June 2008
Lloyd's faces up to threat of e-crime - 26 Jun... →
Former White House Advisor: Hackers Didn't Cause... →
xkcd - A webcomic of romance, sarcasm, math, and... →
Scamski city, where online 'Russian brides' turn... →
Most “computer crime” is simply old scams made faster by using the Internet. Here’s one that is very old and used to be done using paper mail.
What Privacy Policy? →
Woman accused of spying for China at Motorola... →
MoD 'Facebook generation' warning →
Govt may keep an eye on emails from abroad-... →
“foolproof”?
Committees approve more money for cybersecurity →
U.S. Nuclear Weapons Withdrawn From the United... →
OPEN FORUM / It pays to take risks in science... →
Security certification rules could shake up IT... →
RuxSeed v. 1.0 Released: A Ruby Open Source... →
I am happy to announce that ruxseed v. 1.0 is now available on SourceForge. Ruxseed processes XCCDF documents used for SCAP (NIST Security Content Automation Protocol) checklists. It performs…
Blond, white schoolboy is al-Qa’eda extremist, say... →
How annoying. Here is a kid who had to seek asylum with his family, and participated in the rape of his sister. Rather than being labeled as disturbed and prone to violence, and treated accordingly, his behavior is being blamed on watching al-Qaida content on the WWW. How convenient!
Stakeouts, Lucky Breaks Snare Six More in Citibank... →
Top Engineers Shun Military; Concern Grows →
Computer Files Hold Key in CIA Case →
Does cyber-terrorism exist? →
The article text doesn’t directly answer the question posed in the headline. However, the answer is “not yet.” There is clearly criminal use of the Internet, and there is use (some criminal) by terrorist organizations but not really any terrorism on the net.
AFCYBER headquarters staff to operate virtually →
Almost half of malicious sites tied to 10 networks... →
Online test reveals that more often than not PC... →
New URL for this
You can now access this tumble log as <http://blog.spaf.us>
Al-Qaeda's Growing Online Offensive -... →
Web browsers face crisis of security confidence →
Two million password stealers fingered →
U.S. Network Falters in Mideast Mission -... →
What’s Obscene? Google Could Have an Answer →
“The most unfair thing about life is the way it ends. I mean, life is tough. It...”
– George Carlin, as quoted at lonelysandwich
First female four-star U.S. Army general nominated... →
This is way overdue. I’ve met dozens of extremely competent, loyal and dedicated female officers in the military. Gender is not a determining factor in ability — unless you are only considering the ability to write one’s name in snow while urinating. :-)
Special report: Is Al Qa'ida in pieces? →
Summit: Save STEM or watch America fail →
Ousted Air Force chief cites dissension in... →
How George Carlin Changed Comedy - TIME →
George Carlin, Mark Twain and Ambrose Bierce forever changed the way I look at the world, and decide what is funny.
His death is a loss for us all, but thankfully his words and observations are preserved.
India baby girl deaths 'increase' →
In 15-20 years, the lack of available brides may bring social unrest — and maybe even belligerent behavior towards countries with more women. China will have the same problem.
Air Force Wobbles on Plan for Cyber 'Dominance' →
State Budgets Are Weakening, and the Worst May Be... →
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3 accused of stealing Tropicana player list →
Engineer jailed for theft of U.S. secrets →
Weblogs moved to new system →
We’ve moved our weblogs to a content management system. If you’re reading this, you’re in the right place!
What is good tequila? →
Nothing to do with security, but what the heck
Internet-connected coffee maker has security holes →
Would this be a Java vulnerability?
Islamic Jihad’s cyber-war brigades | Menassat →
MinnPost - Firefox and Opera meet the big bad Web →
Regulators Hack-proof Chinese Funds →
India May Crack Blackberry Encryption →
That so many other major countries have allowed RIM in without a complaint suggests that the encryption may be breakable with application of appropriate resources.
Compressed web phone calls are easy to bug →
Unsurprising to anyone who has studied interception and analysis of communications.
Analysis: Students labeled security threat →
More from the TSA portion of the Dysfunctional Half-baked Screwup agency.
Smugglers Had Design For Advanced Warhead →
An example of why “free information” and “no constraints on speech” may not be uniformly beneficial.
Bruce Schneier and the King of the Crabs →