The software supply chain is increasingly under attack. His cyberterrorism book held my interest from page one to the end. Book two comes along and basically rehashes that same point. By the early aughts, russinovich was helping microsoft watcher dave solomon write a book on the windows 2000 operating system, and he made regular visits to the companys headquarters in redmond. Mark has authored two novels, zero day and trojan horse. 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 thriller, though it takes a while to boot up and for the bodies to begin to fall. A jeff aiken novel jeff aiken series book 3 20may2014. In the very beginning of the book there is an airplane scene.
Get the latest azure news, updates and announcements from the azure blog. Mark russinovich books list of books by author mark russinovich. Mark russinovich works at microsoft as a technical fellow, microsofts seniormost technical position. A hospital network mixes up patient information, resulting in the death of several people. Learn more about the books trojan horse and zero day by mark russinovich. See all books authored by mark russinovich, including zero day, and microsoft windows internals. Arab terrorists, with the collusion of osama bin laden, are behind the attack. Considering the background of the author, the premise of zero day becomes even more compelling. This book will also satisfy those not on the inside of this community, who are fascinated by the real tactics and motives of criminal, malicous hackers and those who defent the internet from them. Now theres a novel about highfrequency trading publishers weekly on rogue code. Mark russinovichs zero day ranks right up there with these guys. Everyday low prices on a huge range of new releases and classic fiction.
The zero day book trailer tuesday, may 3, 2011 i just got back the finished version of the video trailer for my new cyber thriller zero day, which i think came out awesome. Listen to zero day audiobook by mark russinovich and. He has authored several nonfiction and fiction books, including the microsoft press windows internals book series, troubleshooting with the sysinternals tools, as well as fictional cybersecurity thrillers zero day, trojan. Training explore free online learning resources from videos to handson labs marketplace appsource find and try industryfocused lineofbusiness and productivity apps. By the early aughts, russinovich was helping microsoft watcher dave solomon write a book on the windows 2000 operating system, and he made regular visits to the companys headquarters in. Both are in a series of popular technothrillers, that have attracted praise from industry insiders such as mikko hypponen and daniel suarez. Zero day by mark russinovich is a recommended read for the technicallyinspired and especially for those with an interest in security. Mark russinovich is chief technology officer of microsoft azure, microsofts cloud platform. The result is a well written, fast paced thriller from an. Ex cia agent jeff aiken and dhs cybersecurity expert daryl haugen investigate random. User and gdi objects part 1 so far in the pushing the limits of windows series, ive focused on resources managed by the windows operating system kernel, including physical and virtual memory, paged and nonpaged pool, processes, threads and handles. Mark russinovich is chief technology officer of microsoft azure, where he oversees the technical strategy and architecture of microsofts cloud computing platform. The book trojan horse could, in my opinion be a carbon copy of book 1, zero day.
A plane over the atlantic suddenly needs to reboot its computer to stay in the air, and the pilots barely avert disaster. He is a widely recognized expert in distributed systems, operating system internals, and cybersecurity. An airliners controls abruptly fail midflight over the atlantic. Mark russinovich s zero day ranks right up there with these guys. Mark eugene russinovich born december 22, 1966 is a spanishborn american software engineer who serves as cto of microsoft azure. 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. In the past i read the electronic version of the first book, zero day. The horror of cyberterrorism explodes on the page in russinovich s first novel. And the latest book ive read is zero day, the debut novel by famous windows insider guru mark russinovich. 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. 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 russinovich. Stream and download audiobooks to your computer, tablet or mobile phone.
Mark russinovich s technical blog covering topics such as windows troubleshooting, technologies and security. Russinovich is coauthor for several books in the windows internals book series, as well as a contributing editor for technet magazine and windows it. The realistic portrayals of researching, developing, and ultimately defending the internet from a malicious zeroday attack will appeal to. Partners find a partner get up and running in the cloud with help from an experienced partner. Im in the windows azure cloud operating system team at microsoft. He is a widely recognized expert in distributed systems and operating systems.
He is the author of the jeff aiken cyberthriller novels, zero day, trojan horse, and rogue code, and co. Whether or not youre a computer geek, zero day tells a compelling story with thrills and chills to entertain you. 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. For microsoft azure, 2017 will probably be remembered as the year of serverless and edge computing. Zero day ebook by mark russinovich 9781429968041 rakuten kobo. Mark provides an overview of several sysinternals tools, including process monitor, process explorer, and autoruns, focusing on the features. Microsoft windows servertm 2003, windows xp, and windows 2000 prodeveloper, and more on. These utilities enable deep inspection and control of processes, file system and registry activity, and autostart execution points. Zero day russinovich, mark author aug212012 paperback 21aug2012. Mark russinovich azure blog and updates microsoft azure. Ive been getting a lot of reading done on my kindleipad combination.
