Bush's Cyberstrategery: The administration's war against a bogus threat.
That's the title of an editorial on Slate.com discussing cyberterrorism. It has been forwarded to me by several friends indicating that I should respond. I just don't have the bandwidth for a formal response and this angle has already been…
Europe warned of cyber terrorism if Iraq is attacked
An international cyber establishment has warned Europe of a possible attack of cyber terrorism in case war against Iraq breaks out. Such cyber terrorism and possible hacking of networks may put in jeopardy key European infrastructures such as water,…
Indian Information Warfare Agency Established
In a bid to counter Pakistani propaganda as well as frame policies for cyber-wars, the armed forces have all plans to expand the ambit of Defence Intelligence Agency by setting up an information warfare agency under the tri-service Integrated…
Windows XP Kills Dog, Steals Toaster
Tim Mullen has an excellent editorial at SecurityFocus.com discussing media hype associated with recent vulnerability disclosures. Worth the read. Full Story
This Gun For Hire
The suburbs of Washington, from Alexandria in the south to Dulles Airport in the west, make up the defense industry's fertile crescent. Within a short drive of the Pentagon, the CIA, and the rest of the national security state, one immaculate office…
Electronic attack slows Internet
Traffic on the many parts of the Internet slowed dramatically for hours early Saturday, the apparent effects of a fast-spreading, virus-like infection that overwhelmed the world's digital pipelines and interfered with Web browsing and delivery of…
Total Misrepresentation (of Total Information Awareness)
"The chance that the U.S. government will become a police state because it is better able to analyze private transactions for signs of terrorism is virtually nil; the chance would be greater, however, if the country were to experience a series of…
Clarke, a counterterrorism official in the Clinton administration, acknowledged that terrorist organizations such as al Qaeda havent turned the Internet into a weapon. But he cautioned against complacency. For years, he said, counterterrorism…
White-Hat Hate
When hackers broke into Ryan Russell's server and plastered his private e-mails and other personal files on the Internet last week, Russell tried to shrug it off as a harmless prank. But Russell, editor of Hack Proofing Your Network and an analyst…
Cyber-Attacks by Al Qaeda Feared
This article which appears in the June 27 edition of the Washington Post, if proven true, substantially changes the near-term cyberterrorism threat landscape. The TRC will likely issue a media release regarding this story, which I will post here.…