XKCD, Trolley Problem →
via Randall Munroe, at XKCD.
Once again, Kim Zetters' superlative prose details the astounding story of Stuxnet; this time, in a new book titled 'Countdown to Zero Day: Stuxnet and the Launch of the World’s First Digital Weapon' [published by Crown Publishing Group a division of Random House]. Apparently, like many other 'infections' the vector [in this case] is the order-of-the-day... This month's MustRead.
Fascinating blog post at Trustwave SpiderLabs by Tom Neaves, detailing a deep interest in all things wireless, and in this case 802.11 wireless and covert channel exploitation. Today's Must Read.
Fascinating piece on the notion of passwords, written by Ian Urbina at the New York Times Magazine; with an exceedingly tight focus on the true meaning of the so-called password object...
Everything you would want to know about the naming of malware, via Violet Blue for Zero Day. Enjoy.
Pew Research Center has published a new privacy related report titled 'Public Perceptions of Privacy and Security in the Post-Snowden Era'; in which, the Center details the current perception of Americans when cogitating on the Demise of Privacy.
In a tour de force screed, published at InfosecIsland, Steve Martino, details exactly what is required for data classification to succeed, and the impact of that classification effort on an organization's information security posture. (Mr. Martino is CISCO Systems, Inc. (NasdaqGS: CSCO) CISO and VP of Information Security.)
Well scrivened thought piece via CircleID, written by Geoff Huston targeting the Domain Name System, and the location of users in relation to the named resolvers... Today's Must Read!
J4VV4D and GirlCynic's take on the importance of the (ISC)² Board of Directors election (last day to vote is tomorrow).
Remember our Soldiers, Marines, Airmen, Sailors, Coast Guardsmen and Intelligence Services Personnel world wide during the Thanksgiving Holiday. Heroes All.
Behold, Ladies and Gentlemen, Girls and Boys, a newly minted experimental search engine, this time targeting APIs looses on our beloved Internets.
Thanks and Hat Tip to those outstanding folk at Firewall Consultants.
Efforts are underway, led by the inimitable Electronic Frontier Foundation to encrypt the Internets, in it's entirety...