Trojan Horse - (Jeff Aiken) by Mark Russinovich (Paperback)

About the Book

A thrilling suspense story and sober warning from one of the world's leading experts on cyber-security, demystifying the dangerously realistic threat of a cyber-terrorism attack on the Western world while chronicling the lengths through which one man will go through to stop it.

Book Synopsis

The West is under its greatest threat yet in Mark Russinovich's Trojan Horse. A revolutionary, invisible computer virus that alters data without leaving a trace--more sophisticated than any seen before--has been identified within the computers of the United Nations, roiling international politics. Cybersecurity analysts Jeff Aiken and Daryl Haugen are summoned to root it out and discover its source.

As the virus penetrates Western intelligence, and the terrifying truth about its creator is revealed, Jeff and Daryl find themselves in a desperate race to reverse it as the fate of both East and West hangs in the balance.

Review Quotes

"It is Mark Russinovich's in-depth knowledge of Windows and how data traverses over the digital landscape that creates the chilling realism in the backdrop of Trojan Horse." --Kevin Mitnick, bestselling author of Ghost in the Wires, from the foreword

"Russinovich crafts a chilling, intricate, fast-moving tale of middle-east intrigue, conspiracies and assassinations." --BookPleasures

About the Author

MARK RUSSINOVICH works at Microsoft as a Technical Fellow, Microsoft's senior-most technical position. A cofounder of Winternals, he joined Microsoft when the company was acquired in 2006. He is author of the popular Sysinternals tools as well as coauthor of the Windows Internals book series, a contributing editor for TechNet Magazine, and a senior contributing editor for Windows IT Pro Magazine. His first Jeff Aiken novel, Zero Day, was published in 2011. He lives in Washington State.