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Espionage on the rise

Espionage is evidently a growth industry once again. An article in The Australian reports that the number of Russian and Chinese spies in Australia are approaching the level they were at during the Cold War. Australia is trying to build out its counter-espionage capabilities. I wonder if there are any...

Tags: State Sponsored Hacking, Security blog, Security

Blog posts 2007-07-24

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Cyber Defcon 4

I am preparing my next road show pitch. My past presentations have followed a pattern. There is one slide I have been using for seven years now, ever since I joined Gartner as an analyst as a matter of fact. It is the Threat Hierarchy slide. It lists...

Tags: Attack, Security, Richard Stiennon

Blog posts 2008-01-14

Hacking as a competitive edge in the Olympics

Until this morning I had no idea what my 500th blog post would be about. Should I once more rant about how security awareness training is not worth the cost of the posters?(post 184, Dangerous Meme) Do I need to point out one more time how Network Admission Control is,...

Tags: Olympic Games, Information Technology, Hacking, Security, Richard Stiennon

Blog posts 2007-12-17

Oak Ridge attacks linked to China

Oak Ridge attacks linked to ChinaRE: Oak Ridge attacksThere is only one question that [b]needs[/b] to be answered:"How the hell did this happen at a sensitive research laboratory"?????A second question:"When are heads going to roll"?????RE: Oak Ridge attacks linked to Chinait IS Chinese government, and they are attacking with impunity...

Tags: Call centers, SECURITY, Oak Ridge, attack, call-center

Discussion threads 2007-12-12

Hactivism or information warfare?

Just as the term "cyber terrorism" gets linguists all riled up, "information warfare" is sure to elicit the wrath of security pundits and bloggers alike. While I will be the first to acknowledge that cyber terrorism is a problematic term (no loss of life or limb from shutting down an...

Tags: Hacking, SECURITY, information warfare, Estonia

Blog posts 2007-05-12

Another suspected NASA hacker indicted

Another suspected NASA hacker indictedScaryJust more prove that no one is safe.I hate hackers, they are so inconsiderate and clueless as to how much harm they cause everyone.One day when they are messing with government computers they are going to end up jeopardizing peoples lives, not just their finances.Hacking should...

Tags: Hacking, hacker, burglar, job, security, NASA

Discussion threads 2006-12-01

It ain't over till...

Industry pundits and journalists are always looking for signs of new trends. One productive method is to look at what is popular and in the news and challenge its popularity. Cyber threats, and the industry that battles them admittedly get a lot of press. “Security’ even shows...

Tags: security, IT security

Blog posts 2006-05-12

Google blacklists--fair or not?

Google blacklists--fair or not?Message has been deleted.Good on GoogleI'd rather have a fair result rather than a biased one.I'd rather have a fair economy rather than a biased one.I'd rather have a fair government than a biased one.I'd rather have a fair law than a biased one.I'd rather have a...

Tags: Government, P2pnet, Google Inc.

Discussion threads 2006-02-07

Threat predictions for 2006

Thr trouble with posting predictions is that you force yourself and your readers to look back to see how your last predictions came out. To save you time here is a link to my 2005 predictions. All the easy ones have come true. Interestingly, the ones that were...

Tags: RSS, spyware

Blog posts 2005-12-19