only growing as we become more dependent on computers and the internet. May 24, 20 mark russinovich looks like an average corporate computer whiz, even though hes a technical fellow for microsoft.
Nelson demille while what mark wrote is fiction, the risks that he writes about eerily mirror many situations that we see. I hated the relationship drama at the beginning of the book, the action subplot in the second half of the book seemed forced and even laughable, while the ending was quick to wrap up and seemed more focused on being a moral warning to the problems of unregulated high frequency trading in the stock market. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading zero day. In rogue code, mark russinovich takes it one step further to show how their grip on high finance makes the stock market vulnerable to hackers who could bring about worldwide financial collapse cyber security expert jeff aiken knows that no. The only one you get to know a little in this book is the main male character. It follows a year after the events told in russinovich s first work of fiction, zero day. Mark, since the infection jeff worked on was triggered by an incorrect date on the system, why couldnt he just reset the. Zero day series book 2 mark russinovich author kevin mitnick author of introduction, etc. A day in the life of mark russinovich candidly yekta. A zeroday also known as 0 day vulnerability is a computersoftware vulnerability that is unknown to, or unaddressed by, those who should be interested in mitigating the vulnerability including the vendor of the target software.
Mark russinovich works at microsoft in one of the seniormost technical positions. Russinovich s 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. Mark russinovich is chief technology officer of microsoft azure, microsofts cloud platform. Several seemingly unrelated incidents take place all over the world, all involving computer failures. Operation desolation continues that great precedent. See how the core components of the windows operating system work behind. Mark is a technical fellow in the platform and services division at microsoft, he is very well known in the information technology arena as an expert in security, operating systems. Browse author series lists, sequels, pseudonyms, synopses, book covers, ratings and awards. The microsoft technical fellow discusses his new novel about dangerous malware a security expert must eliminate. A short story, operation desolation was published just before trojan horse and takes place 1 year after the events of zero day. What makes mark russinovich s first book zero day fascinating is the realistic scenario of a computer attack, made uniquely possible by mark s extensive computer expertise. A thoughtprovoking new story from the acclaimed author of zero day. He is author of the novels zero day and trojan horse, the. If you like the sysinternals tools, the articles i post on this blog, are interested march, 2011 by mark russinovich.
Mark russinovich works at microsoft as a technical fellow, microsofts seniormost technical position. Now, he works as a freelance computer security expert with the sexy and brilliant daryl haugen, racing around the world to uncover and. He is author of the first jeff aiken novel, zero day 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 magazine. Russinovich s novels zero day foreword by howard schmidt and trojan horse. Michael lewis flash boys revealed how highfrequency trading has created a ruthless breed of traders capable of winning whichever way the market turns. Zero day is a book in the style of crichton and clancy, weaving technical fact into the story. Operation desolation is a short story that continues with mostly jeff on a quick thriller about the troublesome world of information security. Whether or not youre a computer geek, zero day tells a compelling story with thrills and chills to entertain you. While i like the characters and the series, rogue code really fell flat for me. See all books authored by mark russinovich, including microsoft windows internals. Zero day is a treat for readers who enjoy cyber thrillers. He is author of the novels zero day and trojan horse, the popular sysinternals tools, coauthor of the windows internals book series, a contributing editor for.
The windows sysinternals administrators reference is the official book on the. To ask other readers questions about zero day, please sign up. A jeff aiken novel jeff aiken series book 1 kindle edition by russinovich, mark, howard schmidt. Whether or not youre a computer geek, zero day tells a compelling story with thrills and chills to entertain.
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