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Digital Weaponry, Vectored

December 10, 2014 by Marc Handelman in All is Information, Code, Compute Infrastructure, Computer Science, Data Security, Espionage, Government, Information Security, Malware, National Security, Network Security, Physical Security, Security

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.

December 10, 2014 /Marc Handelman
All is Information, Code, Compute Infrastructure, Computer Science, Data Security, Espionage, Government, Information Security, Malware, National Security, Network Security, Physical Security, Security

Whisper, The Distortion Field →

October 20, 2014 by Marc Handelman in All is Information, Demise of Privacy, Espionage, Information Security

Writing for The Guardian, Dominic Rushe and Paul Lewis have certainly embarked upon a problematic path to tread... Focusing their combinatorial scrutiny on the entity known as Whisper, we discover the kernel of  truth denoting what the company is offering up.

October 20, 2014 /Marc Handelman
All is Information, Demise of Privacy, Espionage, Information Security

British Tabulating Machine Company - The Turing Bombe Rotors 1940 - 1945

Bletchley Park, The History →

October 14, 2014 by Marc Handelman in All is Information, Computation, Computer Science, Data Security, Education, Espionage, Freedom, Government, Information Sciences, Information Security, Intelligence, Mathematics, Physical Sciences, Physical Security, Security Education, United Kingdom

Readers who have examined this weblog during the thirteen years plus of it's publication, know of my Interest in Matters Turing and Bletchley; Alan Turning & Bletchley Park, that is... With those Foci in mind, here is a fascinating serial scrutinizing the history of Bletchley Park, the nearly seventy-year-old locale of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland's Government Code and Cypher School (GC&CS) (now known as GCHQ). Today's MustRead.

October 14, 2014 /Marc Handelman
All is Information, Computation, Computer Science, Data Security, Education, Espionage, Freedom, Government, Information Sciences, Information Security, Intelligence, Mathematics, Physical Sciences, Physical Security, Security Education, United Kingdom

Miscreant UAV

August 25, 2014 by Marc Handelman in Network Security, Espionage, Intelligence, Physical Security, All is Information, Identity Theft

George Leopold, writing for Defense Systems, regales us with the notion of the new in-security platform of choice - namely, drone-based surveillance systems capable of the usual bad behaviors - sniffing, rogue network creation, air/war driving and what not.

 

August 25, 2014 /Marc Handelman
Network Security, Espionage, Intelligence, Physical Security, All is Information, Identity Theft

News of Bletchley Park

August 11, 2014 by Marc Handelman in National Security, Intelligence, Computation, All is Information, Information Security, Computer Science, Cryptography, Information Sciences, United Kingdom, Espionage

Bletchley Park has released the August 2014 edition of the Trusts' podcast series, this time, entitled 'Inspiring Women' in cryptanalysis; in which, the Trust focuses on the work women accomplished at Bletchley Park during World War II.

August 11, 2014 /Marc Handelman
National Security, Intelligence, Computation, All is Information, Information Security, Computer Science, Cryptography, Information Sciences, United Kingdom, Espionage

Narcissim, On Display

June 17, 2014 by Marc Handelman in Cryptography, Data Security, Espionage, Government, Information Security, Infosec Policy, Intelligence, Physical Security, US Armed Forces

Well wrought opinion piece eyeballing the narcissism of one Edward Joseph "Ed" Snowden. Today's' Must Read.

June 17, 2014 /Marc Handelman
Cryptography, Data Security, Espionage, Government, Information Security, Infosec Policy, Intelligence, Physical Security, US Armed Forces

Twitters CIA

June 11, 2014 by Marc Handelman in Government, Information Security, Intelligence, National Security, Espionage

via John Little's estimable Blogs of War, comes an apt dissection of Twitter Inc. (NYSE: TWTR) latest governmental agency member:The United States Central Intelligence Agency.

June 11, 2014 /Marc Handelman
Government, Information Security, Intelligence, National Security, Espionage

MetaSnowden

May 13, 2014 by Marc Handelman in National Security, Cryptography, Espionage, Secrets Purloined

Via bon vivant, prolific speculative fiction author, and polemic poster of Items of Interest, What-Not and Fanciful Futures - Charlie Stross; comes a diatribe of a sort, in which, Serious Import is Conveyed, discussing the oft-described, little understood and illusive, Edward Snowden. Today's Must Read.

May 13, 2014 /Marc Handelman
National Security, Cryptography, Espionage, Secrets Purloined
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