author: Robert O'Harrow Jr.
name: Wayne
average rating: 3.75
book published: 2013
rating: 4
read at: 2013/07/29
date added: 2013/07/29
shelves: non-fiction-computer
review:
Zero Day is a term that computer security people use to refer to a new vulnerability. Although companies can be alerted to the threats, sometimes it takes some coercion by hackers to get a company to fix a hole.
In this extended piece from Robert O'Harrow Jr. of the Washington Post, he shows the kind of targets that hackers are looking to exploit. Control systems that run municipal water, electrical and sewage system have been networked for years, but are now a vulnerable target. Recently, these were targeted by the Stuxnet virus, which was created by the US and Israel to target Iran's uranium centrifuges (and did so quite effectively). Other systems at risk include healthcare systems.
Tools hackers use include search engines that expose vulnerable systems, hacking kits, and social engineering. Social engineering attacks are quite effective, and they are becoming specifically targeted.
This is a quick read, and well reported. It's quite accessible to non-technical people who may find this true life story as scary as a movie plot. White hat hackers are shown as the true front line heroes in this new war.
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