Penguin: Bruce Schneier on US Destabilizing Cyber-Space

Stuxnet cyberattack by US a ‘destabilizing and dangerous’ course of action, security expert Bruce Schneier says Schneier calls Stuxnet ‘mistake’ for US, argues world needs to tackle cyber-arms control By Ellen Messmer Network World, June 18, 2012 Revelations by The New York Times that President Barack Obama in his role as commander in chief ordered …

Marcus Aurelius: Cyberwar as the Alternative to Micro/Macro Violence

Need To Know: Technolog: In Praise Of Cyberwar It’s better than the alternative. How malware could actually help keep the peace. By Michael Hirsh National Journal, June 9, 2012 EXTRACT: Above all, cybertactics could supply a new way out of an old conundrum — a kind of halfway house between the only two effective options …

Owl: Major Cyber-Virus Across Middle East – Probably Israeli

A new, potent, highly complex but large (20 gigs!) Stuxnet-like virus is on the loose – a number of comments after the article here makes a very good case that this one is from the Israeli government: ‘Flame’ cyberespionage worm discovered on thousands of machines across Middle East The UN’s International Telecommunications Union and Kaspersky …