Seeing what stuxnet…
November 19, 2011 1 Comment
… was capable of, it was just a matter of time until someone take a jab to the instalations of an utility company.
More on Cyberwar
April 7, 2011 Leave a comment
Short Video from PJTV featuring an interview with Paul Rosenzweig.
Cyber war or hacking as usual?
February 18, 2011 Leave a comment
The Government of Canada was hit by a phishing attack from servers outside the country.
This attack follows the trend described here by RSA.
Was it in retaliation for this?
Stuxnet virus demonstration
December 9, 2010 3 Comments
Symantec released a video showing how the Stuxnet infect a PLC module attached to an air pump. See the Stuxnet virus in action
Now we are really secure….
December 7, 2010 2 Comments
That is a good idea, take your source code and give it to some guy bent on getting all your secrets to increase the security of your data:
Security Nightmare: Chinese Government Has Microsoft Windows Source Codes.
The world is REALLY in the hands of crazy people
If you think we have problems now….
November 23, 2010 2 Comments
wait until we have a smart grid powered by MS and Google and scores of hackers designing the replacement for Stuxnet.
Not so quietly…
October 21, 2010 Leave a comment
I have posted before on the increasing threat related to hardware vulnerabilities that are becoming a matter of national security.
Some background information here.
[To be continued…]
Google provides a giggle
May 15, 2010 Leave a comment
Google spinsters could become handy next time you are “mistankenly collecting” wi-fi traffic form your neighbours. 😉
UPDATE
The Canadian government concluded today that Google’s collection of fragments of Wi-Fi transmissions violated the law, but also said that the recording was the “result of a careless error” and was not intentional.
Read the whole thing at Cnet
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