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- Countdown to Zero Day : Stuxnet and the launch of the world's first digital weapon / by Zetter, Kim.(CARDINAL)657659;
Includes bibliographical references and index."Top cybersecurity journalist Kim Zetter tells the story behind the virus that sabotaged Iran's nuclear efforts and shows how its existence has ushered in a new age of warfare--one in which a digital attack can have the same destructive capability as a megaton bomb. In January 2010, inspectors with the International Atomic Energy Agency noticed that centrifuges at an Iranian uranium enrichment plant were failing at an unprecedented rate. The cause was a complete mystery--apparently as much to the technicians replacing the centrifuges as to the inspectors observing them. Then, five months later, a seemingly unrelated event occurred: A computer security firm in Belarus was called in to troubleshoot some computers in Iran that were crashing and rebooting repeatedly. At first, the firm's programmers believed the malicious code on the machines was a simple, routine piece of malware. But as they and other experts around the world investigated, they discovered a mysterious virus of unparalleled complexity. They had, they soon learned, stumbled upon the world's first digital weapon. For Stuxnet, as it came to be known, was unlike any other virus or worm built before: Rather than simply hijacking targeted computers or stealing information from them, it escaped the digital realm to wreak actual, physical destruction on a nuclear facility. In these pages, Wired journalist Kim Zetter draws on her extensive sources and expertise to tell the story behind Stuxnet's planning, execution, and discovery, covering its genesis in the corridors of Bush's White House and its unleashing on systems in Iran--and telling the spectacular, unlikely tale of the security geeks who managed to unravel a sabotage campaign years in the making. But Countdown to Zero Day ranges far beyond Stuxnet itself. Here, Zetter shows us how digital warfare developed in the US. She takes us inside today's flourishing zero-day "grey markets," in which intelligence agencies and militaries pay huge sums for the malicious code they need to carry out infiltrations and attacks. She reveals just how vulnerable many of our own critical systems are to Stuxnet-like strikes, from nation-state adversaries and anonymous hackers alike--and shows us just what might happen should our infrastructure be targeted by such an attack. Propelled by Zetter's unique knowledge and access, and filled with eye-opening explanations of the technologies involved, Countdown to Zero Day is a comprehensive and prescient portrait of a world at the edge of a new kind of war. "--"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"--- Subjects: Case studies.; United States.; Cyberspace operations (Military science); Network-centric operations (Military science); Network-centric operations (Military science); Computer crimes; Rootkits (Computer software); Uranium enrichment; Sabotage; Nuclear arms control; Nuclear nonproliferation;
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- Twilight warriors : the soldiers, spies, and special agents who are revolutionizing the American way of war / by Kitfield, James,author.(CARDINAL)744361;
Includes bibliographical references and index.Where there's smoke: 1998-2001 -- Another kind of war: October 2001-May 2002 -- Descent into darkness: March-October 2002 -- The crucible: October 2003-May 2004 -- Martyrs' den: 2006-2007 -- Five assassins: May-July 2006 -- Prodigal soldiers: January-December 2007 -- Al-Qaeda pandemic: 2008-2010 -- The ghosts in the network: 2009-2010 -- The forgotten war: 2009-2010 -- American jihad: 2010-2011 -- Retribution: May-December 2011 -- Retrenchment: 2011-2012 -- Shadow war: 2013 -- The enemy votes: September-December 2013 -- Reflection in a broken mirror: 2013 -- Twilight warriors: 2013-2014 -- Going dark: 2013-2014 -- A world on edge: 2015 -- Epilogue."When U.S. troops withdrew from Afghanistan at the end of 2014, it signaled the end of the longest conflict in the nation's history. Yet we are still at war--no longer with other states, but with a host of new enemies, from nihilistic terrorists and narco-traffickers to transnational criminal cartels, lone wolf assassins, and modern-day pirates. Standing against these foes is a tight-knit fraternity of soldiers, cops, lawyers, and spies. Together, these men have broken down the cultural and institutional boundaries among their respective agencies to engineer a new, network-centric way of fighting: one that uses a seamless web of intelligence analysts, high-tech information networks, and Special Forces units to take the fight to America's enemies as never before. These disciplined, patriotic servicemen form a band of brothers that, over the past half century, has fundamentally reshaped the way America defends itself."--Provided by publisher.- Subjects: United States. Federal Bureau of Investigation; Strategic culture; Intelligence service; Terrorism; Special operations (Military science); Interagency coordination; National security; Military art and science;
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