Zero Day, Mark Russinovich
Zero Day, Mark Russinovich
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Zero Day
A Jeff Aiken Novel

Author: Mark Russinovich, Howard Schmidt

Narrator: Johnny Heller

Unabridged: 9 hr 39 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 08/21/2012


Synopsis

An airliner's controls abruptly fail mid-flight over the Atlantic. An oil tanker runs aground in Japan when its navigational system suddenly stops dead. Hospitals everywhere have to abandon their computer databases when patients die after being administered incorrect dosages of their medicine. In the Midwest, a nuclear power plant nearly becomes the next Chernobyl when its cooling systems malfunction.

At first, these random computer failures seem like unrelated events. But Jeff Aiken, a former government analyst who quit in disgust after witnessing the gross errors that led up to 9/11, thinks otherwise. Jeff fears a more serious attack targeting the United States computer infrastructure is already under way. And as other menacing computer malfunctions pop up around the world, some with deadly results, he realizes that there isn't much time if he hopes to prevent an international catastrophe.

Written by a global authority on cyber security, Zero Day presents a chilling "what if" scenario that, in a world completely reliant on technology, is more than possible today---it's a cataclysmic disaster just waiting to happen.

About Mark Russinovich

MARK RUSSINOVICH works at Microsoft as a Technical Fellow, Microsoft’s senior-most technical position. A cofounder of Winternals, he joined Microsoft when the company was acquired in 2006. 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 TechNet Magazine, and a senior contributing editor for Windows IT Pro Magazine. He lives in Washington State.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Jon on September 30, 2011

A little disappointed. I've heard a lot of hype about this book, but it had some issues. I found the flow awkward and some of the characters seemed silted. Is the premise believable? Yeah. Did the solution make sense? Not really sure. [return][return]The technology descriptions also seemed out of pl......more

Goodreads review by Cecilia on May 05, 2025

DNF. Too much techno talk and I’m annoyed with computers, especially how AI has basically taken over the world (that would make an interesting story: AI vs. the world). A computer virus takes over and creates havoc in hospitals, airplanes, nuclear plants, etc. which need computers in order to work.......more

Goodreads review by Paul on October 20, 2012

Being in the IT field, I was excited to read this book, both for the subject matter and considering the Russinovich’s accomplished experience in the field. Plus, I’m a sucker for a good thriller. Unfortunately, maybe my IT background was also what made it somewhat disappointing to me, with certain p......more

Goodreads review by Kevin on June 06, 2013

I was really looking forward to this book, and so was very disappointed when I finally got to it. I'm going to put most of this in a spoiler tag just for those who haven't read it.. but if you haven't, then you'll soon see the problems the book has on your own.. stilted text, wooden characters, impro......more

Goodreads review by aPriL does feral sometimes on August 03, 2012

I picked this one up because I listen to a podcast by Steve Gibson called 'Security Now'. He has recommended other books which have been excellent. However, this was a big disappointment. It sucked. The sad thing is it really shouldn't have. The plot was terrific. Terrorists decide to take down the......more