Centre for Strategic Cyberspace + Security Science / CSCSS
Economic Security on the Cyber Firing Line There is a determined effort by the government of China to get into the business of stealing economic secrets to put into use in China to compete economically, obtain free research and development, gain market lead, and competitive advantage. While China’s economy has had very rapid growth over…
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General Michael Hayden is something of a visionary when it comes to discussing the Internet. Hayden’s public image has largely been shaped by his role as a hard-nosed, four star General running two of the largest security agencies in the United States (the National Security Agency and the Central Intelligence Agency). During this time, he…
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Effective: 28 October 2014
Validity Period: 28 Oct – 4 Nov 2014
CYBER INTELLIGENCE SUMMARY
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Para 2. PRC accused of hacking iCloud
Para 6. Russia Ruled out as attacker in J.P. Morgan Chase Breach
The airline industry seems to be up in the clouds when it comes to addressing cyber issues and vulnerabilities in aircraft systems that are very interconnected and controlled digitally especially with the trend of offering online services for passengers in flight.
DetailsEffective: 17 October 2014
Validity Period: 17 Oct – 21 Oct 2014
CYBER INTELLIGENCE SUMMARY
DetailsEffective: 16 October 2014
Validity Period: 16 Oct – 30+ days
CYBER INTELLIGENCE REPORT: Hong Kong Democracy Protests
DetailsDuring the first year of the Second World War the Security Service made what one of its staff called a transition ‘from prison to palace’. Failing to find office space in London for its rapidly expanding staff after the outbreak of War, MI5 moved its headquarters to Wormwood Scrubs, a Victorian prison in West London.
DetailsIn the Pacific Theatre during the Second World War, Japanese forces were relentless in their attacks and victories over the Allied forces in South East Asia and in the Western Pacific. The string of victories from December 7th 1941 to May 20th 1942 included – the attack on Pearl Harbor,
DetailsSyria’s Cyberwar Branch 225 at work. In Syria’s internal cyber war, the Assad regime’s supporters have been developing and have deployed a new viral weapon against Syrian opposition activists. Computer viruses that spy and are written for a specific cyber espionage mission and campaign; Compromise. The virus’s passes information captured from infected target computers to…
Details“Cyber Terrain”: A Model for Increased Understanding of Cyber Activity In my first Science of Security post, I recommended that organizations consider hiring cyber security scientists to help organizations in developing a strong, rigorous scientific foundation to cyber security while providing structure and organization to a broad-based body of knowledge on the domain. In my…
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10 October 2014
Effective: 10 Oct – 17 Oct 2014
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03 October 2014
Effective: 03 Oct – 09 Oct 2014
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As a computer security professional I have been following the “shellshock” news. I use a type of Linux as my preferred operating system so I know something of the environment. The more articles I read, the more frustrated I became because there were few descriptions of the ‘bug’ or the vulnerability that I needed to protect against. After doing my own research, I don’t have a problem with the bash ‘bug’, but I do have a problem with most of the reporting.
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