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Cult of the Dead Cow: How the Original Hacking Supergroup Might Just Save the World
Section
Deane’s Library
Type
Book Review
Pages
256
Author
Joseph Menn
Published
2019
Date
Tags
hacking, history, society, tech, cyber-security

“The Cult of the Dead Cow was an early hacker group, formed in the 1980s. This book tells its story over the years and where everyone ended up. It’s…scattered. There are a lot of people, and the scope is large. The book is essentially trying to follow a fractured group of people over 40-some-odd…”

The Dark Net: Inside the Digital Underworld
Section
Deane’s Library
Type
Book Review
Pages
320
Author
Jamie Bartlett
Published
2014
Date
Tags
hacking, tech, publishing

“So, this book didn’t teach me anything new, but it was interesting, and had some good information about early Internet history, which I appreciate. The book has a chapter on each of a variety of ‘dark’ things that the Net plays host to: Trolling Racism and Hate Groups Bitcoin and Crypto-Currency…”

Hacking Marketing: Agile Practices to Make Marketing Smarter, Faster, and More Innovative
Section
Deane’s Library
Type
Book Review
Pages
288
Author
Scott Brinker
Published
2016
Date
Tags
marketing, business, hacking

“This is a good book, but it’s not really even about marketing – this is a management book, at heart. the key is in the subtitle: Agile Practices to Make Marketing Smarter, Faster, and More Innovative It’s about bringing agile software development practices to other areas of business – marketing in…”

Neuromancer
Section
Deane’s Library
Type
Book Review
Pages
271
Author
William Gibson
Published
1984
Date
Tags
fiction, sci-fi, cyber-security, hacking, crime

“I tried to read this years ago, but didn’t get too far. It’s a weirdly tough read. I picked it up in an airport on the way home from a conference and tried again. Gibson has an odd writing style. He’s done a lot of world-building, and he uses all sorts of nomenclature and jargon without much…”

Sandworm: A New Era of Cyberwar and the Hunt for the Kremlin’s Most Dangerous Hackers
Section
Deane’s Library
Type
Book Review
Pages
368
Author
Andy Greenberg
Published
2019
Date
Tags
spies, tech, history, hacking, crime

“This is a story of a bunch of hacks, which the author has strung together. The claim is that NotPetya, WannaCry, the Korean Olympic hack, etc. were all the work of the same organization – a Russian GRU hacking group nicknamed ‘Sandworm’ (the name came from the book ‘Dune,’ from which there were…”

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