Dateline NBC Mole Outed by Hackers at DefCon
Helpful advice from Blogs of War Five minutes of research would have convinced NBC that this was a really bad idea: NBC’s mole, Michelle Madigan, became the target of a predators herself this afternoon...
View ArticleLargely Uninspring Inspire 4 Released
I’m not doing a page-by-page analysis but I’ll point you to three excellent posts: Al Malahem’s Inspire 4: Crusades Rhetoric and Tactical Updates In A Feedback Loop by @crabbyolbastard and al-Qaeda in...
View ArticleBlogs of War #FollowFriday – Now in HD! – Hackers, Infosec Pros, & Other...
This diverse group of hackers (black, white, and grey hats), infosec pros, security media, independent researchers, and federal types can also be found (along with a lot of other people) on the Blogs...
View ArticleDid China Compromise NASA Satellites?
So word is out that an upcoming congressional commission annual report will reveal that unnamed (but let’s face it, Chinese) hackers gained access to a satellite station in Norway and completed “all...
View ArticleHacker Group Anonymous Takes on Mexican Drug Cartels
Anonymous is quite unhappy that one of their own was kidnapped in Veracruz and has issues a video threat in response: An international group of online hackers is warning a Mexican drug cartel to...
View ArticleNada Bakos on the Threat of Loose Networks
Nada, a former CIA analyst, examines the recent attack in Libya and what it means for the future of US counterterrorism: That said, watching for the evolution and alignment of these small, like-minded...
View ArticleSatellite Hacking: Where Cyberwar Meets Spacewar
Space: the new cyber crime frontier touches on some important, and quite reasonable, concerns about vulnerabilities in our space architecture such as space junk, general overcrowding, and so on....
View ArticleCyberwar Roundup
Panetta Sounds Alarm on Cyber-War Threat Panetta came to the nation’s financial hub – New York City – to issue his battle cry. The city is the brightest bulls-eye on the American target for foes...
View ArticleCyberwar Roundup
So what’s Mitt Romney’s take on cyber security? “Mitt Romney has promised to make cybersecurity a top priority early in his administration,” said a campaign spokeswoman when Killer Apps asked if the...
View ArticleA Gentle Reminder About Security and Social Media for Security Cleared...
Social Media use by security cleared professional creates obvious risks that are mostly well managed by the thousands of professionals who use it day in and day out. And we are thrilled that you do so....
View ArticleBlurring the Lines Between Hacktivism and Terrorism
Dr. Clint Arizmendi is a Research & Analysis Officer at the Land Warfare Studies Centre. The views expressed are his own and do not reflect those of the Australian Department of Defence or the...
View ArticleJon Iadonisi: Sam Bacile … or Silence Dogood: What Would Ben Franklin Do?
The penname was “Silence Dogood,” and the media in which the words of the man behind the name were published was the Poor Richard’s Almanac. Silence Dogood was, at the time, 16-year-old Ben Franklin,...
View ArticleTalking Tech, Social, and Security with White Canvas Group Founders Jon...
Jon Iadonisi is the founder of White Canvas Group (Twitter) and leads the innovation and application of new products and solutions for all clients. He blends over 15 years of diverse experience in...
View ArticleScriven L. King On Security Conceptualization
Scriven King is a security professional who has worked for the federal government for ten years and now enjoys a life in both the private and public sector. His previous positions have included law...
View ArticleInterview: Ali-Reza Anghaie and Scot Terban on InfoSec, Hackers, China, and...
Ali-Reza Anghaie (Right) is a Consulting Security Engineer and Senior Analyst with Wikistrat. His varied work in engineering and security has taken him to numerous universities and Fortune 500...
View ArticleTara Maller: Half the Homeland – Mobilizing Women for Cybersecurity
Tara Maller is a research fellow in the National Security Studies Program at the New America Foundation. Her current areas of focus include sanctions, diplomacy, intelligence, cybersecurity, terrorism...
View ArticleFive Upcoming Infosec MOOCs (Massive Open Online Courses)
I’m just wrapping up a six week course on malware with University of London lecturer Dr. Lorenzo Cavallaro. The course has been more technically challenging in places than I expected but that’s a good...
View ArticleBlogs of War Chrome Extension Updated
I’ve made a ton of changes over the last couple of days. The extension has been updated to pull national security news from dozens of my favorite sources. The list of U.S. government feeds in the mix...
View ArticleTara Maller: Enhancing the Cyberdiplomacy Arsenal
Tara Maller is a research fellow in the National Security Studies Program at the New America Foundation. Her current areas of focus include sanctions, diplomacy, intelligence, cybersecurity, terrorism...
View ArticleInterview: Hacker OPSEC with The Grugq
The Grugq is an world renowned information security researcher with 15 years of industry experience. Grugq started his career at a Fortune 100 company, before transitioning to @stake, where he was...
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