What I'm reading 3/8/2020

Books -

Network Forensics Tracking Hackers Through Cyberspace

The Ten-Day MBA 4th Ed.: A Step-By-Step Guide To Mastering The Skills Taught In America's Top Business Schools

About 1/3 done, but it's going to require a re-read in 6 months or so to really cement the information.  I added this book to the cybersecurity reading list because I feel it is important for cybersecurity professionals to have a basic knowledge of business in order to successfully interact with other managers.

Wired for War: The Robotics Revolution and Conflict in the 21st Century


Blogs / News -

The Week - America's housing crisis -

Worth a read, but it undervalues how much local policy is driving prices up.

Medium - Here’s how we can break up Big Tech -

Twenty-five years ago, Facebook, Google, and Amazon didn’t exist. Now they are among the most valuable and well-known companies in the world. It’s a great story — but also one that highlights why the government must break up monopolies and promote competitive markets.

In the 1990s, Microsoft — the tech giant of its time — was trying to parlay its dominance in computer operating systems into dominance in the new area of web browsing. The federal government sued Microsoft for violating anti-monopoly laws and eventually reached a settlement. The government’s antitrust case against Microsoft helped clear a path for Internet companies like Google and Facebook to emerge.

It doesn't matter now because Warren (author of the article) dropped out of the Presidential race. 

Other -

Wikipedia - Modbus -

Modbus is a serial communications protocol originally published by Modicon (now Schneider Electric) in 1979 for use with its programmable logic controllers (PLCs). Modbus has become a de facto standard communication protocol and is now a commonly available means of connecting industrial electronic devices.^[1] Modbus is popular in industrial environments because it is openly published and royalty-free. It was developed for industrial applications, is relatively easy to deploy and maintain compared to other standards, and places few restrictions other than the size on the format of the data to be transmitted. The Modbus uses the RS485 as its physical layer.