This is part “2.1” of a multipart post to help organizations take security action. Stay tuned for next week’s practical security checklist item. Board members, CxOs, and professionals are saturated with security advice. This security advice is often confusing, contradictory, and always biased toward “buying something.” “Good security advice saturation” results in paralysis of action. Read More
Tag: BOTNETs
2012 – A year of Cyber-Security Optimism
2012 can be a year of Cyber-Security Optimism. The wave of annual cyber-security predictions of doom is coming to a close. Every year security experts would talk about how malware infections are spreading, botnets are going to cause catastrophic damage, the evil “Chinese peril” are stealing everything online, and the next Cyber “Perl Harbor” is Read More
Conficker – the “Fortunate 500”
Conficker has been a dual edge sword to the industry. On one hand, it a nasty “weapons grade” hijacking malware with nefarious consequences – ranging from a platform for crime to a threat Global Telecom’s, SCADA, and other critical infrastructure. On the other hand, it is an example of what cyber-civic society can do when Read More
US Military “BOTNETs” UnConstitutional?
Are US Military “BOTNETs” Unconstitutional? Every other month we get someone in the US Military ranting about how “we need to go on the offensive,” “we need to build our own BOTNETs,” we need to be better than our enemies.” This expression of anxiety is understandable. It is an expression of frustration, where the people Read More