Cybersecurity

Why Is This Hacker So Miserable Looking?

I wonder what’s going through Mitch “oorange3” Adair’s head in this picture. Is he annoyed that someone made yet another joke about hacking the Gibson or did he just lose the US Cyber Challenge? Either way, that’s one unhappy-looking hacker. The US Cyber Challenge in which Adair participated is a huge competition with the goal…

Tech News Rosa Golijan Dec 21

65,000 Time Warner Customers Exposed To Remote Hacks

A vulnerability in their modems and routers has left 65,000 Time Warner customers vulnerable to having their admin menus remotely accessed by evil-doers. Time Warner says they’re aware of, and working on the issue as we type.Updated. Update: Apparently Time Warner has put a “temporary patch” into place while they figure out a permanent solution.…

Privacy & Security Rosa Golijan Oct 20

Elite Military Hacker Squad Would Stop Wars With Bits, Not Bombs

Efforts to drag our military’s cybersecurity into the 21st century are well underway, but John Arquilla, professor at the Naval Postgraduate School, wants more: A preemptive international hacker force, which would cripple enemies before they even become a problem. https://gizmodo.com/air-force-cyber-command-wants-intarwebs-supremacy-365042 Existing plans for a new online defense strategy don’t seem particularly bad, except for that…

Tech News John Herrman Oct 3

President Obama Isn’t Really Trying to Take Over the Internet

It was pretty much the perfect story: The Senate introduced a bill that would let the President take over the entire internet during a crisis. Our online Weimar Republic is crumbling beneath the digital Führer! Minor catch: It wasn’t true. https://gizmodo.com/bill-would-give-the-president-control-of-the-internet-d-5348063 Credit to Nicholas Thompson over at Epicenter, who spent some quality time with the…

Tech News John Herrman Sep 2

Bill Would Give The President Control Of The Internet During a “Cybersecurity Emergency”

A revised version of a bill first introduced in the Senate this past spring would give the President power to disconnect private sector computers from the internet in the event of a “cybersecurity emergency.” The new version would allow the president to “declare a cybersecurity emergency” relating to “non-governmental” computer networks and do what’s necessary…

Privacy & Security Sean Fallon Aug 28

Obama Administration Adds Renowned Hacker to Homeland Security Advisory Council

Jeff Moss, who you may know as the founder of the hacking conference DefCon, was sworn in yesterday as one of the new members of the Homeland Security Advisory Council. And we think it’s a shrewd and thoughtful move. Moss, also known as Dark Tangent, founded both the DefCon and Black Hat hacker conferences in…

Tech News Dan Nosowitz Jun 6

President Obama Welcomes the Cyber State

Today US President Obama announced plans for a “cyberspace strategy” that includes everything from possible offensive cyberwar strategies to education. It also contains a little-discussed “identity management” plan that makes me wonder if Facebook profiles are about to become the new Social Security cards. The big news right now is who will be running Obama’s…

io9 Annalee Newitz May 29

Pentagon to Create Cyber Command to Hopefully Avoid More Cybersecurity Screwups

After unidentified hackers made away with untold amounts of protected data on a highly-classified fighter jet project, the Pentagon decided to step up their cybersecurity. The first step? Creating the badass-sounding Cyber Command. https://gizmodo.com/cyber-spies-hack-into-ultra-sensitive-pentagon-fighter-5220755 At the moment, cybersecurity is incredibly important (Obama compared it to nuclear and biological weapons in terms of its danger to…

Privacy & Security Dan Nosowitz Apr 22

Why Is This Hacker So Miserable Looking?

65,000 Time Warner Customers Exposed To Remote Hacks

Elite Military Hacker Squad Would Stop Wars With Bits, Not Bombs

President Obama Isn’t Really Trying to Take Over the Internet

Bill Would Give The President Control Of The Internet During a “Cybersecurity Emergency”

Obama Administration Adds Renowned Hacker to Homeland Security Advisory Council

President Obama Welcomes the Cyber State

Pentagon to Create Cyber Command to Hopefully Avoid More Cybersecurity Screwups

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