The truth at any cost lowers all other costs — curated by former US spy Robert David Steele.
Syrian Electronic Army Hacks Israel’s Main Infrastructure Control System (SCADA) Submitted by siavash on Wed, 05/08/2013 – 16:53 Cyberwarzone The Syrian Electronic Army (SEA) launched a successful cyberattack on the main infrastructure system of Haifa, one of the most important ports in Israel, disrupting the operation of the servers in charge of urban management systems …
The Cyber-Dam Breaks Sensitive Army database of U.S. dams compromised; Chinese hackers suspected BY: Bill Gertz The Washington Free Beacon, May 1, 2013 U.S. intelligence agencies traced a recent cyber intrusion into a sensitive infrastructure database to the Chinese government or military cyber warriors, according to U.S. officials. The compromise of the U.S. Army Corps …
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Redrawing the security map 27 June 2013 Palais d’Egmont, Brussels In the run up to the December 2013 European Council devoted to defence issues, and in view of ongoing austerity cuts in EU and NATO member states, the Security & Defence Day ’13 will address several questions: Does Europe have the means to fulfil its …
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Susan Landau 5.0 out of 5 stars Definitive text on the topic July 8, 2011 Ben Rothke Surveillance or Security?: The Risks Posed by New Wiretapping Technologies is a hard book to categorize. It is not about security, but it deals extensively with it. It is not a law book, but legal topics are pervasive …
State-backed data spies hunt industrial secrets State-sponsored industrial espionage became a bigger cyber-threat to companies in 2012, a report indicates. Statistics gathered for Verizon’s annual data breach report suggested state-sponsored hacking attacks were now the number two cyber-threat. Top of the list were hackers looking to steal money after breaking into corporate networks, Often, the …
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IT, Security, and Power Bruce Schneier & Jonathan Zittrain in conversation April 4, 6:00pm ET Langdell Hall South, 272 Kirkland and Ellis Classroom From Bruce Schneier: What I’ve Been Thinking About I have been thinking about the Internet and power: how the Internet affects power, and how power affects the Internet. Increasingly, those in power …
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Panel Talks About Detecting, Thwarting Cyber Attack Space Foundation, 04/08/2013 Can the U.S. detect, thwart and respond to a cyber offensive that would leave our nation vulnerable to other, possibly more conventional, offensive efforts? Visions of a “Cyber Pearl Harbor” are forcing decision makers to take steps to avoid such a calamity. Read more.
