Tag: cybersecurity
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Defcon 4/8: Hack, Talk, Listen & Panic
Uncle Scam wants you (to fight hackers) // Federal infotech pros say US at high risk for cyberattack // Security ‘guru’ Richard Clarke talks cyberwar // NASA listens for signs of life from Mars lander // April Fool’s UFO report sparks panic in Jordan
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Defcon 3/25: Killswitch, Siphons & Existential Threats
Large Hadron Collider cranked to ‘maximum redline power’ // US Secret Service paid TJX hacker $75k a year // Your health, tax & search data siphoned // Why CNN exec fears social-networking sites // Google exits China – except for part known as Hong Kong // Chinese media: Google is tied to US intelligence
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Black-Cyber-Operations On The Rise
Black-Cyber-Operations have become all too common, launching highly sophisticated cyber actions against their targets that go undetected for months or years.
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‘virtual flag terrorism’ is next threat
webster tarpley: US readies cyberwar, virtual flag terrorism from russia today: Cyber wars and cyber security are no longer fictional plots from science fiction movies. They are very real and very serious concerns for the American people, being tracked by politicians and the government in Washington. Webster Tarpley gives his opinion on the seriousness of…
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Defcon 3/9: Einstein, CyberShield & Serious Defects
Obama’s cybersecurity initiative puts NSA in driver’s seat // Fmr DNI calls for ‘re-engineering’ the internet // Time’s running out – Einstein’s coming: Cybershield disclosed by White House // Uncle Cyber Scam wants you // Cyberczar Schmidt says ‘there is no cyberwar’
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Defcon 3/4: Cyberwar Hype, Hadron & The Grid
Cryptome’s John Young: Net is police state surveillance grid // Cyberwar hype intended to destroy the open internet // Critics not satisfied with partial revelation of secret cybersecurity plan // Don’t let White House ignore EMP threat
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cybersecurity bill to give president new emergency powers
related: former intel chief predicts ‘devastating’ cyber attack from thehill.com: The president would have the power to safeguard essential federal and private Web resources under draft Senate cybersecurity legislation. According to an aide familiar with the proposal, the bill includes a mandate for federal agencies to prepare emergency response plans in the event of a…
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Former Intel Chief Predicts ‘Devastating’ Cyber Attack
The country is not taking cybersecurity seriously and will fall victim to a devastating cyber attack within the next few years, former National Intelligence Director Mike McConnell told lawmakers Tuesday.
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the rising tide of internet censorship
will recent successes in fighting internet controls be enough to stave off tyranny? it depends largely on public outcry… from corbett report: The focus is back on Internet censorship this week as a pair of articles from Time Magazine and The New York Times came out almost simultaneously advocating for licences to operate web sites.…