Books by Mark Bowden
“Worm is about the Conficker worm, which was one of the earlier very, very effective pieces of malware used to build an enormous bot. Mark Bowden goes in and looks at who the people are trying to stop it. It’s one of the first books that gave me a feel for, ‘Oh, this is what it means when they say attacking is easier than defending.’ The defensive efforts were well-coordinated and reasonably well resourced, but Conficker was very hard to get a handle on.” Read more...
Josephine Wolff, Technologist
Black Hawk Down
by Mark Bowden
I don’t think I’ve enjoyed a book of reportage more than Black Hawk Down. The Ridley Scott movie really doesn’t do it justice
Interviews where books by Mark Bowden were recommended
The best books on Journalism, recommended by Toby Young
The journalist and author praises tabloid hacks, lambasts Johann Hari, picks a bone with Christopher Hitchens, and selects five books that exemplify good reporting – or satirise it mercilessly
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Spam Nation: The Inside Story of Organized Cybercrime-from Global Epidemic to Your Front Door
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Countdown to Zero Day: Stuxnet and the Launch of the World's First Digital Weapon
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Worm: The First Digital World War
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Dark Territory: The Secret History of Cyber War
by Fred Kaplan -
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Bytes, Bombs, and Spies: The Strategic Dimensions of Offensive Cyber Operations
by Amy Zegart & Herbert Lin
The Best Cyber Security Books, recommended by Josephine Wolff
The Best Cyber Security Books, recommended by Josephine Wolff
Not all important subjects make good reading, but cyber security is an exception: not only do we all need to know about and take responsibility for it, but it also generates nonfiction books worthy of John le Carré. Cyber security and policy expert Josephine Wolff, author of You’ll see this message when it is too late, recommends the best cyber security books.
