The truth at any cost lowers all other costs — curated by former US spy Robert David Steele.
The Chilling State of Cyber Affairs With all the attention pointed towards PRISM, another interesting publication was virtually overlooked. Earlier last month, a taskforce belonging to the US DoD’s Defense Science Board (DSB) released a final report titled “Resilient Military Systems and the Advanced Cyber Threat” [PDF], that reports on the findings of an 18-month …
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US Military’s Not So Secret War on anti-GMO Activists and Scientists Exposed? Or a Simple Misunderstanding? “A highly concerning new investigative report from the largest daily newspaper in Germany alleges that Monsanto, the US Military and the US government have colluded to track and disrupt both anti-GMO activists and independent scientists who study the adverse …
Defending an Open, Global, Secure, and Resilient Internet Overview This CFR-sponsored Independent Task Force warns that “escalating attacks on countries, companies, and individuals, as well as pervasive criminal activity, threaten the security and safety of the Internet.” The number of “state-backed operations continues to rise, and future attacks will become more sophisticated and disruptive,” argues …
Mobile security startup Bluebox Security has unearthed a vulnerability in Android’s security model which it says means that the nearly 900 million Android phones released in the past four years could be exploited, or some 99% of Android devices. The vulnerability has apparently been around since Android v1.6 (Donut), and was disclosed by the firm to …
Robert Garigue (RIP) remains one of the giants of 21st Century cyber-security. He was 20 years ahead of his time, and most have still not caught up with him. Below is his cloud list, but we have also selected a few items to showcase. Trust on the edges, not centralized butts in seats, is the …
Rethinking Security for the Internet of Things by Chris Clearfield Harvard Business Review, June 26, 2013 Cyber attacks, once primarily directed against networks to steal confidential information and wreak virtual havoc, have begun to expand and are now directly affecting the physical world. For example, the recent hacking of the Associated Press’s Twitter account by …
Huh? Researchers Show How a Car’s Electronics Can Be Taken Over Remotely With a modest amount of expertise, computer hackers could gain remote access to someone’s car — just as they do to people’s personal computers — and take over the vehicle’s basic functions, including control of its engine, according to a report by computer …
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