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Countries Prepping For "Cyber Cold War," According To McAfee Report

cnn.com | Elinor Mills | Posted 11.17.2009 | Technology

Read More: Russia, Dmitri Alperovitch, France, Cyber Security, U.S., Israel, Paul Kurtz, Mcafee, Cyber Cold War, Cyber Attacks, China, Cyberwar, Technology News

Major countries and nation-states are engaged in a "Cyber Cold War," amassing cyberweapons, conducting espionage, and testing networks in preparation ...

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Jason Linkins

On Bush's Watch, U.S. Suffered Its "Electronic Pearl Harbor"

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 11.10.2009 | Media

Read More: Barack Obama, George W. Bush, Cybersecurity, Cyberterrorism, Cyberwar, Media News

Sunday's 60 Minutes featured a pretty terrifying report on the potential threat the United States faces from cyberterrorism. It's territory that the ...

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Where Is Obama's Cyberczar?

James D. Zirin | Posted 11.02.2009 | Politics

Read More: Cyber Attack, Denialof Service Attack, Malware, Botnet, Facebook Twitter, James Zirin, Cyber Czar, Cyberwar, Cyber Security, Politics News
James D. Zirin

Why hasn't the president appointed a cyber czar to monitor and secure the electronic highway from attack? His staff said he is looking for just the right person, and that takes time.

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Mike McConnell: An American Spymaster on Cyberwar

Nathan Gardels | Posted 08.08.2009 | Politics

Read More: Mike McConnell, Cybersecurity, National Security, South Korea, Cybercrime, Cyberwar, Politics News
Nathan Gardels

One of America's top spymasters, Mike McConnell, spoke with me recently at his office outside Washington.

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Its Official! Pentagon Cyber Command Gets Ready to "Stand Up"

Frida Berrigan | Posted 07.25.2009 | Politics

Read More: Boeing, Pentagon, Cybersecurity, Northrop Grumman, Lockheed Martin, Raytheon, Cyberwar, Politics News
Frida Berrigan

It seems to me that the Pentagon, the administration and the military industrial complex are all treating cyberspace like any other battle domain.

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Iran's Revolution Will Be Twittered (and Blogged and YouTubed and...)

Leah Anthony Libresco | Posted 07.17.2009 | Media

Read More: Freedom of Speech, Web 2.0, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Freedom of the Press, Twitter, Cyberattacks, Freedom, Democracy, Iran, Iranian Elections, Facebook, Iranian Election, Cyberwar, Media News
Leah Anthony Libresco

Social media hasn't only given Iranians a way to evade censorship and speak out; it has given them a way to mobilize attacks on Ahmadinejad's coalition, attacks that go beyond rallies.

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Privacy May Be A Victim In Cyberdefense Plan

New York Times | THOM SHANKER And DAVID E. SANGER | Posted 07.13.2009 | Politics

Read More: Cyberdefense Policy, Cyberwar, Cyberdefense, Security, Privacy, Politics News

A plan to create a new Pentagon cybercommand is raising significant privacy and diplomatic concerns, as the Obama administration moves ahead on effort...

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Cybersecurity: Why The Hell Was Secret White House Helicopter Data Found On A Computer In Iran?

Stuart Whatley | Posted 04.22.2009 | World

Read More: Tiversa, Tiversa Obama's Helicopter, Cyberattacks, Cyber Crime, Cybersecurity, Iran, Marine One, Barack Obama, Cyberwar, Sikorsky, Sensitive Information, Vh-60, World News
Stuart Whatley

It is a case of perverse but predictable irony that the first administration to truly harness the Internet's full power likewise faces the greatest threat from it.

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