Source: Graham Webster, Al Jazeera
Last week, after the Washington Post reported that numerous Washington institutions in and outside government have experienced hacking attributed to China, the Post’s excellent political writer Ezra Klein had an unfortunate foray into commentary on Chinese elite politics.
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Chinese cyberwar and the US ‘myth of scheming’
March 7, 2013 – 1:23 pm
Silvio Berlusconi convicted over Italy wiretap
March 7, 2013 – 1:01 pm
Source: BBC News
Italy’s former Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi has been convicted and sentenced to a year in jail over an illegal wiretap.
Vupen CEO Chaouki Bekrar addresses zero day marketplace controversy at CanSecWest
March 6, 2013 – 1:13 pm
Source :Security Week
Ryan Naraine talks to Vupen CEO Chaouki Bekrar about the controversies surrounding the sale of zero-day vulnerabilities and exploits, his company’s business dealings and the work that goes into winning the CanSecWest Pwn2Own hacker contest.
ISRO plans a new high-resolution earth satellite
March 6, 2013 – 12:29 pm
Source: Spacenews
The Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) is planning its next remote sensing satellite.
Who runs the Internet?
March 6, 2013 – 12:15 pm
Source: CircleID
ICANN has released a “living” graphic aimed to provide a high-level view of how the internet is run attuned for those less familiar with the inner workings of the internet infrastructure ecosystem.
Hacking isn’t cyberwar, for now
February 28, 2013 – 9:02 am
Source: Chris Bronk, The New York Times
“There’s no cyberwar without a real war,” argues cryptographer Bruce Schneier. Yet some sort of cyberconflict with China is afoot.
Hackers attack European governments using ‘MiniDuke’ malware
February 27, 2013 – 1:14 pm
Source: Josh Halliday, The Guardian
Cyber criminals have targeted government officials in more than 20 countries, including Ireland and Romania, in a complex online assault seen rarely since the turn of the millennium.
State-sponsored hackers steal more than a terabyte of data per day, says new report
February 27, 2013 – 1:00 pm
Source: The Verge
Two decades after computer security began generating billions by selling expertise and software designed to protect unwanted network intrusions, experts say those networks are more vulnerable than ever.
Call to help Tibetans puts pressure on Canada’s new religion envoy
February 26, 2013 – 1:33 pm
Source: The Globe and Mail
The political leader of exiled Tibetans is calling on Canada’s ambassador for religious freedom to investigate religious repression and suicide in his homeland, squeezing the week-old post into a tricky diplomatic position.
New document sheds light on government’s ability to search iPhones
February 26, 2013 – 1:24 pm
Source: Chris Soghoian and Naomi Gilens, American Civil Liberties Union
Cell phone searches are a common law enforcement tool, but up until now, the public has largely been in the dark regarding how much sensitive information the government can get with this invasive surveillance technique.
