Ask HN: Best Cyber Warfare Books?

66 points · giantg2 · 28 days ago

What are your favorite books on cyber warfare? These could be manuals or how-to, or stuff like real-world stories.

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ahazred8ta · 28 days ago

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bwb · 27 days ago
I highly recommend two...

Dark Wire - An insane story about the FBI setting up their own encrypted phone network and selling it to global crime syndicates.

Mastermind - The story of a 10-year-long quest to bring down Paul Le Roux, who went from crypto coder to drug lord to an insane global crime group. It is one of the craziest stories I've ever read. If you want to see how Bond villains form in real life this is it :)

Also, a lot of people have recommended "This is how they tell me the world ends" as well: https://shepherd.com/book/this-is-how-they-tell-me-the-world...

And I've been meaning to read Countdown to Zero Day about Stuxnet.

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entropyie · 27 days ago
Tallinn Manual 2.0 on the International Law Applicable to Cyber Operations.

Not exactly a page turner, but if you are serious, it offers a solid legal understanding of cyber operations.

The Art and Science of Military Deception by Barton Whaley.

Again, somewhat dry but essential if you are serious about cyber warfare.

__alexander · 27 days ago

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DLA · 28 days ago
The Perfect Weapon

We Are All Targets

Countdown to Zero Day

This Is How They Tell Me the World Ends (about the Zero Day market)

Cyber Warfare - Truth, Tactics, and Strategies

The Art of Cyberwarfare: An Investigator's Guide to Espionage, Ransomware, and Organized Cybercrime

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