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Reading list
Nine books to understand the digital battlefield.
My favourite books to recommend on cyber warfare, hacking and intelligence.
- 01
Countdown to Zero Day
Kim Zetter
The full story of Stuxnet, the first digital weapon, and how it was discovered.
- 02
The Fifth Domain
Richard A. Clarke & Robert K. Knake
How companies and governments can defend themselves in cyberspace, from two former White House officials.
- 03
Hackers: Heroes of the Computer Revolution
Steven Levy
The original hacker ethic, and where today’s security culture comes from.
- 04
Sandworm
Andy Greenberg
Russia’s GRU hackers, NotPetya and attacks on Ukraine’s power grid.
- 05
The Perfect Weapon
David E. Sanger
How cyber operations became the weapon of choice for great powers.
- 06
Worm: The First Digital World War
Mark Bowden
The race to contain the Conficker worm.
- 07
Habeas Data
Cyrus Farivar
The court cases that shaped surveillance and privacy law in the digital age.
- 08
Spam Nation
Brian Krebs
Inside the organised-crime economy behind spam, fake pharmacies and botnets.
- 09
The Moscow Rules
Antonio & Jonna Mendez with Matt Baglio
CIA tradecraft from the Cold War, and timeless lessons about operating against a capable adversary.
Short descriptions are drafts and may be refined.