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- Georgia conflict may mean the birth of modern cyber-warfare
- Georgia conflict may mean the birth of modern cyber-warfareTaiwanI think an impetus for Red Flag Linux wqas the inability of Beijing to secure Windows against Taiwan, but my memory might be faulty.Cyberwar? You must be kiddind...I thought that word "war" is applicable for some serious events that have catastrophic consequences...
- Discussion threads 2008-08-12
- Georgia conflict may mean the birth of modern cyber-warfare
- As widely reported (ZDNet's Zero Day blog summarizes the events as well as anyone), Georgia government websites site down were attacked in just about the time frame as Russia's Prague 1968-style attack of the country. The question is, who's responsible? The Russian government appears to have managed to keep its...
- Blog posts 2008-08-12
- Air Force seeks part-time cyberwarriors
- Air Force Cyber Command is looking to Silicon Valley for part-time help in its fight against cyberattack, the Christian Science Monitor reports. For example, the 262nd Information Warfare Aggressor Squadron, an Air National Guard unit in Washington State, has tapped into...
- Blog posts 2008-06-05
- Chinese female hacking group spotted
- Chinese girls talking about using SQL injections to serve malware and ARP spoofing, in between sharing do-it-yourself tutorials on XSS worms? Sexy. Scott Henderson at the Dark Visitor profiled a Chinese hacking group with female members only, discussing these very same topics : "In the male dominated world of...
- Blog posts 2008-05-30
- China's cyber-militia behind U.S. blackouts?
- China's cyber-militia behind U.S. blackouts?FUD?While Chinese owned companies (and being Communist, the government owns those companies) has been responsible for some things, no doubts there as the pet food and tooth paste can confirm, shouldn't a proper distinction be confirmed before empty blaming?How do we know the guilty hackers aren't...
- Discussion threads 2008-05-30
- Pro-Serbian hacktivists attacking Albanian web sites
- The rise of pro-Kosovo web site defacement groups was marked in April, 2008, with a massive web site defacement spreading pro-Kosovo propaganda. The ongoing monitoring of pro-Kosovo hacking groups indicates an ongoing cyberwar between pro-Serbian supporting hacktivists successfully defacing Albanian sites, and building up capabilities by releasing a list of...
- Blog posts 2008-05-20
- News to know: The week in video; Software licensing doomed?; Windows Mobile UI; Microhoo
- Notable headlines: Larry Dignan: Traditional software licensing: Could a customer revolt cook the model? The week in video: Cisco's virtual health care project Sun Labs looks into 'proximity communications' RSA 2008: Sizing up security RSA 2008: Emerging tech...
- Blog posts 2008-04-11
- Who won CyberStorm II?
- The only question that mattered during an RSA Con session on the government's cyberwar game, CyberStorm II was asked by a typical sort of fellow at these things -- " a pony-tailed RSA attendee, presumably a security pro," as InformationWeek described: "Was there a...
- Blog posts 2008-04-10
- Military ready to defend and conduct cyberwar
- The Pentagon is well-aware of the importance of the computer networks -- known as cyberspace to the media and the "Global Information Grid" to the Defense Dept. -- to national security and is actively working to shore up defenses. That was the news from Gen. Kevin P....
- Blog posts 2008-03-04
- U.S. panel urges vigilance on China spying, cyberwar
- U.S. panel urges vigilance on China spying, cyberwarWill people ever learn? China is NOT our friend.Yeah I know, greed replaces trust....
- Discussion threads 2007-11-15
- News to know: Google, AMD earnings; Ubuntu gallery; Web 2.0; Firefox 3
- Notable headlines: Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: Ubuntu 7.10 - One sweet OS. Gallery right. Paula Rooney: Ubuntu 7.10 arrives, open for business. Dan Farber@Web 2.0 Summit: Gadget or Widget? It's the progammable Web. Cisco introduces ‘Entertainment operating system.' Ballmer: Microsoft will dunk on Google…eventually. All Web...
- Blog posts 2007-10-19
- China's cyberwar: Is it all that surprising?
- China's cyberwar: Is it all that surprising?Why blog about it?Who cares? As long as Americans continue to be in love with the "sell for less" concept that essentially equals buying products made in China because you can save a couple bucks, they are in no position to complain about what...
- Discussion threads 2007-10-18
- China's cyberwar: Would it be all that surprising?
- Reports are trickling in that China is blocking Google, Yahoo and Microsoft searches and redirecting them to Baidu. Welcome to the land where a firewall is an economic weapon. TechCrunch has been reporting that Google searches are redirected to Baidu. Adding in other reports, Duncan Riley concludes we're in...
- Blog posts 2007-10-18
- US focusing on Estonia cyberattack in upcoming wargames
- It seems the US government is taking the cyberattacks on Estonia quite seriously. Earlier this week, US-CERT sent experts to Estonia to learn more about the attacks. At the same time, the Defense Department has been getting ready for cyber wargames, Ars Technica reports.The government is setting up...
- Blog posts 2007-07-06
- U.S. cybersecurity due for FEMA-like calamity?
- U.S. cybersecurity due for FEMA-like calamity?Sounds sensible to me.Although I think that no beaucrat can stop the eventual meltdown to come. Hackers are just too resourceful!What cybersecurity means.Cybersecurity does NOT mean going after people sharing music and video files.Cybersecurity does NOT mean protecting the profits of a few companies that...
- Discussion threads 2005-10-10
- Is China attacking military computers? Maybe not.
- Earlier this week, FCW.com published a story claiming that the Chinese government was engaged in a cyberwar with the U.S. military. The article quoted former Army chief of staff Jack Keene: "The Chinese were doing this on a regular basis. That’s a given. They’re very aggressively getting capability. It’s common...
- Blog posts 2005-08-25
- Information Security Practice
- Virus, Trojan Horse, Zombie, Bomb, Spoof, Phish, Spyware, Worm - the jargon of IT system attacks seems never ending. Sophisticated hacker tools are easily obtained. Well-funded and highly motivated organizations back our adversaries. IT systems can be reached from anywhere. "Cyberwar" is the new front line. Nevertheless, in this extremely...
- White papers 2005-07-08
- Masters of cybercrime
- The consensus among the panelists at a Churchill Club discussion entitled "Masters of Cybercrime: The Ultimate Battle of Good and Evil," was that the good guys aren't winning. The panelists included Joe Boerio, CTO, Franklin Templeton Investments; Brad Boston, Senior VP and CIO, Cisco; Scott Charney, Vice President, Trustworthy...
- Blog posts 2005-06-02
- CIA plays cyberwar games
- CIA plays cyberwar gamesIf 50 cyber terrorists attackedIf 50 cyber terrorists attacked, would anyone notice among the 100,000s of kids that attack each day? Whats 50 more?You should continue the practice of keeping critical traffic off the net, if it doesn't have an IP address, its not in the attackable...
- Discussion threads 2005-05-27
- Changes? Wait until the next disaster
- Changes? Wait until the next disasterAs Usual, Bush Ignores Another Warning Just Like 9/11It's going to take a MAJOR technological disaster to occur on the virtual scale of a 9/11 for the idiots of this administration to wake up and smell the coffee...this was reported three years ago on a...
- Discussion threads 2005-03-25
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