Second Life musings...
I'm long overdue in posting about SecondLife. Perhaps, it is because I've been too busy exploring it and writing about the implications of persistent virtual worlds in a paper I've been working on. From my perspective as a persistent, if not…
Irhabi007's silence on the net explained
Several months ago, stories on the AQ 007 where everywhere. Now we have an update from the Washington Post.
GroupIntel Blog rolling
Doogie Howser jokes, Bruce Schneier takedowns...all in the context of national security and intelligence issues. The GroupIntel Blog is rolling. If you haven't checked it out recently, it is worth a look.
What's old is new again...
A few new interesting details regarding a thwarted attack against a target in L.A.
A partial RIM shutdown is NOT the answer
I'll admit to being pretty frustrated over all the discussion about how the government should be excluded from a shutdown of Blackberry service in the United States. Partial infrastructure shutdowns are not the answer. If a shutdown is ordered, it…
Impressed with Newsvine
It is in closed beta right now, but I have to admit that I am overly impressed with Newsvine. It has a lot of buzz in the tech circles and it appears to be warranted. For those in the beta, my promoted stories can be found at…
Experts: Countries make dangerous cyber adversaries
And a not so decent write-up or our BlackHat Federal presentation. A few misconceptions that don't track with the point we were trying to get across. However, this quote says a lot about the problem space. I hope that this attracts some attention…
Know your enemy
A decent write-up from my BlackHat presentation.
“Obviously, nation-states have greater capacity to finance attacks,” Devost said. “We need to ask ourselves, ‘Who are the threats,’ because they all look the same in the exploit.”
Black Hat Federal
I'll be speaking at Black Hat Federal on January 23-26, 2006. If you are going to be in town for the event, let me know. Conference site.
It is going to be a bad week for Windows security
The flaw, which allows hackers to infect computers using programs maliciously inserted into seemingly innocuous image files, was first discovered last week. But the potential for damaging attacks increased dramatically at the weekend after a group…