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FLASH: Hansard: Minister admits: “There is no offence of cybercrime in law” /ht @gwire #cybersecurity
Cybercrime: 13 Feb 2013: Hansard Written Answers and Statements – TheyWorkForYou. Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Crime and Security: Quote: The Government’s Cyber Security Strategy made it clear that there are crimes which only exist in the digital world, in particular those that target the integrity of computer networks and online systems. However, the internet…
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If you want to try tracking the Asteroid 2012 DA14 fly-by tonight, use HeavensAbove # shortcuts
Method: Visit Heavens Above Location Database and search for your location Pick your Location from the responses for the search When redirected to the homepage, click the Click here for a sky chart and table of positions for your location at the top Shortcuts: London Birmingham Manchester Edinburgh London illustrated below, but using the website…
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Next time you need examples of Cyberattacks, these are three of them… apparently… /ht @jeffreycarr
Cited by Jeffrey Carr because they are both “Cyber” according to him, and might be “Attacks” according to Thomas Rid and Carl von Clausewitz. It dates from 2011, but still, quoth Mr Carr: Personally, I’m not a fan of the term “cyberwar” as evidenced by a recent article that I wrote for Slate, however it is…
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A Chinese Hacker’s Identity Unmasked – Businessweek # surprising #mustread
A bit light towards the end, but good. Some of the addresses had also figured in Chinese espionage campaigns documented by other researchers. They were part of a block of about 2,000 addresses belonging to China Unicom (CHU), one of the country’s largest Internet service providers. Trails of hacks had led Stewart to this cluster…
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VAX Cluster running on VAX Emulator running on Raspberry Pi # too cool for words, today is over
Hat tip to Gilberto Persico for this: http://www.designspark.com/blog/a-raspberry-pi-vax-cluster In a blog post last month I looked at how a Raspberry Pi can be used to emulate a formidable IBM mainframe, and in this post I describe how a pair can be used to emulate VAX computers which can then be configured to form a VMScluster.…
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WANTED: *Uncorrupted* Energetic #Security Geek, ideally: mixed Web/OpenSource/Developer/Linux/SysAdmin Background, UK
UPDATE: see updated title, see comment below. If you roughly fit this bill and are looking for flexible working in a lovely, boutique company of similar folk – and if you have the native sense of curiosity that is essential to a role like this – then drop me a line: alec.muffett@gmail.com
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Stop pretending cyberspace exists – Salon.com # Traction, at bloody last
Some ideas make you dumber the moment you learn of them. One of those ideas is the concept of “cyberspace.” The term was coined by William Gibson in his novel “Neuromancer” and defined as “a graphic representation of data abstracted from the banks of every computer in the human system …” As a metaphor that…
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WHITE HOUSE EXECUTIVE ORDER: IMPROVING CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE CYBERSECURITY, the #decyber analysis /ht @adrianco
I should spend some time upgrading the parser, but not too bad as translations go. Maybe I should translate a partnership to meddling. Expect a flurry of me too / copycat policy and announcements coming out of the other Governments in the next few weeks; these will dangerous times for liberty as agencies seek to grab…
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OH MY GOD: THE U.S. GOVT ARE TRYING TO PROTECT THE INTERNET FROM PEOPLE LIKE _ME_ #guardian
No wonder it’s so fucked up: Two branches of the US government are introducing cybersecurity legislation on Wednesday but hackers, the very people the government is trying to protect the internet from, have serious doubts about the government’s ability to legislate technology. President Barack Obama is expected to mention an executive order on cybersecurity in Tuesday’s state of the…
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“Cyberfraud vs: Biofraud vs: Fraud” – an observation by @bbart
From an IM conversation: Bart Blanquart: The “cyber”-prefix is infectious – a Schneier article floated past me where he points out that fraud is fraud, even if a computer is used. Bart Blanquart: And he succeeded in using “cyberfraud” in the same sentence in which he points this out. Bart Blanquart: Was thinking that the…
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LibTech-Auditing-Cheatsheet # technical things to look for when auditing extremely high value applications
Introduction This list is intended to be a list of additional or more technical things to look for when auditing extremely high value applications. The applications may involve operational security for involved actors (such as law enforcement research), extremely valuable transactions (such as a Stock Trading Application), societal issues that could open users to physical…
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A List of @OpenRightsGroup Links And Resources #openrightsgroup
List taken from the master copy that I keep in the sidebar of this very blog! There are rather a lot of these; perhaps they could use some unification? <cough/> Open Rights Group ORG blip.tv ORG Blog ORG Facebook ORG Flickr ORG Google+ ORG LinkedIn ORG Meetup ORG SoundCloud ORG Twitter ORG YouTube ORG Zine