Mark eugene russinovich born december 22, 1966 is a spanishborn american software engineer who serves as cto of microsoft azure. Russinovich wrote livekd, a utility included with the book inside windows 2000. Now theres a novel about highfrequency trading publishers weekly on rogue code. The book trojan horse could, in my opinion be a carbon copy of book 1, zero day. Click read now pdf download, get it for free, register 100% easily. This is the first fiction book that has computers and technology at the heart of it where i didnt angrily shout to the invisible. A widely recognized expert in distributed systems, operating systems and cybersecurity, russinovich earned a ph. Ex cia agent jeff aiken and dhs cybersecurity expert daryl haugen investigate random computer failures around the world and soon realize from clues in the vi. Mark e russinovich over the atlantic, an airliners controls suddenly stop reacting. Several seemingly unrelated incidents take place all over the world, all involving computer failures. But there are some lighter books i think are worthy of consideration, too. Mark russinovich chief technical officer, microsoft. Drawing on his experience as a microsoft bigwig and cybersecurity expert, russinovich raises a cautionary red flag with his first novel, which exposes the.
Zero day is a book in the style of crichton and clancy, weaving technical fact into the story. Read an excerpt from the novel, and learn more about the book and author at the zero day website and blog. He is author of the novels zero day and trojan horse, the. Zero day is a fun political thriller that shows computer security geeks saving the day. Microsoft technical fellow mark russinovich joins us for an impromptu conversation about what hes been up to lately. Zero day features jeff aitkin as the lead character. 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. Like zero day, trojan horse is a thrilling suspense story, a sober warning from one of the worlds leading experts on cybersecurity, microsoft technical fellow mark. A jeff aiken novel jeff aiken series series by mark russinovich. Mark russinovich books list of books by author mark. Written by a global authority on cyber security, zero day presents a chilling what if scenario that, in a world completely reliant on technology, is more than possible today its a cataclysmic disaster just waiting to happen. He has also authored several nonfiction and fiction books, including the microsoft press windows internals book series, as well as fictional cyber security thrillers zero day, trojan horse and rogue code. The title of this book is zero day and it was written by mark russinovich, howard schmidt foreword.
Author info mark russinovich works at microsoft as a technical fellow, microsofts seniormost technical position. An expert in the field, mark russinovich writes about cyberterrorism with a mix of technical authority and dramatic verve. Schmidt, white house cyber security coordinatoran uptothemoment tickingclock thriller, zero day imagines the. A number of the cybersecurity canon candidates ive discussed so far have been heavier reads. Nelson demillewhile what mark wrote is fiction, the risks that he writes about eerily mirror many situations that we see today. Written by a global authority on cyber security, zero day presents a chilling what if scenario that, in a world completely reliant on technology, is more than possible todayits a cataclysmic disaster just waiting to happen. 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. 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. Written by a global authority on cyber security, zero day presents a chilling what if scenario that, in a world completely reliant on technology, is more than possible todayits a. See all books authored by mark russinovich, including microsoft windows internals. You can read all your books for as long as a month for free and will get the latest books notifications. The microsoft technical fellow discusses his new novel about dangerous malware a security expert must eliminate. If you like the sysinternals tools, the articles i post on this blog, are interested in computer security, or just enjoy a heartstopping thriller, youll like zero day.
Mark russinovich works at microsoft as a technical fellow, microsofts seniormost technical position. 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. Mark russinovich works at microsoft in the windows azure product team as a technical fellow, microsofts seniormost technical position. Against this backdrop of security vulnerabilities, microsoft technical fellow and windows it. Its two years after the zero day attacks, and cyber security analyst jeff aiken is reaping the rewards for crippling alqaidas assault on the computer infrastructure of the western world.
Marks webcasts windows sysinternals microsoft docs. Cyber security expert jeff aiken knows that no computer system is. Topics include the newly added windows azure infrastructure as a service iaas su. And, if you are looking for some pretty good reading material for your next beach vacation, you could do a lot worse. Written by a global authority on cyber security, zero day presents a chilling what if scenario that, in a world completely reliant on technology, is more than. A cofounder of winternals, he joined microsoft when the company was acquired in 2006.
Mark russinovich works at microsoft in one of the seniormost technical positions. Books go search best sellers gift ideas new releases deals store. To ask other readers questions about zero day, please sign up. In it, russinovich describes the nature of cyber crime and. Mark is a popular speaker at industry conferences such as ipexpo, microsoft ignite and build, and rsa conference. An in the midwest, a nuclear power plant nearly becomes the. Book two comes along and basically rehashes that same point. This is why rogue code was such a breath of moderately fresh air.
A mustread for all americans and for those entrusted with our security and our survival. Considering the background of the author, the premise of zero day becomes even more compelling. Mark russinovich is chief technology officer for microsoft azure, microsofts global enterprisegrade cloud platform. In japan, an oil tanker runs aground when its navigational system fails. Mark eugene russinovich born december 22, 1966 is a spanishborn american software. As a technical expert, mark russinovich is world famous. Russinovich and as security specialist myself this book will be a mustread for me. Book to screen in the news video interviews fully booked podcast. Zero day by mark russinovich, 9781250007308, available at book depository with free delivery worldwide. Ive just finished reading the book zero day by mark russinovich.
Its two years after the zero day attacks, and cybersecurity analyst jeff aiken is reaping the rewards for crippling alqaidas assault on the computer infrastructure of. In it, russinovich describes the nature of cyber crime and how a cyber terrorism campaign might be launched against the us. Im excited to announce that my first novel, a cyber thriller entitled zero day, is now available at all major book retailers. 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 on zero day and beyond redmondmag. The microsoft technical fellow discusses his new novel about dangerous malware a security. Trojan horse by mark russinovich overdrive rakuten. The result is a well written, fast paced thriller from an author who really knows his stuff. Martins griffin and has a total of 336 pages in the book. Zero day is a treat for readers who enjoy cyber thrillers. Welcome to friendly what are you looking for book zero day. An action thriller, centered around high technology crime published in 2011, and hes followed that up with trojan horse. He is known to us in the security world as one of the cofounders of sysinternals.
If you like the sysinternals tools, the articles i post on this blog, are interested. 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. Watch free ondemand recordings of marks toprated presentations from teched, build and other conferences on azure, security, windows troubleshooting, malware hunting. This episode of herding code the guys talk to mark russinovich about his new book zero day, modern malware like stuxnet, his experiences discovering the sony rootkit, sysinternals tools, and computer security in general. In russinovich s wellcrafted third jeff aiken novel after 2012. Mark russinovich is a cybersecurity expert who has turned his considerable knowledge into a very scary and tooplausible novel.
A jeff aiken novel jeff aiken series book 1 and millions of other. With this technical background, zero day describes how a set of evil actors could technically wreck havoc on the computer. He joined the company when microsoft acquired winternals software, which he confounded in 1996. Both are in a series of popular technothrillers, that have attracted praise from industry insiders such as mikko hypponen and daniel suarez.
He is also author of the popular sysinternals tools. 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. We caught up with mark russinovich, chief technology officer of microsoft azure, to find out a bit about what he talked about at ipexpo this year plus his thoughts on cloud security and ethical hacking as well what he feels the future of the cloud will be and how the iot will impact this. I can only hope that zero day makes it to movie form and the director cares about my opinion. Schmidt, white house cyber security coordinator an uptothemoment tickingclock thriller, zero day imagines the next 911 in a frightening but all too believable way. Zero day by mark russinovich and johnny heller audiobook. The same thesis is presented and even the character dynamics, and villains and support characters, are the same. Zero day jeff aiken, book 1 by mark russinovich fantastic fiction.
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