Tag: cyberwar
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cybercommand wants more authority for cyberwars
The cybernoose is tightening! Gen. Keith Alexander, NSA and Cybercommand chief, advised an Omaha, Ne. audience today at the Strategic Command space and cyber conference about the need for “…more authority to defend ourselves in cyberspace”. Alexander’s rhetoric sounding a bit like a parochial politician with an ominous hint of paranoia, where defensive posture translates…
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‘Fight the Net’: Pentagon Unveils ‘Defensive’ Cyberwar Strategy
The Pentagon rolled out its new cyber-defense strategy Thursday, hyping it with the news that foreign hackers (from an unidentified country) invaded the computers of one of its (unidentified) contractors in March and pilfered 24,000 sensitive documents in one fell swoop.
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6/23 defcon: strategies, taxes & trident tribunal
executive orders give pentagon new cyberwar guidelines* officials ‘expected to announce the entire strategy soon’* ex-dhs chief warns of cyberwar with hackers* cyber attacks grow more severe, frequent, say it practitioners* bitcoin prices plummet on hacked exchange* malware bitcoin theft a false flag on revolutionary currency?* states look to internet taxes to close budget gaps*…
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defense firms see opportunity in cyber attacks
from baltimore sun: A spate of high-profile online break-ins has given defense firms at the Paris Air Show a new sales pitch: cyber security. Targeted by hackers looking to steal source codes, R&D information and trade secrets, aerospace and defense firms are turning the tables on the pirates and are making security a key sales…
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US preparing a ‘world’ for cyber war games
from inewp.com: With the help of several organizations including Lockheed Martin Corporation, the Defense Advance Research Projects Agency and nearly 500 million U.S. dollars, the United States government is currently constructing a virtual platform in which the government can simulate cyber wars and its own offensive capabilities in the cyber world without touching the actual…
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Get Ready for Digital False Flag Attacks
Is the new Cybercommand policy to open the public’s eyes? Or, is the only open eye at the top of the pyramid? Are you beginning to feel like an abused b-slapped spouse? You should!
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5/12 defcon: secret service, globalhell, expendables
cyberwarfare rules included in defense bill* white house to unveil cyber security proposal* US secret service takes to twitter* after approving nbc buyout, fcc commish becomes comcast lobbyist; fcc chairman applauds colleague departing to become fcc lobbyist* obama meets with giffords, husband (and his identical astro-twin) in florida* giffords aims to return for shuttle launch*…
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Vanity Fair on Stuxnet: A Declaration of Cyberwar
Last summer, the world’s top software-security experts were panicked by the discovery of a drone-like computer virus, radically different from and far more sophisticated than any they’d seen.
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1/20 Defcon: Firms, Foes & IPO’s
Google’s Eric Schmidt passes CEO reins to Larry Page // Apple’s Jobs takes another medical leave, raising questions about firm’s future // Dancho Danchev, Bulgarian security researcher & cybercrime foe, goes missing
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Internet Routing Structure Most Vulnerable
The military can only defend its own networks not the private-sector critical networks we all depend on for gas, water, electricity and banking, making such military efforts a waste of taxpayers’ money.
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China Ups Cyberwar Stakes
Northrop Grumman published a study of China’s capability to conduct cyberwarfare last year. The present writer suggests at least surveying, “An Operational Profile of An Advanced Cyber Intrusion”.
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Cyberwar on Korean Peninsula
Is warfare headed online? South Koreans hacked into North Korea’s official Twitter account recently and posted messages, defaming leader Kim Jong-il and son Kim Jong-un.
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Hacktivism!
Activist Post picked up the Reuters article, “Wikileaks battle: A new amateur face of cyber war?”, which seems to confirm cyber war has escalated and entered a new more dangerous phase.
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Bank Computer Glitch Really A Hack?
Chris Groothoff, an IT professional, believes somebody hacked the National Australia Bank computer system, as reported at Canberra Times.
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Stuxnet Damaged Centrifuges At Natanz?
A FrontPageMag.com post by Rich Trzupek may provide the best description of havoc wreaked by computer worm. Stuxnet, introduced most likely by flash drive, hopped computers at Iran’s uranium enrichment facility at Natanz until it reached its target.