jaydotdotdot's review against another edition
informative
slow-paced
3.0
While Perloth adds some great BTS looks at the exploit market and nice interviews, this book shouldve been half as long as it is. Way too long winded, wax poetic about the mysterious world of cybersecurity and warfare doesnt need attention every chapter. If you’re familiar with nation state level ATP’s and modern infosec, its neat but youll learn nothing new.
wingless13's review against another edition
4.0
Perlroth is an excellent story teller. She does an excellent job of keeping a narrative rolling even through technical explanations that does not leave the reader in the dust. Perlroth's strong beliefs and opinion on who is 'good' and 'bad' does get in the way a few times, but she even addresses that when she speaks to a source in Argentina, but it didn't slow her down beyond forcing her to acknowledge it is a matter of perspective. Perlroth lets her bias fly in the last chapter, but considering when she was writing we were all stewing in our emotions and it starts to read like a rant. The few other books I've read from the same time period do the same. It will be interesting to see over the next few years how well those personal rants age. Only time will tell.
catherineabarrett's review against another edition
5.0
Phenomenal. Definitely among the best nonfiction I’ve read in years.
dlsmall's review against another edition
4.0
4.5/5…Well that was just horrifying!
My list of existential angst continues to expand…climate change, our nation and world’s over-leveraged financial systems packed with crony capitalism, the future of healthcare and pandemics and such, and now cybersecurity and zero days…
My list of existential angst continues to expand…climate change, our nation and world’s over-leveraged financial systems packed with crony capitalism, the future of healthcare and pandemics and such, and now cybersecurity and zero days…