\n databases when patients die after being administered incorrect dosages of their medicine. In the Midwest, a nuclear power plant nearly becomes the next Chernobyl when its cooling systems malfunction.<\/p>\n At first, these random computer failures seem like unrelated events. But Jeff Aiken, a former government analyst who quit in disgust after witnessing the gross errors that led up to 9\/11, thinks otherwise. Jeff fears a more serious attack targeting the United States computer infrastructure is already under way. And as other menacing computer malfunctions pop up around the world, some with deadly results, he realizes that there isn\u2019t much time if he hopes to prevent an international catastrophe.<\/p>\n Written by a global authority on cyber security, Zero Day presents a chilling \u201cwhat if\u201d scenario that, in a world completely reliant on technology, is more than possible today\u2014it\u2019s a cataclysmic disaster just waiting to happen.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Just finished reading “Zero Day” by Mark E. Russinovich. The author is a fellow at Microsoft and well know in the computer circles for also being the author of various tools from SysInternals a company he used to own. The … Continue reading ![\"\"](\"http:\/\/www.gennard.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/zeroday_cover.png\" "\\"zeroday_cover\\"")
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\nAn airliner\u2019s controls abruptly fail mid-flight over the Atlantic. An oil tanker runs aground in Japan when its navigational system suddenly stops dead. Hospitals everywhere have to abandon their computer<\/p>\n