Stuxnet and the Launch of the World's First Digital Weapon

Gripping, well written, well paced, and is clearly written by someone who knows what they're talking about. It has a unique ability to describe details an analyst will appreciate, but can be understood by someone interested in the storyline because of the author's ability to explain technical details well. It's worth your money. Do it.

As a former nuclear power plant operator and current IT systems engineer, I found the material fascinating and well structured.
However, I can see where it might be a difficult read for someone without a foundation to start with as some of the chapters delve into specific technical details of the Stuxnet code and its targeted uranium enriching equipment.

Overall a great read and narration of stuxnet, its discovery, and its impact ㅡ including the role of government. This isn't a dramatization and really goes in depth in the state of affairs to proliferation of networked devices and even ethics of zero day vulnerabilities. My initial admiration of stuxnet has changed after reading Zetter's book, and I hope it can educate and encourage open discussion on the 'cyber domain.'

Great book, well written, nicely paced and explains a complex technical story in language everyone can understand. A must read for anyone in tech, or anyone concerned about the future of conflicts between nations and the safety of America.

A thoroughly good read. The research seems comprehensive and the heavy referencing in the footnotes of each chapter make the main content more easily readable without going overkill whilst allowing the corroboration of the content.

This takes you from the events leading up to the deployment of Stuxnet and through to the questions using a 'digital weapon' raises.

Even if you are not interested in cyberwarfare, this book is like reading a murder mystery. If you are into technology or cybersecurity, this book provides amazing detail on what the future may bring. Highly recommend!

A lot of evidences show who were behind the sabotage operation at Iran's' nuclear facilities. Considering the recent development of hacking at Sony Picture Entertainment and the Internet black out in North Korea, the book is very suggestive and interesting.

With Stuxnet and cyberweapons now becoming the norm of the battlefield of the future it's important to go back and understand how they were developed. Zetter has done a great job in bringing what could be considered an incredibly dry subject, that of malware detection, to those who have little or no understanding of computers.

This is the best book about political aspects of 'cyberwarfare' you will read today. Very well researched, and despite the topic being crazily technical (0days, rootkits on proprietary systems, Uranium enrichment, etc.) it delivers big time. Great read and one of the best books ever written on the subject.

When it comes to security, thinking you don't need it, or that you're prepared for everything on the other extreme are equally dangerous. This book makes the great point that in this case the best defense is defense. I'll add that the best defense is vigilant and constant defense.

Fantastic work. Zetter mixes a well-paced and compelling narrative with enough technical information to create a book that should be enjoyable and informative no matter what your level of understanding of computer science or cyber security is. Highly recommended to anyone interested in the emerging field of cyber warfare no matter what their background may be.

A great read from start to finish. Educational for non-technical readers, a well told story, and a well balanced discussion around cyber security and the myriad of questions and decisions around the use of these tools.

Though there are some detail holes no one can fill, this is a very solid piece on what might be called the first documented cyber weapon. Easy to read and full of interesting details. Enjoyed the chat at the SANS ICS Security summit, Kim.

Countdown to Zero Day hits a very nice balance for both technical and non-technical audiences. It's smart: explains a concept or term once very well, then moves on to build upon it to help the reader understand the complex subject matter. A reader without any background in the topic will find a fascinating and accessible story of some of the most interesting malicious software to date, and the people who reverse engineered it. A reader with some background in the field will find one of the most complete and coherent chronicles of Stuxnet, Duqu, and Flame available. Experienced readers will be happy that it doesn't go too light on interesting technical detail. I'd say it also serves well as a introduction to the issues surrounding ICS/SCADA security in general.

A good measure of how much I enjoyed a non-fiction book on my Kindle is to examine how many "highlights" I made to remind myself to explore something further. Zetter's Countdown to Zero Day breaks all personal records in this regard, with dozens of snippets of technical information and references I am looking forward to following up on. Zetter has done a lot of the hard work for me: documenting the years of research that went into this book with frequent and useful footnotes.

I'm going to start including this on the recommended reading list for my reverse engineering course, as I think it'll inspire and catch the interests of those who are just starting out in the field. I'm looking forward to my students' take on it.

Must read for anyone interested in cyber espionage and warfare. Stuxnet, Flame and its variants show us how targeted, devious and subtle attacks can impact, confuse and frustrate industrial processes. I hope they never get used against us!

Eye opening book on cyber threats, how vulnerable our own infrastructure is and that you don't need an Internet connection to be exploited. Kim Zetter goes into great detail behind the evolution of Stuxnet.

Must read for any student or official of foreign policy, nuclear weapons anti-proliferation and all technology professionals and hobbyists. Provides a very compelling, high level overview of the situation, the background and politics involved, right on down to the technicalities of the attack and the results and the fascinating blow by blow of how it was unravelled. Very readable, for the professional to the non-technical or layman. Something for all to learn here. Will re-read it, want to make sure I didn't miss a single thing. Kudos to the author for taking a very complex situation and making it presentable to all.

Great book. Non-fiction and really enjoyable! Anyone interested in the field of computer integrity could read this. It includes in depth description of words, phrases and concepts that aren't known to the common person related to computers. Really enjoying this book! Buy it!

Amazing book. Level of detail and research into Stuxnet blew me away. Anyone interested in computer malware and the future of cybercrime and more importantly cyber warfare this is a must read in my view.

Part detective story, part history lesson, part manifesto on cyberwarfare. Countdown to Zero Day makes an extremely technical topic accessible for virtually anyone, and makes it enthralling at the same time.