In the past three decades, cybersecurity has transformed from a niche area within computer science into a significant industry valued over $170 billion, fueled by prominent hack events. High-profile breaches, including the Sony hack and the Colonial Pipeline ransomware attack, have brought cybersecurity into the mainstream. Pop culture, especially books, TV shows, and films, reflects this shift, with works detailing cybersecurity stories influencing public perception. The Stuxnet attack, notable for its impact and sophistication, serves as a focal point in cybersecurity discussions, highlighted by journalist Kim Zetter's detailed exploration of the incident.
The cyberattack coordinated by Israeli and U.S. government hackers known as Stuxnet, which damaged the centrifuges at the Iranian nuclear facility in Natanz, is almost certainly the most well-known hack in history. Because of its impact, its sophistication, and its sheer boldness, the attack captured the imagination not only of the cybersecurity community, but the larger public as well.
Veteran journalist Kim Zetter tells the story of Stuxnet by treating the malware like a character to be profiled. To achieve that, Zetter interviews virtually all the main investigators who found the malicious code, analyzed how it worked, and figured out what it did.
Pop culture has embraced hackers with hit TV shows like Mr. Robot, and movies like Leave The World Behind. But perhaps the most prolific medium for cybersecurity stories - both fiction and based on reality - are books.
In the last 30 years or so, cybersecurity has gone from being a niche specialty within the larger field of computer science, to an industry estimated to be worth more than $170 billion made of a globe-spanning community of hackers.
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