Given all the media hoopla, you’d think a horrifying BIND 9 vulnerability has combined with a leaked top secret P2P file to guarantee the death of the First Lady…
(Click the headline to read this article…)Question #1: how many Asian reporters can you spot in the photo? Question #2: how many of them knew in advance this guy was going to call for a military cyber-attack against North Korea?
(Click the headline to read this article…)Tags: Associated Press, irony, North Korea, Peter Hoekstra, Susan Walsh, Wired
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If that’s a war, then what words will we cheapen when something worse comes along? Will we call it a “cyber genocide”? A “cyber holocaust,” perhaps?
(Click the headline to read this article…)President Obama’s cybersecurity speech is essentially the same as President Clinton’s speech 11 years ago — right down to the debut of a flawed presidential report…
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Federal agencies rely on superstitious rhetoric when it comes to cyberspace security. Obama doesn’t want change here — he clearly wants Americans to accept the status quo…
(Click the headline to read this article…)It doesn’t make it any more real when it flows from the lips of the president of the United States…
(Click the headline to read this article…)Antivirus vendors & computer news outlets played a much greater role than they’ll ever admit…
(Click the headline to read this article…)“ooooh, I’m sorry! I could never possibly show you how I derived these extraordinarily round yet highly accurate figures. Our background data is super top secret mega need to know…”
(Click the headline to read this article…)French navy spokesman Jérome Erulin said “it was a security problem we had already simulated.” It’s good to know the French military keeps up with their surrender skills…
(Click the headline to read this article…)Congressman James Langevin (D-RI) fears America will suffer dire consequences in a successful cyber-attack. It might cause the failure of banking or national electrical systems, he said. Strong words. So — did a cyber-attack cause the banking industry to plea for a $700 billion emergency bailout?
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