Channeling Tanji these days
Matthew Devost, president of Total Intelligence Solutions, a risk management firm based in Arlington, Va., said for federal law enforcement agencies, the intelligence benefit of leaving such sites operating is often greater than shutting them down.…
The long tail of the television industry
Laughing Squid notes that CBS is placing its back catalog of television shows online for free. Brilliant move as this will allow them to gain additional advertising revenue from older shows. I'd happily watch the old seasons of Star Trek if I can…
Quote of the day...
"I have noticed even people who claim everything is predestined, and that we can do nothing to change it, look before they cross the road." Stephen Hawkings
CIA worried about overseas cyberattacks
SANS FLASH CIA Confirms Cyber Attack Caused Multi-City Power Outage On Wednesday, in New Orleans, US Central Intelligence Agency senior analyst Tom Donohue told a gathering of 300 US, UK, Swedish, and Dutch government officials and engineers and…
What the Jihadist web does when they think no one is watching
Fascinating post. No way to determine accuracy, but it jives with informal comments I've heard about the contents of confinscated laptops. But it's Islambase's Hamza who shows himself to be the least likely pure Islamist. He is the most regular…
Film highlights impact of cybercrime
I was featured in this film. Uncertain if I will attend the New York event or not. Update: I will be at the NY event. If you want to meet-up let me know. Enterprise application security solutions provider Fortify Software will present the world…
RIP - Mark Fleshner
It seems that early January is again a time of sorrow. Almost a year after losing…
Trending towards simulation
Another scientist is proposing that our universe is one big virtual reality simulation. [Link--->]