cyber attack

Cyber Intelligence: Acts Of Aggression Are Familiar, Yet Disturbing

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It is getting to the point that those reporting acts of cyber aggression, particularly in the area of cyber espionage, think they are in a repetitive do-loop. It is the same story over and over again with the only difference being the list of victims.

The news of late has been the discovery of yet another sophisticated cyber attack that resulted in the collection of untold information, some general some sensitive, from the business community as well as defense contractors and government officials. Keep reading →

 /  Published December 19, 2011 at 11:26 AM

Cyber Intelligence: Bring It On – Iran Says They Are Ready!

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Ever since the discovery of the Stuxnet cyber attack on Iran’s nuclear enrichment program and the assignation of Iran’s chief Stuxnet Investigator, Iran has been hell-bent on developing offensive and defensive cyber capabilities.

Over this past year or so numerous comments about the cyber domain that have come out of Tehran and recently the leader of Iran’s Cyber Defense Organization, Brigadier General Gholam-Reza Jalali stated that Iranian computer experts are adequately prepared to defend the country against any possible cyber attack. Based on open sources they seem to have put cyber intelligence secondary to attack and defensive capabilities. Keep reading →

 /  Published December 5, 2011 at 7:29 AM

Cyber Intelligence: A Very Dangerous Attitude

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COMMENTARY:
Writing, blogging and speaking at conferences exposes you to a very broad base of viewpoints and also opens you up for non-constructive criticism.

Recently, I received some feedback on a position I have consistently taken on the subject of cyber attack and cyber attribution. This week I will address one of the two issues. Keep reading →

 /  Published October 18, 2011 at 7:01 AM

The Weak Link: User Authentication and Security Awareness

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If I were a betting man, I’d place a wager that some of you reading this article re-use the same password for multiple online services: online banking, enterprise email, your personal Gmail account, Twitter, Facebook, Google+, and Skype (to name but a few).

Don’t worry, you’re not alone: you share an affliction with many millions of people around the world – and even as a security professional, I’ll admit that until a few years ago, I was guilty of the same. Why do we do it? Well, that’s simple: it makes it easy to remember. Unfortunately, it also makes the job of the hacker much easier than if we had different passwords for each account. Keep reading →

 /  Published September 8, 2011 at 10:17 AM

Cyber Intelligence: A Cyber Alliance?

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Reports of North Korea launching cyber attacks on South Korea continue. At the same time North Korea is said to be behind a recent group of cyber attacks on the United States as well.

Some experts familiar with these attacks say they are tests of North Korea’s newly developed cyber weapons, but with most cyber attacks knowing who is behind the attack (attribution) and possibly why they chose to attack continue to be illusive questions. Keep reading →

 /  Published August 15, 2011 at 9:08 AM
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