To ask other readers questions about zero day, please sign up. Mysteriously, systems are shutting down on airliners, at financial institutions, in hospitals, at auto factories and, most scarily, at nuclear power plants. Several seemingly unrelated incidents take place all over the world, all involving computer failures. Mark russinovich looks like an average corporate computer whiz, even though hes a technical fellow for microsoft. Zero day by mark russinovich books hachette australia. Mark russinovich is a cybersecurity expert who has turned his considerable knowledge into a very scary and too plausible novel. Editions of zero day by mark russinovich goodreads. Security researchers describe a zeroday threat as a malware threat capable of. Dennis fisher talks with mark russinovich of microsoft about his novel zero day, the idea of a coordinated cyber attack by terrorists and the difficulty of writing a technical novel for a.
While working on this problem, jeff uncovers the larger threat. They race against time to learn whos behind it and to stop it from happening. Zero day is also the title of a novel by mark russinovich. 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. Microsoft computer guru russinovichs first novel, a cautionary tale about the imminence of the great cyber attack to wipe out the internet, works pretty well as a. Mark russinovich on zero day and beyond redmondmag. Microsoft computer guru russinovichs first novel, a cautionary tale about the imminence of the great cyber attack to wipe out the internet, works.
Considering the background of the author, the premise of zero day becomes even more compelling. A mustread for all americans and for those entrusted with our security and our survival. He was a cofounder of software producers winternals before it was acquired by microsoft in 2006. My expectations were not met, but given that this is marks first novel i would say the. Mark russinovich works at microsoft in one of the seniormost technical positions. Zero day by mark russinovich book trailer mark russinovich.
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