10 Red Teaming Lessons Learned Over 20 Years
I've written a few popular blog posts over at OODA Loop. Here is one I did on red teaming lessons learned. "I often get asked what lessons I’ve learned over the past twenty years, so I started putting together this list of 10 lessons learned over 20…
State Sponsored Cyber Threats - The Long View
"Thinking about state-sponsored cyber threats over the long term doesn't come easy to Western strategists. This essay takes a look at at the strategic implications of thinking only in the short-term." Source: OODA Loop - State Sponsored Cyber…
Chinese IW - 1996
Digging through some old files and found this from 1996: ::::::::::::::::::::: May 10, 1996, Friday SECTION: Part 3 Asia-Pacific; CHINA; MILITARY; EE/D2609/S2 LENGTH: 308 words HEADLINE: INFORMATION WARFARE; China: characteristics of information…
Dronegate: The First Casualty is our Cybersecurity Paradigm
Out of respect to the original blog, my comments on this article can be found by following the link below the excerpt. These are important issues and we should be examining and debating them in detail. "As of yet, there is no definitive narrative…
Using hackers as a national resource
Misha Glenny's TED talk entitled "Hire the Hackers" was sent to me about a dozen times today. I was reminded of the excerpt below taken from my 1995 thesis. Reviewing it after all these years, it is not perfect, but does raise some important points…
‘Stuxnet’ Worm Far More Sophisticated Than Previously Thought
Interesting revelation. One major red flag associated with this worm was the fact that folks were claiming it got distributed widely via removable media. Turns out that might not be the case... "As first reported on July 15 by KrebsOnSecurity.com,…
Snapshot in time - September 11, 2001
A few interesting screenshots from the Terrorism Research Center on September 11, 2001. Here is a message that Neal Pollard and I wrote that greeted our visitors when they first hit the terrorism.com domain. Having founded the company on the 1st…
We all live in the future now...
While I'm not usually one to dwell on the significance of a new decade, 2010 seems worth reflecting on. This post covers a hodge-podge of issues keeping in tune with this blog's general charter of technology, security, and obscurity. Hopefully,…
Pretty clever
For some reason, this attack made me laugh. An interesting blending of meatspace and cyberspace. Hackers in Grand Forks, North Dakota of all places have hit on a clever Trojan Horse: using a fraudulent parking ticket to direct unsuspecting…
Threats in the Age of Obama
I'm a contributor to this impressive new book that examines what threats we face in the coming years. An excellent compilation of contributors and expertise which is highly recommended. You can purchase the book at Amazon today