Stephen E. Arnold: Dark Cyber – Seven Minutes, Four Stories
Yoda: Pentagon Plays the Open Source Card, CRS Cyber Overview
Proposed Pentagon bill would see massive open source software push in 2018 Cybersecurity: Cybercrime and National Security Authoritative Reports and Resources November 14, 2017 (R44408)
Steven H. Arnold: HP Showed Russia Source Code for Pentagon’s Cyberdefense Software
HP Showed Russia Pentagons Cyberdefense Software This is a short honk to point out a startling discovery—EtherealMind.com declares, “Reuters: HP Enterprise Let Russia Scrutinize Cyberdefense System Used by Pentagon.” Citing a recent report from Reuters, writer Greg Ferro pinpoints the problem with companies that make nothing but deals:
Stephen E. Arnold: Cyber-Weapon Market Booming
Short Honk: Cyber Weapon Market In November 2017, the focus of Beyond Search and HonkinNews will change. The free information services will increase their coverage of weaponized online. A preview of the type of information we will highlight appears in “Cyber Weapon Market to Reach US$521.87 Billion by the End of 2021.
DefDog: Government ‘Cyber Troops’ Manipulate Facebook, Twitter, Study Says
Government ‘Cyber Troops’ Manipulate Facebook, Twitter, Study Says An Oxford study found authoritarian and democratic governments game social media to shape public opinion. PDF (37 Pages): Troops-Trolls-and-Troublemakers
Stephen E. Arnold: FBI Out-Sourcing on Cyber Equals Inept Stupidity
The FBI Relied on a Private Firm’s Investigation of the DNC Hack—Which Makes the Agency Harder to Trust …if the evidence that they’ve used to level major accusations at a foreign government comes not from agencies of the U.S. government or direct law enforcement investigations, but rather from private sector firms like CrowdStrike, then the …
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Bruce Schneier: NSA & CIA Cyber Leaks – Blaming Russia [Robert Steele Disagrees, Suggests Inter-Agency Warfare]
Who Is Publishing NSA and CIA Secrets, and Why? Lawfare as produced by Brookings Institution For both of these leaks, one big question is attribution: who did this? My guess was, and is still, Russia in both cases. Phi Beta Iota: Worth a full read. Many flawed assumptions. Robert Steele’s long comment is below.
