Review (Guest): Ralph Peters on The Open Source Everything Manifesto – Transparency, Truth & Trust

Robert David Steele Brave, provocative and valuable June 6, 2012 By Ralph H. Peters Format:Paperback|Amazon Verified Purchase Read this compact book in an evening–and think about it for a year. Robert Steele long as been one of our most interesting and challenging thinkers (although his writing is clear–a reflection of clear thought), and this book …

Dolphin: Stuxnet – Throwing Rocks When You Live in a Glass House!

Outlines the potential unintended consequences (blowback) resulting from the USG’s apparent covert action employing Stuxnet. Stuxnets are Not in the US National Interest: An Arsonist Calling for Better Fire Codes Jason Healey | June 01, 2012 The United States government has apparently struck a blow against the Iranian nuclear enrichment capability by using Stuxnet to …

Marcus Aurelius: Retarded Governments Catch Up with Hacking 101

Two especially intelligent pieces. Mutually Assured Cyberdestruction? David Sanger in New York Times Cyberspace The Fragile Frontier Robert O’Harrow Jr. in Washington Post Phi Beta Iota:  What is so pathetic about all this is that governments have learned nothing in the quarter century since Winn Schwartau, Bill Caelli, Jim Anderson, Robert Steele, and a handful …

DefDog: Pentagon: sabotaging U.S. computers is an act of war against U.S. – but Iran cannot hold Stuxnet against US….

Pentagon: sabotaging U.S. computers is an actor of war against U.S. Homeland Security Newswire, 1 June 2012 The Pentagon has concluded that the act of sabotaging U.S. computers by another country may constitute an act of war against the United States. This conclusion opens the door for the United States to respond to such cyber …

DefDog: Keith Alexander, Moth to the Flame of Capital Corruption

The problem is they don’t have much to offer, other than going along.  Corporate profits need to be sustained and attending (not fixing) the Cyber world appears to be the new way of doing it.  And as a side note, it is the Congressional-cyber-industrial complex……since Congree allocates the funding and reaps the lobbyist’s support… Cyberthreats …

Mini-Me: Pentagon Plan X versus Skywiper/Flame

Huh? Pentagon Plan X The Pentagon is turning to the private sector, universities and even computer game companies as part of an ambitious effort to develop technologies to improve its cyberwarfare capabilities, launch effective attacks and withstand the likely retaliation. The previously unreported effort, which its authors have dubbed Plan X, marks a new phase …

Berto Jongman: Interesting Global Security Links

Abbottabad Files CTC Journal (PDF) Cyberwar with AQ Gateway to the Divine GigaNet (Organization and Event) Hillary Clinton at Special Ops (Not Pretty) Human Factor and Cyber-Security InfoGram Launches Never Give Up (Yoga Heals Disabled Veteran) PBS on Al Qaeda in Yemen Quebec Student Strike Documentary The Art of Intelligence Lessons from a Life in …