The Cuckoo's Egg

Tracking a Spy Through the Maze of Computer Espionage

Paperback, 416 pages

English language

Published Oct. 3, 2000 by Pocket.

ISBN:
978-0-7434-1146-2
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The Cuckoo's Egg: Tracking a Spy Through the Maze of Computer Espionage is a 1989 book written by Clifford Stoll. It is his first-person account of the hunt for a computer hacker who broke into a computer at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL). Stoll's use of the term extended the metaphor Cuckoo's egg from brood parasitism in birds to malware.

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Great introduction to information security: spies, philosophy, and so much more.

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This book is an excellent introduction to hacking. It's great for beginners as it explains concepts on a fundamental level. It asks moral questions surrounding information security and who protects users. It is also a great starting point for people who need to see the picture of their learning or are struggling with being interested in learning about information security.

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  • Computer fraud & hacking
  • Espionage & secret services
  • True crime
  • True Crime / Espionage
  • Germany
  • Espionage, Soviet
  • Stoll, Clifford
  • Fiction
  • Internet - Security
  • Hannover
  • Espionage
  • General
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  • United States
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  • Hess, Markus

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