Sandworm

By Andy Greenberg,

Book cover of Sandworm: A New Era of Cyberwar and the Hunt for the Kremlin's Most Dangerous Hackers

Book description

"With the nuance of a reporter and the pace of a thriller writer, Andy Greenberg gives us a glimpse of the cyberwars of the future while at the same time placing his story in the long arc of Russian and Ukrainian history." —Anne Applebaum, bestselling author of Twilight of Democracy…

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1 author picked Sandworm as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

Ever wondered what Russian hackers have been up to over the last few years? I found this a really sobering read, but at the same time, I loved hearing the stories of the people who work so hard to keep us safe.

Hackers are usually pretty big nerds, so it’s not really surprising that the title of this book comes from how cybercriminals embedded references to Frank Herbert’s book Dune into the code they used to carry out cyberattacks against Ukraine and other countries.

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