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A Bad News Roundup -- We Can't Do Cybersecurity. Period.
Paul Rosenzweig Sat, Jan 23, 2016, 10:06 AM
A depressing collection of cyber news for a snowy Saturday ...
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Ukraine Down Again/Robots Lost/Attribution for the Future
Paul Rosenzweig Mon, Jan 18, 2016, 3:54 PM
Russia takes down more of the Ukraine. "IT systems at Kiev's main airport were floored over the weekend, sparking a renewed warning from Ukraine's Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-UA) about further BlackEnergy malware-based attacks." Apparently, Ukraine is now a free-fire zone for Russian hackers. Watch out.
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Bitcoin Exposed; DNS Hacked; EU Cyber Law Passed
Paul Rosenzweig Wed, Dec 9, 2015, 3:52 PM
Now we may know who invented Bitcoin. But who took 4 of 13 core DNS root servers offline with a DDoS attack?
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Cyber War ....
Paul Rosenzweig Mon, Sep 21, 2015, 10:07 AM
Some entries on the cyber warfare front:
US and China Seek Cyber Arms Deal. "The United States and China are negotiating what could become the first arms control accord for cyberspace, embracing a commitment by each country that it will not be the first to use cyberweapons to cripple the other’s critical infrastructure during peacetime, according to officials involved in the talks." [To be verified how?]
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Paul Rosenzweig Mon, Aug 3, 2015, 10:49 AM
A sampling of cyber news: Hacking the hackers; remedying flaws in the ECPA; and China's plan to re-write the rules on cyberspace.
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Paul Rosenzweig Tue, Jun 23, 2015, 4:31 PM
The Lopht warns of cyber insecurity ... in 1998. A fantastic review article about how we got to where we are today. "The seven young men sitting before some of Capitol Hill’s most powerful lawmakers weren’t graduate students or junior analysts from some think tank.
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The Data Breach At The Office Of Personnel Management
Herb Lin Thu, Jun 4, 2015, 9:29 PM
Press reports today (New York Times,
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Paul Rosenzweig Thu, Jun 4, 2015, 10:54 AM
Russia Trolls the Net — A fascinating, must read report from the NY Times: “From a nondescript
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Paul Rosenzweig Fri, May 1, 2015, 8:38 AM
China Worried By New US Cyber Strategy. "China's Defence Ministry expressed concern on Thursday at the Pentagon's updated cyber strategy that stresses the U.S. military's ability to retaliate with cyber weapons, saying this would only worsen tension over Internet security." Maybe this is a good thing ....
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Paul Rosenzweig Fri, Mar 6, 2015, 4:59 PM
Neustar looks to lose its contract. "Federal Communications Commission staff has recommended that a $450 million contract Sterling-based company Neustar has held exclusively for 18 years be awarded to rival Ericsson." Readers will recall that the Neustar contract has cybersecurity implicaitons.