The Mezonic Agenda: Hacking the Presidency
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Book Description
"Hack-Along" with the Heroes and Villains of the Mezonic Agenda as the American Presidency hangs in the balance of cyber-space... In six days Hugh Davis will testify before Congress on the security, stability, and safety of Advice Software Inc.'s e-vote software. He is a world-renowned expert on software security, and his testimony will determine if the software will be implemented for use during the 2004 United States Presidential Elections. After his speech at an RSA conference in Amsterdam, he is handed a cryptic CD with information on the software from notorious hacker, Baff Lexicon. Unbeknownst to Davis, Advice Software has been tracking his every move since the inception of their software evaluation. A string of murders including Baff and the CFO of the Mezonic Corporation (a video card manufacturer in Macau, China) intensifies Davis' need to crack the CD and figure out its secrets before his testimony. He and his friend form the FBI must use their knowledge of buffer overflows, format string vulnerabilities and zero-day exploits to penetrate physical and cyber defenses, ultimately uncovering Advice's plot to fix the US presidential elections. Advice Software's CEO takes the game one step further by holding Davis' family as leverage for his testimony. What is the software's secret? Will Davis find out before his testimony? What are the motives that drive Advice Software's CEO and what is his connection to a secret society destined to avenge the 9/11 attacks against the US?
About the Author
Dr. Herbert H. Thompson is an internationally renowned speaker and expert on software security. He is the co-author of the first book on software security testing, "How to Break Software Security" (Addison Wesley 2003) ISBN: 0321194330. In addition, he writes frequently for magazines like Dr. Dobbs, ACM Queue, IEEE S&P and many others and frequently speaks and gives keynotes at conferences like RSA, Gartner, and SD Expo. Herbert holds a Ph.D. in applied mathematics but has worked in the area of computer security his entire career. He is currently Director of Security Technology for Security Innovation where he leads teams of security penetration testers on contracts from the U.S. Department of Defense. He is also Principal Investigator on many U.S. DoD grants to find new techniques to penetrate software.
Spyros Nomikos holds a BS and MS in Chemical Engineering from the Florida Institute of Technology. He has worked for numerous fuel cell companies developing future hydrogen systems. His expertise is in systems design, safety analysis, and new product development. He is published and has presented in numerous conference on subjects ranging from hyperthermophillic bacteria to fuel cells and hydrogen.
The Mezonic Agenda: Hacking the Presidency,Spyros Nomikos,Herbert Thompson,Syngress Publishing,1931836833,Computers - Computer Security,Essays,General,Political Science,Politics/International Relations,Security - General,Computer Communications & Networking,Computers / Computer Security,Computers / Security,Political Science/General
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