There are a notable number of conferences each year that one attends in this business. I am lucky enough to have been a participant and speaker at… Read more “BLACK HAT and DEFCON (the belated draft posted unfinished)”
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A Hemispheric Messaging Convention–and what the heck does that mean anyway?
I appeared on a panel at a recent ICANN conference, together with my old pals the APWG. We had been fighting the good fight for some years… Read more “A Hemispheric Messaging Convention–and what the heck does that mean anyway?”
WHO ARE THE BAD GUYS?
A basic taxonomy of cyber-actors By David Perry In the beginning, there were hackers. They sat alone, playing online games, hanging out in BBS systems closed to… Read more “WHO ARE THE BAD GUYS?”
Remembering
On September eleventh, 2001 I was in the airport lounge in Stockholm’s Arlanda Airport. As usual I had a book and a computer and was on a… Read more “Remembering”
Signs of the times.
It seems that NATO is calling for cyber defense to be a regular part of national and regional defense. What do they know? They know that the… Read more “Signs of the times.”
SCADA System attack: should you be concerned?
Here’s a rare chance to get a peek into the future. There is yet another malware attack on Industrial Control Systems (ICS) and Supervisory Control and Data… Read more “SCADA System attack: should you be concerned?”
EVOLUTION AND FIXED IDEAS
There is a problem that we in the online security game almost never try to fix. I am going to call it the reality gap. THE SET… Read more “EVOLUTION AND FIXED IDEAS”
The Target Malware found (a followup repost from WIRED)
Image: Juanmonino/Getty The malicious program used to compromise Target and other companies was part of a widespread operation using a Trojan tool known as Trojan.POSRAM, according to… Read more “The Target Malware found (a followup repost from WIRED)”
Target Breach!
This weekend I was interviewed by ABC news about the Target and Neiman Marcus breaches. You can see the video here. As usual, there is a lot… Read more “Target Breach!”
You can’t beat free…
I hear from a lot of people that they are using free AV, and that Consumer Reports said “use two or three of them! after all they… Read more “You can’t beat free…”
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