Operation Desolation: The Case of the Anonymous Bank Defacement by Mark E. Russinovich

Operation Desolation: The Case of the Anonymous Bank Defacement Reviews

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  Ixby Wuff

  A thought-provoking new short story from the acclaimed author of Zero Day and Trojan Horse. Challenging Anonymous is like waving a red flag in front of a bull. But the CEO of a major investment firm has done just that, and now cyber security expert Jeff Aiken has to try to protect the company from its leader's mistakes. The timing couldn't be worse, as Jeff is scheduled to appear at a conference that has invited an Anonymous representative as well. And Jeff's about to discover that the hacker outfit plans to bring their fight offline--and into the real world.
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  Ingo

  Started January 25th, 2014.
  This is a shorty/Novella, so expect to finish it soon.
  Very good, highly recommended.
  Even in this short tale, believable persons, settings (a conference on cyber-security) and implications very real.
  Also, with the inclusion of Anonymous and the discussion about their actions shows both sides of a story and some background.
  The methods for intrusion are spot on.
  Maybe not for the layman without computer knowledge, but these should take away the feeling of how light even some high-profile firms take security.
  Highly recommended, and should be available cheap, as it is fast-read-food for the brain.
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  Russell

  Not a bad little read. I kind of like seeing little novellas like this, where it's part of an ongoing series, but it's a smaller case or adventure or whatever the situation entails. It seems to me to add to the overall realism of the world. The notion that these people exist outside of these huge thriller stories with extremely high stakes makes them feel like more realistic and fleshed out characters. It cost 99 cents, which is probably the maximum it is worth at only 67 pages. It kept me entertained while I was reading it, and while we await a new novel (assuming he writes another one).
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  Karol

  After having read his two novels (Zero Day and Trojan Horse) I finally came around to also read his short story, which kind of lies in between. As already said its quite short (just the first half of the book is actually the story itself), but nevertheless its clearly written in the same style as his novels.
  
  The case itself is not too exciting, but as a real fan of "Jeff Aiken" I enjoyed it quite much and definitively would recommend this to everyone who has also read one of his novels.
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  Veganjay

  Entertaining read - but a pretty significant technical error - hotels typically use DHCP that uses NAT, and issues private IP addresses; the outside web server would have logged the public IP address (one that everyone at the hotel shared)
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  Dave Umrysh

  Quick read, but very fun.
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  Jeff Patterson

  Short but I enjoyed it. Can't say too much as it would give away the story.
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  Rob

  A little too predictable and nothing really more than an advertisement for his new book Trojan Horse.
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  Bob Southwell

  A good teaser for Trojan Horse
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  Andrew Connell

  Very good... Very short but very good.
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  Pcdoctorswr

  Typical ebook single, what I refer as a half book, ex 2.5 in series. Actual size was 37 pages. Just a teaser until the next book is out.
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  Judee

  I read this after finishing the Jeff Aiken series, and thought it was a nice little side story. Short and sweet and gets to business right away.