Lithuania warns that China has ramped up espionage & cyber campaigns in this year’s National Threat Assessments. Cybersecurity and Digital Safety specialists benefit from studying and reflecting on other countries’ national threat assessments. The problem is selecting one that best matches the resources and capabilities that are more closely aligned with most of the world. Read More
Tag: Cyberwar
Qakbot – it is not over yet!
Get the free Shadowserver special report to see if Qakbot was on your network. If yes, the bad guys could still be on your network. Read More
Cyberwarfare is here; now what?
Cyberwarfare activities were always on the Internet. STUXNET, Google Aurora, and many other attacks were a fact of life. We had cyber attacks when Yugoslavia broke up. We have constant attacks in the Middle East. Cyberwar was part of a security practitioner’s threat model from the late ‘80s until the early 2000s. Then, cybercrime started Read More
You are now part of the Russian-Ukrainian Cyberwar’s “Battlespace”
It is 2022 and you are now part of the Russian-Ukrainian Cyberwar’s “Battlespace.” There is no escaping the “packets” flying through, at, and over your network. If you live on planet Earth, you are now part of the Russian-Ukrainian cyber-battle space. What is a cyber warfare “battlespace?” A “battlespace” is the location of the warfighting. Read More
What Stops a Nation-State BGP Hijack?
Can Nation-State BGP Hijack Parts of the Internet? Yes, a Nation-State BGP Hijack is a threat on the Internet. Nation-States can orchestrate the manipulation of the Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) via “hacked routers all over the world. These routers would then be used to inject bad, misconfigured, or non-authorized routes all over the world. The result Read More
If I say it over an over again, it must be true …
“Keeping to your message, repeat it many times, and ignore the criticism” are key principles of success in Washington DC policy work. If you say something over and over again, it must be true. It does not matter if the message is true, based on facts, or have any empirical data to support your assertion. Read More
New Intelligence Squared debate – The CyberWar threat has been Grossly Exaggerated
Has the Cyber-War threat has been Grossly Exaggerated? Thanks to Intelligence Squared (I2) and Neustar for first – bring I2 outside of New York and second for setting up an Oxford-style debate to address the “market saturation” of the cyber-warfare threat. I’ve been a strong critic of the overhype, exaggeration, and fiction expounded by “individuals” Read More
The “Cyberwar” Dialog can be easily polluted …..
Watching discussions about cyberwar is a humorous diversion in the day. Take this New York Times article, “Halted ’03 Iraq Plan Illustrates U.S. Fear of Cyberwar Risk.” It starts interesting, talking about a battle plan that was considered as a lead into the 2003 attack on Iraq. Good News! War planning is good. Evaluating collateral 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