Friday, January 3, 2014
Developing the Law of Cyber WarfareGood article by lawyer, legal journalist and fellow Temple Law alum Amaris Elliott-Engel. The law, or lack of it, as it relates to cyber warfare is near the top of my list of legal interests.Monday, April 1, 2013
China is very serious about cyberespionageGoogle apologists like myself often answer concerns that the search-and-advertising giant can scan your email with something like “yes, but they’re doing it with robots and scrubbing it clean of all identifying information.” China, however, is not so …Thursday, January 10, 2013
US suspects Iran behind DDoS attacks on banksThese look a lot like “feeler” operations, meant to gauge the reaction attackers can expect from victim institutions and nations. The United States (read: Congress) must act immediately to ensure that we’re ready when attackers stop slowing down or …Thursday, October 18, 2012
Wireless attack could fatally turn pacemakers against patientsPatrick Gray, writing at The Register: Jack also warned of a worst-case scenario in which a worm could infect multiple devices, spreading from patient to patient, re-flashing the devices with malicious code as it foes. This code could be …Thursday, October 18, 2012
White House review: no active spying by HuaweiJoseph Menn, quoting an anonymous source for Reuters: We knew certain parts of government really wanted” evidence of active spying, said one of the people, who requested anonymity. “We would have found it if it were there. I don’t know enough about …Saturday, August 18, 2012
Flame and Stuxnet Cousin Targets Lebanese Bank Customers, Carries Mysterious PayloadKim Zetter, writing at Wired: The researchers don’t know if the attackers used the bank component in Gauss simply to spy on account transactions, or to steal money from targets. But given that the malware was almost …