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Ask HN: Best Cyber Warfare Books?
What are your favorite books on cyber warfare? These could be manuals or how-to, or stuff like real-world stories.
- halfcat 2y agoI recall enjoying Masters of Deception: The Gang That Ruled Cyberspace
- DLA 2y agoThe Perfect Weapon We Are All Targets Countdown to Zero Day This Is How They Tell Me the World Ends (about the Zero Day market) Cyber Warfare - Truth, Tactics, and Strategies The Art of Cyberwarfare: An Investigator's Guide to Espionage, Ransomware, and Organized Cybercrime
- romperstomper 2y ago+1 for "Countdown to Zero Day"
- __alexander 2y ago“This Is How They Tell Me the World Ends.” was refuted as being inaccurate by a lot of individuals in the infosec community.
- netman21 2y agoSurviving Cyberwar There Will be Cyberwar: How The Move To Network-Centric Warfighting Has Set The Stage For Cyberwar
- Desafinado 2y agoUnderground Empire by Henry Farrell.
- ahazred8ta 2y agoOn a smaller scale: The Cyberthief and the Samurai (1996) is about Shimomura and Kevin Mitnick https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18163.The_Cyberthief_and_the_Samurai https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18163.The_Cyberthief_and... The Cuckoo's Egg (1989) is about Clifford Stoll and a West German hacking for the KGB https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18154.The_Cuckoo_s_Egg https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18154.The_Cuckoo_s_Egg
- whalesalad 2y ago+1 for cuckoos egg
- ews 2y ago+1 too, it's an amazing book
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- ahazred8ta 2y ago/me waves to user Cliff: https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=CliffStoll https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=CliffStoll
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- aweiher 2y ago"Sandworm" by Andy Greenberg gave me the chills.
- giantg2 2y agoThanks for the suggestions everyone!
- __alexander 2y agoHello, These are my favorites. Some are more related to cyber-crime than cyber-warfare. https://www.goodreads.com/review/list/38655520?shelf=cyber-security&sort=date_added&order=d https://www.goodreads.com/review/list/38655520?shelf=cyber-s...
- entropyie 2y ago+1 for Sandworm
- entropyie 2y agoTallinn Manual 2.0 on the International Law Applicable to Cyber Operations. Not exactly a page turner, but if you are serious, it offers a solid legal understanding of cyber operations. The Art and Science of Military Deception by Barton Whaley. Again, somewhat dry but essential if you are serious about cyber warfare.
- bwb 2y agoI highly recommend two... Dark Wire - An insane story about the FBI setting up their own encrypted phone network and selling it to global crime syndicates. Mastermind - The story of a 10-year-long quest to bring down Paul Le Roux, who went from crypto coder to drug lord to an insane global crime group. It is one of the craziest stories I've ever read. If you want to see how Bond villains form in real life this is it :) Also, a lot of people have recommended "This is how they tell me the world ends" as well: https://shepherd.com/book/this-is-how-they-tell-me-the-world-ends https://shepherd.com/book/this-is-how-they-tell-me-the-world... And I've been meaning to read Countdown to Zero Day about Stuxnet.
- giantg2 2y agoDo you have the author for Mastermind?
- vineyardlabs 2y agoCountdown to zero day is great. It straddles the line between technical and accessible to a wide audience well IMO.
- runjake 2y ago+1 Mastermind. A superb read. Will also lead to rabbit holes of research of the various people in the book. Many elaborate webs.