Source: Ian Wallace, The Daily Beast
For several weeks, it has been difficult to open a newspaper or watch a Sunday talk show without hearing about the advent of “cyber war.”
Tag Archives: Cyber Espionage
Why the U.S. is not in a cyber war
March 10, 2013 – 5:08 pm
Obama’s cyberwarfare strategy will backfire
March 8, 2013 – 11:13 pm
Source: Jason Healey, US News
America’s generals and spymasters have decided they can secure a better future in cyberspace through, what else, covert warfare, preemptive attacks, and clandestine intelligence.
Civil society hung out to dry in global cyber espionage
March 4, 2013 – 7:09 pm
Citizen Lab Director Ron Deibert and Senior Researcher Sarah McKune authored a new article in CircleID on the often overlooked dimension of cyber threats and cyber espionage: the targeting of civil society actors.
Meet the German jazz pianist selling spy software to totalitarian regimes
February 15, 2013 – 1:32 pm
Source: Bastian Brinkmann, Jasmin Klofta and Frederik Obermaier, World Crunch
Martin Münch says he knows who the bad guys are, and that he’s one of the good guys.
Was Canada’s Delisle spying for the Russian mob?
February 7, 2013 – 12:58 pm
Brian Stewart’s piece for CBC News features Citizen Lab Director Ron Deibert on the Russian cybercrime underworld.
Ahead of spyware conference, more evidence of abuse
October 10, 2012 – 1:46 am
Source: Nicole Perlroth, The New York Times
This week, at ISS World Americas, an annual surveillance trade show in Washington, law enforcement agents from around the world will gather to learn about the latest in computer spyware.
F.B.I. says Russians smuggled out U.S. microchips
October 4, 2012 – 4:34 pm
Source: Andrew A. Kramer, The New York Times
Russian officials had a muted response on Thursday to a potentially embarrassing revelation by the Federal Bureau of Investigation that it had uncovered a ring of Russian agents that was smuggling microchips out of the United States.
Houston spy network allegedly shipped high-tech goods to Russian defense agencies
October 3, 2012 – 2:28 pm
Source: Ray Stern, Phoenix New Times
The FBI has broken up a spy network based in Houston that “enhanced” the capabilities of the Russian military by exporting sensitive, U.S.-made electronics.
FinFisher mobile spyware tracking political activists
August 31, 2012 – 7:34 am
Source: Mathew J. Schwartz, Information Week
Spyware developed and sold by U.K.-based Gamma Group can infect BlackBerrys, iPhones, and other mobile devices, and is being used to actively target dissidents in countries governed by autocratic regimes.
A who’s who of Mideast-targeted malware
August 31, 2012 – 7:23 am
Source: Elinor Mills, CNet
What’s up with all the malware aimed at the Middle East? For the second time in two weeks a virus outbreak has been reported at an energy company in that region.
