The Cyberwar Hoax
Among the many definitions of war, cyberwar often (not always) fails to meet two of the most basic aspects of how we understand war; war must be lethal and political.
Among the many definitions of war, cyberwar often (not always) fails to meet two of the most basic aspects of how we understand war; war must be lethal and political.
HuffingtonPost.com | Gerry Smith | Posted 05.03.2012
While the nation has made strides in preparing for a wide range of potential disasters, state and local officials said they feel least prepared for an...
HuffingtonPost.com | Gerry Smith | Posted 04.26.2012
When American experts talk about cyber threats from other countries, they often cite elite hackers in China and Russia. On Thursday, some warned ag...
The New York Times | ERIC SCHMITT and THOM SHANKER | Posted 12.17.2011
Just before the American-led strikes against Libya in March, the Obama administration intensely debated whether to open the mission with a new kind of...
Franz-Stefan Gady | Posted 11.22.2011
We rely on businesses to self-report incidences of attacks and intrusions without any means to verify their statements. To turn the tide in the fight against cyber crime, we first need to know its true impact.
HuffingtonPost.com | Gerry Smith | Posted 11.15.2011
As former director of the National Security Agency and former director of national intelligence, Mike McConnell is widely portrayed as an authoritativ...
The Wall Street Journal | Posted 09.17.2011
The military must move from defending against major cyberattacks to deterring assaults by letting enemies know the U.S. is willing to retaliate with i...
Posted 08.21.2011
The FBI took a series of websites offline on Tuesday in a raid on servers owned by DigitalOne, according to the company, the New York Times reported. ...
The Huffington Post | Amy Lee | Posted 08.13.2011
Appearing before the Senate Armed Services Committee for a confirmation hearing for his appointment as the secretary of defense, Leon Panetta warned that the U.S. could face cyberwarfare in battles to come.
Timothy Karr | Posted 08.03.2011
A new YouTube manifesto from someone claiming to speak for Anonymous calls on everyone in the online world to join a revolt against governments and corporations that are intent upon stifling free speech online.
Franz-Stefan Gady | Posted 07.26.2011
There is much talk about the militarization of cyber space with Russians, Chinese and Americans accusing each other of triggering a cyber "arms race."...
Aki Peritz | Posted 05.25.2011
Cyberspace is "not a war zone." Scripting a cinematic showdown, where a digital Wyatt Earp loads his pistol with ones and zeroes and blows away the bad guys at the Cyber OK Corral, is terribly misleading.
Alan W. Silberberg | Posted 05.25.2011
There has been a spate of recent stories about the problems with shorterners, long before the current problems heated up. Governments should take the mischievous component out of the equation.
The Wall Street Journal | Posted 05.25.2011
According to Mr. Schmidt [White House cybersecurity coordinator], securing the information superhighway involves too many factors to be lumped into a ...
Franz-Stefan Gady | Posted 05.25.2011
The increasing importance of non-state actors is evident in all spheres of international relations.
New York Times | Posted 05.25.2011
Behind Dimona's barbed wire, the experts say, Israel has spun nuclear centrifuges virtually identical to Iran's at Natanz, where Iranian scientists ar...
Art Coviello | Posted 05.25.2011
Recent disparaging comments about private sector engagement in U.S. national cyber defense misrepresent collaboration and hard-won progress with the U.S. government and public sector.
The Huffington Post | Craig Kanalley | Posted 05.25.2011
WikiLeaks has gone down, returned, gone down again, returned and other sites have been taken down by supporters of WikiLeaks like Visa.com. From a te...
Andy Plesser | Posted 05.25.2011
SAN FRANCISCO -- While the threat of cyber terrorism is much discussed in government and the media, the biggest threat around Internet security are s...
Josh Rushing | Posted 05.25.2011
Did Michael Chertoff, former director of Homeland Security, seriously suggest the possibility of responding with special forces to takeout the servers...
Posted 05.25.2011
After news this morning that Google was hacked and that the Chinese government was possibly behind it, the threat of cyber attacks has become more sal...
Barrett Brown | Posted 05.25.2011
Wikileaks serves a singularly crucial role in keeping humanity informed about the doings of its institutions. It deserves far more attention that it has received.
Times Online | Michael Evans, Giles Whittell | Posted 05.25.2011
Urgent warnings have been circulated throughout Nato and the European Union for secret intelligence material to be protected from a recent surge in cy...
wired.com | Posted 05.25.2011
Howard Schmidt, the new cybersecurity czar for the Obama administration, has a short answer for the drumbeat of rhetoric claiming the United States is...
James D. Zirin | Posted 05.25.2011
If accomplished by an enemy state, a doomsday cyber-attack would certainly be an act of war with more devastating consequences than any we have ever experienced.
Franz-Stefan Gady | Posted 05.29.2012