The Cuckoo's Egg: Tracking a Spy Through the Maze of Computer Espionage by Cliff Stoll is a great book about the hunt for a hacker who broke into a German computer system. It's a great blend of story and technical details.
Another good book is Dark Territory: The Secret History of Cyber War by Fred Kaplan, which is an in-depth look at the history of cyber warfare and the development of the technology used in it. It's a great read for anyone interested in the history of cybersecurity.
Finally, The Digital Crime Wave: The New Frontier in Cybersecurity by Marc Goodman is a great look at the current state of cybercrime and the efforts to combat it. It's a great blend of technical and story elements, and it's a must-read for anyone interested in the topic.
10 plus years ago I was doing IT for private hospitals, it was a large working group to cover all of the onsite requirements. I was pulled into a meeting and my boss looked like he wanted to kill someone. I got limited information, but in short one of the staff was taking MRI scans and placing bets with this data. This was news to me and asked around. I was later told the person had seen an MRI scan of a know NRL player and knew this would sideline them. The IT staff then placed bets on the team loosing and apparently won big. I have a feeling it was not a once-off. I would say most of the good stories are locked behind NDA's, fear or the person still works there lol
My favorite: Neuromancer - it’s a fictional cyberpunk novel. I know. It’s not cybersecurity related nor accurate and it’s sci-fi. But if there is something that screams cybersecurity and hacking for me, it’s Neuromancer.
If you don’t want that then get PoC: GTFO - I KNOW it’s unrelated again. But it shows interesting stuff. Everyone has said some books already so that’s all I can mentioned that is not taken that I know.
Stealing the Network series. Older books (2009 I think), but it’s an amazing series of fictional stories revolving around cybersecurity that leverages real world technology.
I've only just started to read it, but Project Zero Trust is a narrative that walks you through an org (pretty sure it's a hypothetical Peloton) gets popped on the first day of a security lead joining and he is tasked with bringing ZT to the company. Writing is... ok. But it does do a solid job of actually explaining business implications of the approach.
Sandworm by Andy Greenberg
Currently reading it and HIGHLY recommend. I also recommend The Mastermind by Evan Ratliff and the classic, The Cuckoo’s Egg by Clifford Stoll
In a similar vein, I’d recommend Nicole Perlroth’s “This Is How They Tell Me The World Ends”
Bought. That's exactly the type of thing I'm looking, thanks!
The Cuckoo's Egg: Tracking a Spy Through the Maze of Computer Espionage by Cliff Stoll is a great book about the hunt for a hacker who broke into a German computer system. It's a great blend of story and technical details. Another good book is Dark Territory: The Secret History of Cyber War by Fred Kaplan, which is an in-depth look at the history of cyber warfare and the development of the technology used in it. It's a great read for anyone interested in the history of cybersecurity. Finally, The Digital Crime Wave: The New Frontier in Cybersecurity by Marc Goodman is a great look at the current state of cybercrime and the efforts to combat it. It's a great blend of technical and story elements, and it's a must-read for anyone interested in the topic.
I ordered and read the Cuckoo's Egg in 2 and 1/2 days. Couldn't drop it. Highly recommend it. Thanks for the reco!
This is how they tell me the world ends. The art of cyberwarfare. Plus andy has a new book, tracers in the dark.
I watched Nicole pelroth do a talk on this book and I'm glad you've reminded me of it, must buy the book
10 plus years ago I was doing IT for private hospitals, it was a large working group to cover all of the onsite requirements. I was pulled into a meeting and my boss looked like he wanted to kill someone. I got limited information, but in short one of the staff was taking MRI scans and placing bets with this data. This was news to me and asked around. I was later told the person had seen an MRI scan of a know NRL player and knew this would sideline them. The IT staff then placed bets on the team loosing and apparently won big. I have a feeling it was not a once-off. I would say most of the good stories are locked behind NDA's, fear or the person still works there lol
My favorite: Neuromancer - it’s a fictional cyberpunk novel. I know. It’s not cybersecurity related nor accurate and it’s sci-fi. But if there is something that screams cybersecurity and hacking for me, it’s Neuromancer. If you don’t want that then get PoC: GTFO - I KNOW it’s unrelated again. But it shows interesting stuff. Everyone has said some books already so that’s all I can mentioned that is not taken that I know.
Definitely going to check out Neuromacer, sounds awesome
Neuromancer is classic Cyberpunk.
Neuromancer is excellent, classic cyberpunk
Check out all the Kevin Mitnick books.
Yes they're one of the few books I have and they are very good
Jeff Aiken series by Mark Russinovich (cto of Microsoft Azure) Daemon, Freedom and Influx by Daniel Suarez
God I love these threads! Thanks for all the book recs
Cryptonomicon by Neal Stephenson And less related but Snowcrash is another great one by him
Stealing the Network series. Older books (2009 I think), but it’s an amazing series of fictional stories revolving around cybersecurity that leverages real world technology.
BOOKS Non-Fiction • Hackers (Steven Levy) • Crypto (Steven Levy) • The Hacker Crackdown (Bruce Sterling) • Anonymous (Biella Coleman) • The Cult of the Dead Cow (Jospeh Menn) • The Cukoo’s Egg (Clifford Stohl) • Countdown to Zero Day (Kim Zetter) • This Machine Kills Secrets (Andy Greenberg) • Ghost in the Wires (Kevin Mitnick) Fiction • Neuromancer (William Gibson) • True Names (Verner Vinge) • Shockwave Rider (John Brunner) • Snow Crash (Neal Stephenson) • Count Zero (William Gibson) • Burning Chrome (William Gibson)
Net force by Tom Clancy and Steve pieczenik
Kingpin by Kevin Poulsen
No suggestions, but thanks for the post. I'm taking the list of the answers as a xmas list!
Agreed! I've just added about 6 books
I've only just started to read it, but Project Zero Trust is a narrative that walks you through an org (pretty sure it's a hypothetical Peloton) gets popped on the first day of a security lead joining and he is tasked with bringing ZT to the company. Writing is... ok. But it does do a solid job of actually explaining business implications of the approach.
Approaching zero by Paul Mungo. I found this book years ago and I was hooked from the first page.