ZeroHedge: #UNRIG: National Security State = Public Enemy #1

#UNRIG: National Security State = Public Enemy #1 The July 4th Mt. Rushmore #UNRIG rally was represented a critical flashpoint in the new revolution afoot to wrest illegitimate power from the rapacious government and return it to its rightful owners: the People. The coast-to-coast #UNRIG tour’s far from over; check out the latest #UNRIG schedules …

Stephen E Arnold: Cyber Security: What Are You Doing?

Cyber Security: What Are You Doing? I read “A Federal Government Left Completely Blind on Cyber attacks Looks to Force Reporting.” The write up uses a phrase for which there are a limited number of synonyms in English; namely, completely blind. There are numerous types of blindness. There’s the metaphorical blindness of William James, who …

Stephen E. Arnold: How Are Those Cyber Security Vendors Performing?

How Are Those Cyber Security Vendors Performing? This sounds like old news. This is really new news. The trust outfit Thomson Reuters published “U.S. Government Probes VPN Hack within Federal Agencies, Races to Find Clues.” The main idea is that despite the amped up cyber security efforts, another somewhat minor issue has been discovered. The …

Stephen E. Arnold: Facebook and Microsoft: Communing with the Spirit of Security

Two apparently unrelated actions by bad actors. Two paragons of user security. Two. Count ‘em. The first incident is summarized in “Huge Facebook Leak That Contains Information about 500 Million People Came from Abuse of Contacts Tool, Company Says.” The main point is that flawed software and bad actors were responsible. But 500 million. Where …

Berto Jongman: Cybersecurity Trend – Personalized Attack

2021 Cybersecurity Trends: The Emergence of the Personalised Attack Chain Attackers’ tactics will evolve as personal islands of security form Deepfakes will make feature in enterprise attacks 5G will leads to the biggest denial-of-service (DDos) attack yet Insiders will crack under pandemic-led pressure and make bad decisions Read full article.

Stephen E. Arnold: LinkedIn Phishing Security Collapse?

Linked In Phishing One of the news items in an upcoming DarkCyber talks about LinkedIn phishing exploits. I want to mention this method of hijacking or intruding into a system for two reasons. First, Microsoft has been explaining and reframing the SolarWinds’ security misstep for a couple of months. The Redmond giant has used explanations …

Answers on OSINT for India 36: Where Should the Open Source Agency Reside within a National Security Structure?

Sir, You have agreed with BGen James Cox, RN CA, with respect to the need for a separate Open Source Agency equivalent to the separate agencies for signals, imagery, and human intelligence. Given the nature of this agency as a direct support element to decision-makers including the national legislature and domestic customers including governors and …