November 2010
Can’t Keep a Bad Idea Down - NYTimes.com →
Friedman’s comments here about the “Rising Above the Gathering Storm, Revisited” report being buried amidst all the other noise is sadly and profoundly true.
The US news media seems far more interested in the things that will ensure the future of the country — Celine Dion naming her twins, for instance, or which TV shows have been cancelled from the fall schedule —...
Has WikiLeaks landed in cyberattack crosshairs? |... →
Vietnam Is Riskiest Country Domain, Study Says -... →
Credit card 'flash attack' steals up to $500,000 a... →
October 2010
Start-Up Blekko Tries to Take On Google - WSJ.com →
President Should Have 'Kill Switch' For Internet,... →
Iranian Cyber Army's plan to sell botnets... →
More Bredolab arrests may occur, say Dutch... →
TSA Massage →
Offended by yet another incursion by TSA into personal privacy with their intrusive pat-down searches? Consider wearing one of these shirts through security the next time you fly. And the next. Or maybe the tote bag.
Sales are at cost.
Bredolab Mastermind Was Key Spamit.com Affiliate →
Demystifying KB976902, a.k.a. Microsoft’s... →
Critical Fixes for Shockwave, Firefox →
Koobface Worm Targets Java on Mac OS X →
Researchers hack toys, attack iPhones at ToorCon |... →
Report: ‘Spear-Phishing’ Attacks Keep on Giving |... →
Iranian cyber army moves into botnets - CSO Online... →
Nobel Peace Prize Site Serves Firefox 0day →
Firesheep: Baaaaad News for the Unwary →
Chinese Hackers Seized SK Defense Secrets -... →
Judging the cyber war terrorist threat : The New... →
White House Council Launches Interagency... →
It certainly would be helpful if some of these advisory committees had outside advice rather than more internal agreement.
Air Force manual describes shadowy cyberwar world →
SpyEye v. ZeuS Rivalry Ends in Quiet Merger →
CyberCrime & Doing Time: Sir Paul Speaks the... →
Cybercrime Mythbusters
“The Tea Partiers support traditional gender roles, where men are in charge, like...”
– Bill Maher
(No, not infosec related, but so funny it made me laugh out loud, so I had to include it in the stream.)
E-crime Now More Common Than Real Crime →
Japan has national botnet warriors; why don't we? →
FBI Warns Of 'Corporate Account Takeover' Scams -... →
Report: China hijacked U.S. Internet data |... →
Pill Gangs Besmirch LegitScript Founder →
SCADA security just got more serious →
Hacker hits Kaspersky website - Computerworld →
The Chosun Ilbo (English Edition): Daily News from... →
Nuclear Station Suffers USB Data Breach | eWEEK... →
Army Cyber Command stands guard over computer... →
PCI: Smaller Merchants Threatened →
U.S. Says Military Can Respond to Domestic... →
Critical RealPlayer Update →
Melissa J. Dark Appointed W.C. Furnas Professor in... →
From the Purdue University News Service (http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/academics/2010/101015BOTAcademic.html) October 15, 2010
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - The Purdue University Board of…
Why U.S. can't find Osama bin Laden - CNN.com →
Excellent points
Flaws in D.C.'s online voting system should serve... →
Tests show consumer antivirus programs falling... →
'Unprecedented wave' of Java exploits hits users,... →
Hackers in China swiped sensitive data from gov’t... →
New Zeus Attack Preys On Quarterly Federal... →
Fight cyberwar with cold war doctrines, says... →
Internet security plan under review would alert... →
Microsoft: ‘Unprecedented Wave of Java... →
Earn a Diploma from Scam U →
'World's sexiest hacker' faces court | News.com.au →
I don’t get it. She didn’t actually write any code, it seems — she only laundered money by moving it around among bank accounts opened under false identities. How does that make her a “hacker”?
And she has blue eyes. So?