Iraqi Cyberwar: an Ageless Joke
Did U.S. infowar commandos smuggle a deadly computer virus into Iraq inside a printer? Of course not. So why does it keep getting reported? Full Story
William Gibson Blog
Blogging has momentum. William Gibson is on-line and operating a blog that gets updated daily. It provides for great reading from one of my favorite authors of all time. If you haven't had a chance to check out his latest book "Pattern…
The Simulation Argument
In 1994, I wrote a paper that looked at issues relating to virtual reality and philosophy. One of my main arguments was that true pervasive virtual reality, where the user couldn't distinguish or remember the real world, was closely aligned to…
Pakistan Creates Cyber Crime Wing
A Pakistani security agency has launched a special wing to combat cyber crimes in part because the country had to rely on U.S. investigators to trace e-mails sent by the kidnappers of American journalist Daniel Pearl a year ago. "The purpose of…
This is an interesting story. In the end, a combination of technology and hard cash lead to KSM's arrest. Note the part of the story that indicates that KSM used as many as 10 cell phones to communicate. The story.... The electronic surveillance…
Shrieking in Cyberspace
Sometimes stories like this don't even make it onto my radar screen for over a year. This is an interesting an humorous article. Unfortunately, they reduce the level of credibility associated with those that would counter that cyberterorrism is…
Risk of cyber terrorism raised at seminar
A terrorism expert hosted by the Centre for Defence Studies believes cyber space could be the next target for terrorist organisations. Founding director and CEO of the Terrorist Research Centre at Burke, Virginia, Matthew Devost believes cyber…
Bush's Cyberstrategery: The administration's war against a bogus threat.
That's the title of an editorial on Slate.com discussing cyberterrorism. It has been forwarded to me by several friends indicating that I should respond. I just don't have the bandwidth for a formal response and this angle has already been…
Europe warned of cyber terrorism if Iraq is attacked
An international cyber establishment has warned Europe of a possible attack of cyber terrorism in case war against Iraq breaks out. Such cyber terrorism and possible hacking of networks may put in jeopardy key European infrastructures such as water,…