A jeff aiken novel jeff aiken series book 1 and millions of other. Last week, i spent a the majority of my commute time listening to a cybercrime novel by mark russinovich. Mark provides an overview of several sysinternals tools, including process monitor, process explorer, and autoruns, focusing on the features useful for malware analysis and removal. Read zero day a jeff aiken novel by mark russinovich available from rakuten kobo. Russinovichs 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. 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. Mark russinovich is a cybersecurity expert who has turned his considerable knowledge into a very scary and too plausible novel. Browse author series lists, sequels, pseudonyms, synopses, book covers, ratings and awards. Rsa conference 2020empower your defenders with artificial. An oil tanker runs aground in japan when its navigational system suddenly stops dead. This is why rogue code was such a breath of moderately fresh air. He joined the company when microsoft acquired winternals software, which he cofounded in 1996. The realistic portrayals of researching, developing, and ultimately defending the internet from a malicious zero day attack will appeal to. Russinovich mark russinovich is chief technology officer of microsoft azure, where he oversees the technical strategy and architecture of microsofts cloud computing platform.
A jeff aiken novel jeff aiken series book 1 and millions of other books. Nelson demille while what mark wrote is fiction, the risks that he writes about eerily mirror many situations that we see. Bad actors attempt to insert malware at all points in the complex network of open source packages, spanning languages, operating systems, runtimes, and tools that make up modern. Russinovich is a popular speaker at industry conferences such as microsoft ignite, microsoft build and rsa conference. Sadly, this is something that could happen someday and it would be devastating.
Russinovich coauthored windows internals and the sysinternals administrators reference, both from microsoft press, authored the cyberthriller zero day, is a contributing russinovich is a widely recognized expert in windows operating system internals as well as operating system architecture and design. Nov 24, 2017 microsoft azure cto mark russinovich photo courtesy web summit cc2. And, if you are looking for some pretty good reading material for your next beach vacation, you could do a lot worse. A short story, operation desolation was published just before trojan horse and takes place 1 year after the events of zero day.
Marks webcasts windows sysinternals microsoft docs. One of the nice things about not having constant deadlines is that i can chillax. He is also author of the popular sysinternals tools. 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. He was a cofounder of software producers winternals before it was acquired by microsoft in 2006. Several seemingly unrelated incidents take place all over the world, all involving computer failures. From product updates to hot topics, hear from the azure experts. Cto of microsoft azure, fiction and nonfiction author, author and maintainer of. March 31, 2010 by mark russinovich 25 pushing the limits of windows. But the ceo of a major investment firm has done just that, and now cyber security expert jeff aiken has to try to protect the company from its leaders mistakes. He is coauthor of the microsoft press windows internals book series, a contributing editor for technet magazine, and a senior contributing editor for windows it pro magazine. Zero day is also the title of a novel by mark russinovich, a technical.
Finished reading zero day by mark russinovich aidan finn. Azure marketplace find, try and buy azure building blocks and finished software solutions. Zero day by mark russinovich book trailer duration. Presented as an exciting fiction story, the narrative sweeps you along at a relentless pace, the characters. Mark s blog scareware, a type of malware that mimics antimalware software, has been around for a decade and shows no sign of going away. Whether or not you work in information security, youll likely find these books enjoyable. A sequel is in the works called trojan horse and is planned for a september release with a focus on statesponsored cyberespionage.
May 16, 2014 mark provides an overview of several sysinternals tools, including process monitor, process explorer, and autoruns, focusing on the features useful for malware analysis and removal. This book has a really good plot and some scenes that actually brought about a reaction. Mark russinovich books list of books by author mark. Mar 28, 2012 last year, mark russinovich published the cyber thriller zero day. Zero day is a treat for readers who enjoy cyber thrillers. Last year, mark russinovich published the cyber thriller zero day. An oil tanker runs aground in japan when its navigati. In russinovichs wellcrafted third jeff aiken novel after 2012. Challenging anonymous is like waving a red flag in front of a bull. Marks blog scareware, a type of malware that mimics antimalware software, has been around for a decade and shows no sign of going away. From the streets of iraq to the rescue of captain richard phillips in the indian ocean, and from the mountaintops of afghanistan to the third floor of osama bin ladens compound, operator mark owen. See how the core components of the windows operating system work behind. Marks blog page 3 mark russinovichs technical blog.
Mark russinovich chief technical officer, microsoft. A thoughtprovoking new story from the acclaimed author of zero day. Mark is also a popular speaker at industry conferences like microsoft teched, blackhat and rsa conference. To ask other readers questions about zero day, please sign up. Mark russinovichs technical blog covering topics such as windows troubleshooting, technologies and security. Mark russinovich works at microsoft in one of the seniormost technical positions. 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. Mark russinovich on zero day and beyond redmondmag. The windows sysinternals administrators reference is the official book on the. The book centres around an independent it security consultant who stumbles on a worldwide it security threat, and then goes on from. Microsoft azure cto mark russinovich photo courtesy web summit cc2. In it, russinovich describes the nature of cyber crime and how a cyber terrorism campaign might be launched against the us. This book, trojan horse, is the second of three books in the jeff aiken novel series and didnt disappoint in any way. Hi, we hadden er tijdens teched europe in berlijn al over, het nieuwe boek van onze vriend mark russinovich.
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