Potential New Attacks
A Department of Homeland Security advisory issued Thursday warns that al Qaeda is working on plans to hijack airliners flying between international points that pass near or over the continental United States. A Department of Homeland Security…
Blaster Worm Linked to Severity of Blackout
The W32.Blaster worm may have contributed to the cascading effect of the Aug. 14 blackout, government and industry experts revealed last week. On the day of the blackout, Blaster degraded the performance of several communications lines linking key…
Loving my Mac!
Just another one of those reasons, I am absolutely happy about my switch to Mac. "Microsoft Corp., whose Windows operating system and e-mail programs have been under siege from new computer "worms" for at least 10 days, has released a patch for two…
"Am I bugging you? Don't mean to bug ya..."
Don't know why, but those words from U2's Rattle 'n Hum came to mind when I first viewed this picture. As a parent, it is one of those things that takes your breath away. Confronting violence is a vital piece of what I do for a living, but it…
Cascading failures
I always have a tough time articulating the true potential impact of cascading infrastructure failures. Not any more...
Poindexter Resigns
If you haven't read his resignation letter, you ought to. Unconventional threats require unconventional thinking. I've never met a terrorism expert that didn't support the type of "thinking outside the box" exploration this program represents.…
Here come the MANPADS
This threat is here to stay: "The FBI arrested three people Tuesday for allegedly plotting to smuggle a shoulder-launched surface-to-air missile into the United States, government and law enforcement sources said. The missile was successfully…
Stupid claim
This Nader claim from US News, borders on insulting to those of us actually in the business of preventing terrorism: "Get a load of this: Likely 2004 third-party presidential hopeful Ralph Nader thinks the 9/11 terrorist attacks…
Hanging DARPA Out to Dry
Charles Cooper writes about public perceptions of DARPA. With the media coverage these days, it is easy to forget the DARPA charter and the intended unconventional nature of the research it conducts. As Cooper writes: "The fact is that TIA data…
Losing Hacker Jeopardy
You win some and you lose some on a technicality. Yes, we took on the famous hacker Kevin Mitnick and his team and we were ahead going into final Jeopardy. We bet it all on the final Jeopardy question and they bet it all minus $10. We answered…