US Cybersecurity Agency launched
We've lost two cybersecurity directors in as many months, but that hasn't impacted developments at DHS. "The U.S. Department of Homeland Security announced the creation of a new cybersecurity division Friday, kindling a spark of optimism in…
Threat still exists...
Osama bin Laden's al-Qaeda terror network is poised to unleash chemical, biological and even nuclear attacks, the US Central Intelligence Agency said. "Al-Qaeda and associated extremist groups have a wide variety of potential agents and delivery…
Church of Jenkins
I've often joked that I am going to start a formal religion surrounding the work of Brian Jenkins in the terrorism field. His name is cited so often and in such strange circumstances that it is obvious he has a dedicated following. When I…
Internet Dreams Turn to Crime
Those that see the TechDef marketing literature always ask why we offer a counter-extortion service. From the Washington Post: "Soon, U.S. prosecutors said, Gorshkov and Ivanov were scouring the Internet looking for security vulnerabilities in the…
Anti-war protesters go digital
As bombs blasted Baghdad last week, dozens of cell phones in China buzzed with messages about where to stage an anti-war protest. In Cairo, activists tapped out text messages to summon 5,000 demonstrators to a central square. And in San Francisco,…
The U.S. military action in Iraq has stirred up computer virus writers and malicious hackers, who have apparently decided to vent by defacing websites and releasing e-mail worms that prey on people's fears and curiosity. Antagonists and activists…
Chinese Espionage
3DGeo Development, a Silicon Valley company, had its first scrape with trade secret theft several years ago when a visiting PetroChina employee was collared trying to hack into its computer system. Then last year a second visiting PetroChina…
Iraqi Cyberwar: an Ageless Joke
Did U.S. infowar commandos smuggle a deadly computer virus into Iraq inside a printer? Of course not. So why does it keep getting reported? Full Story
Pakistan Creates Cyber Crime Wing
A Pakistani security agency has launched a special wing to combat cyber crimes in part because the country had to rely on U.S. investigators to trace e-mails sent by the kidnappers of American journalist Daniel Pearl a year ago. "The purpose of…