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A review by nevarrum
Zero Day by Mark Russinovich
3.0
This is an entertaining book written by a security technical expert, it seems an odd mix but does seem to work quite nicely though it does stumble in it's narrative occasionally. I have to be honest I had expected that this would be far more technical than it is. However Mark has managed to break down so very technical issues into language that most people I am sure could understand. Explaining rootkit in layman's terms in a novel is quite some feat.
The characters are believably flawed and to be honest the only time I found it a bit lazy was that the Russian characters were clearly written from a pretty basic Russian stereotype toolkit. They still work and of course recent events have placed Russia front and centre of this type of activity. this has a good pace to the story and it is easy enough and simple enough to digest, there is nothing particularly complicated here. With some surprises and unexpected bumps in the story it nicely paints a picture of how easy it would be for a co-ordinated attack to be conceived and with the right people in place executed. Which is a pretty scary prospect. I don't think security has improved much since this was written so it is all still relevant.
The characters are believably flawed and to be honest the only time I found it a bit lazy was that the Russian characters were clearly written from a pretty basic Russian stereotype toolkit. They still work and of course recent events have placed Russia front and centre of this type of activity. this has a good pace to the story and it is easy enough and simple enough to digest, there is nothing particularly complicated here. With some surprises and unexpected bumps in the story it nicely paints a picture of how easy it would be for a co-ordinated attack to be conceived and with the right people in place executed. Which is a pretty scary prospect. I don't think security has improved much since this was written so it is all still relevant.