The Cuckoo's Egg
Ranked #2 in Network Security, Ranked #3 in Hacking — see more rankings.
Before the Internet became widely known as a global tool for terrorists, one perceptive U.S. citizen recognized its ominous potential. Armed with clear evidence of computer espionage, he began a highly personal quest to expose a hidden network of spies that threatened national security. But would the authorities back him up? Cliff Stoll's dramatic firsthand account is "a computer-age detective story, instantly fascinating [and] astonishingly gripping" (Smithsonian).
Cliff Stoll was an astronomer turned systems manager at Lawrence Berkeley Lab when a 75-cent accounting error... more
Cliff Stoll was an astronomer turned systems manager at Lawrence Berkeley Lab when a 75-cent accounting error... more
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James Stanley "The Cuckoo's Egg" by Clifford Stoll is another great book. I believe it's the first documented account of a computer being misused by a remote attacker. It talks about how Clifford attached physical teleprinters to the incoming phone lines so that he could see what the attacker was actually doing on the computer, and how he traced the attacker across several countries. (Source)
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- #5 in Computer
- #19 in Cryptography
- #7 in Cyber Security
- #21 in Information Technology
- #62 in Intelligence
- #46 in Internet
- #38 in Mathematician Biography
- #4 in Security
- #42 in Silicon Valley
- #59 in Tech
- #52 in Technology
- #15 in Unix
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